Drinking on the cheap
I came across a fairly useful article on not sending yourself broke paying for alcohol when you go out for dinner or entertain.
It needs an Australian slant though - what’s good cheap wine or spirits that you’d recommend over the more expensive brands?
Microwave versus Stove
The New York Times of all places has an excellent article on using your microwave more effectively.
I tend to use it to start to pre-cook potatoes before I throw them into a wok but don’t do a lot else with the microwave except to defrost things - I may have to make more of an effort after reading that article!
My turn to cook
I’m far from an accomplished cook but I try to cook at least once a week, twice if bringing home takeaway counts as ‘cooking’ (we’ll cover health takeaway in a future post - I’m not claiming we don’t bring home junk food sometimes but we try to minimise it).
Anyway, I really only have a repertoire of three or four dishes - Chicken Korma, Chicken Parcels with lemon and ginger, and Chicken Burgers. Do you see the theme? So, to break out of the mold, I’ve decided to branch out to Quesadillas. Here’s one simple Quesadilla recipe I found and I think I’ll try that. With chicken of course.
I’d love to hear from everyone on how they divide the cooking duties. As I’ve said, we’re in reality a 5-1-1 household (HappyParent-Her cooks five times, myself once and a night of leftovers / toast / random crumbs from the floor). What’s your ratio?