Moving on from my ongoing conversations with myself regarding parenting philosophies, facts and self efficacy, something a little more practical has cropped up lately: clothing. Well, how to not
end up looking like a sack of potatoes. Marilyn Monroe can wear a sack o spuds, but not me.
I can only feel ashamed of the information disaster area that is our media when it comes to the google search I just did on weaning guidelines (in this case, introducing solids). It falls in with previous frustrations at the looseness of "facts" out there (Science and Myths blog from last year). I know what I plan to do, and it's not listening to bloody (sorry for swearing) Annabel-loadsa-money-Karmel!
I heard the other day that babywearing was fashionable. That's nice to hear.
Thomas is asleep, Abbie in nursery so I may as well get this one down too. Yet again, it includes chillies. This is an adapted recipe: I used to buy the paste, then make the paste following a recipe, then I designed my own, simpler version so I didn't have to read and cook (which keeps things cleaner in the kitchen, my poor recipe books are a bit messy!) I used to add king prawns (raw better than cooked I found), but after watching Simon Reeve's Indian Ocean programme I abandoned buying the poor creatures (and the industry) altogether, and don't miss them because the veggie option tastes great by itself - although you can meat things up with left over chicken, beef or lamb from sunday roast if you like. Again, the ingredients and measurements are in no way fixed, just follow what you can - you don't need to add everything.
All the talk about food shopping last week, so I thought I'd include some of my recipes. Here's a recipe for something you probably all know, with an invention I created on top, "mexican tsatsiki". I always tend to make it spicy so yoghurt good to cool it down again, the fennel seeds really clean it up - good for Abbie and hubbie. Don't necessarily stick to the measurements or ingredients precisely - whatever your taste buds and grocery cupboards/ fridge allows (that's what I do anyway). The extra vegetables makes it lighter than meat heavy varieties and helps the food go further.
This is quick. A while ago I talked about saving money. Things have moved on. Supermarkets are BLOOMING expensive and so is petrol. What do I do?
