As soon as I got pregnant something really weird happened.  Well, one of many weird things but that is another blog post!  I started to enjoy cooking and loved the idea of making better meals to sustain me and bump.  This was very odd and somewhat terrifying.  I wasn't much of a chef.  Very quick pasta meals were my forte.

This odd notion has continued post bump and now I love nothing more than planning a menu of yummy (but very, very simple) meals for Ismay and I.  Plus Ismay seems to like my food as the only things she won't eat so far are watermelon and Heinz soup (can't blame her, not a fan myself!).  This will never be a cooking blog but I would like to share my weekly menus with you as I think they are good choices for busy people and heck if they inspire one person, amazing!

I get some of my ideas from recipe books but I often find them too complicated - they don't suit my throw it altogether style.  I get the majority of my recipes from Pinterest and slow cooker blogs.  I would be lost without my slow cooker.  I throw it all in when Ismay is having breakfast and wait for the magic to happen!

So, this week looks a little like this:

Monday - Mozarella stuffed turkey meatballs
Tuesday - Fish Pie
Wednesday - Chilli with sweet potato
Thursday - 3 ingredient chicken taco's
Friday - One pot chicken and potatoes


At the weekend we eat leftovers!

I have always been a bit of a stationary addict.  Not many things I enjoy more than a wander round Paperchase picking up random new pretty pens, polka dot washi tape and writing paper that I think I will use but rarely actually do.

Now my obsession seems to have moved on to planners.  I hadn't realised they were totally "a thing" until I started looking for one.  Some folks put a whole lot of effort into their planners and they look freaking awesome.  After lots of research (and a fair bit of cursing as most of the planners I wanted were sold out) I settled on the ban.do agenda.  It is so very pretty.  I heart it.  It even comes with stickers; I love stickers as much as toddlers do.  If you don't know much about planners google Erin Condron, that baby is the holy grail of planners.  Think I have to build up to something like that though.


I use my planner for everything.  All my appointments, all my lists (I can't be the only one who makes lists of films they want to watch etc?!) and this week I added a meal plan into the mix.  Why had I not done a weekly meal planner before?  Makes life so much easier.

Geeky.  So very geeky.

Anyone else a planning addict?  I have also just started the #52listsproject but that is a whole different blog post.  Bet you're excited?!  Check out this for total planner porn...