hahaha- yes!!! those as well! I think my list will get longer

Marushke, I have the time, and I enjoy the process of making everything. We pretty much made all of our sauces etc anyway- to make a tomato sauce for pasta for instance, the only extra time it takes is chopping the veggies instead of pouring it from a jar- either way you still have to 'cook' the sauce. I put a call out on FB to see who had a breadmaker in the back of their cupboard gathering dust and within 5 mins had 3 offers to take it from people's hands. With the breadmaker, it's a chuck the ingredients in and leave for 3 hrs for bread kind of affair ... easier than the 3 hours it takes for me to 'pop' in to get bread (I live rurally). I make a loaf or rolls every few days.

We plan our meals, so one way of doing it is after you've planned and shopped ( we do it weekly or fortnightly ), set aside an afternoon to cook bases, and another to make the pasta, or just add whatever additions each day/night- it works well for me. It actually saves time on trawling the supermarket aisles looking for something I want for dinner as well.

I would love to start a veggie garden so our trips into the shops are even fewer- I have to get over my fear of gardening though, in the past it's always been a horrible disaster!!!!


Ahh you are getting me so excited! DH is starting his own veggie garden, he loves the idea! Starting small with pumpkin and beans, will see how we go from there. Perhaps I should try this experiment on fb too! Will let you know how I go. Thanks so much for the help.