My Raisin Family

Hey and Welcome to  Meal Plan Monday! Thought I would change things up a bit so here is the very first Meal Plan Monday! Here I will be going through my weekly meal plan, rather than the big once a month meal plan. This week's meals are: Fish, mashed potato, peas and carrots Lasagne, chips and salad Savoury mince Butter chicken and rice Noodles/Pasta Homemade pizzas As I said on May's Meal Plan, my mum cooks on Sunday nights. She likes to try new recipes all the time so Sundays are her night (it is really helpful as we normally have a really early start to church as both me and my husband serve on various teams so we are always tired that afternoon). Last night she had a couple of the kids helping her as well which is always good for them. Hope this inspires you in some way! Jacqui xx

Hey everyone! It's coming up to winter in these parts so it is time to start including some soups in the menu! This is a recipe that I learnt in Home Ec at school and that my family loves! It is seriously one of the simplest soups that I have ever come across and it is a well requested one when we go to pot luck dinners with friends. So here it is:   1 cooked chook from the deli (or rotisserie chicken) 2 chicken stock cubes 2 packets of chicken noodle soup 2 cans of creamed corn  2L of water  Pull apart the cooked chook and put in a large pot. Crush the stock cubes over the chicken and add the rest of the ingredients. Bring to the boil for 10 minutes, let simmer on low heat for 30 minutes and serve with a fresh bread roll with butter. Like I said, our family loves this soup over winter and it is super simple to make. Hope you guys enjoy this recipe as much as our family does and have a nice day! Jacqui

Hey Guys! So sorry this is so late... We have had a massive May so far, with birthdays, appointments, etc and I have been sick and meetings for various things so I will endeavour to have June's meal plan set and ready to go for you before June 1st. As we have had such a massive month so far, I have just been meal planning a week at a time. So here it is: Tuesday 1st:         Takeaway Pizza (bad I know but that was one of our busiest days with multiple appointments so I needed something simple) Wednesday 2nd:       Savoury mince Thursday 3rd:        Sausages and Vegetables (mashed potato, peas, carrots, broccoli and cauliflower) Friday 4th:           Pasta/Noodles (we have kids activities every Friday night, so this is the same every week and is chosen by the kids) Saturday 5th:       Fish Fingers and hot chips Sunday 6th:        Steak sandwich (sounds simple but sooo good and filled with veg as well) Monday 7th:       Butter chicken and rice

Hi Everyone! And welcome to our blog!  Today I am going to share about our large family laundry system. Doing laundry is one of those evil necessities that I have had a love/hate relationship with for a long time. I have never really been able to stick to any sort of schedule so it always built up until there was a huge pile of washing to be done. Then one day something changed. I was able to get to the bottom of Mount Washmore and after that I was actually able to do one or two loads every day. I really don't like going outside to put the washing on the line, however the clothes turn out nicer when they have had time out in the sun. I do have a dryer and I was one of those people that said they would only use it when it was raining, etc. but yeah... I use it most of the time.  So here are the catagories I sort my washing into. School Uniforms Towels, kitchen cloths and face washers Sheets Regular Clothes Just a note: I never sort clothes into lights/dark