#whatsonyourplateblogchallenge

It’s been quite some time since I joined Donna at Retirement Reflections and Deb, The Widow Badass for their What’s On Your Plate? Link up. Life had been taken over with health issues so cooking or eating out weren’t high on the agenda. However,…

What’s Been On My Plate recently? Mike and I took a 10-day cruise to Papua New Guinea in June. It was a ‘spur of the moment’ thing as we have a major European holiday booked for November, later this year. However, as it was…

One of the joys in my life is creating birthday cakes for my grandchildren. I’m certainly not a professional cake decorator by any means. I bake and create with love and the looks of excitement on my grandson’s faces is priceless. They don’t see…

Lately I’ve been wanting an alternative for lunch or a snack that is healthy and tasty. We can get into a rut with our eating habits and then it is easy to grab for the processed foods which are quick to make but not…

Recently I joined the Cookbook Confidential Book Club, hosted by Bernadette from New Classic Recipes. My good friend, Donna from Retirement Reflections told me about it and I was keen. It’s a book club with a difference as we only select Cookbooks. Each member selects…

As part of using my TIME (WOTY) wisely in 2023 my goals include reintroducing our regular Home Restaurant Date Nights as well as Day Trips. There was a time when we would both take turns each Saturday to prepare a three course meal or…

My Focus for 2023 is using my TIME wisely and that includes returning to some things my husband and I used to do together which we enjoyed but seemed to have let lapse as life took over with selling and buying a new home.…

My beautiful Mum died 36 years ago, after a 10-year battle with breast cancer. She was a beautiful, giving soul and I miss her every day. As the Festive Season approaches I am reminded again of how Mum loved everything about Christmas and I…

We’ve just returned from a three-week driving holiday in Tasmania. I wrote a summary of our trip and itinerary in my last post for my WOTY update (which you can read HERE), and also mentioned that I would be writing a series of posts…