So, we are in the process of selling our house, which, combined with my busy schedule, means my dreams of cooking for friends and family is on hold - Saturdays are spent cleaning, having open houses, and then some little downtime after spending all week cleaning; Sundays are spent doing the washing and other time-heavy chores that render the house unsuitable for visitors.
It also means I feel more and more like I should be prepared to do little pick me ups and prepare nice food for me and my man! We are working out butts off to keep the house immaculate (not any easy task with two delightfully playful and adventurous puppies) so WE deserve something special!
To make this dream more realistic, I have made a shopping list based on my 'Food, glorious food' inspiration board on Pinterest, so that if I have a moment and the desire to whip up something a little out of the ordinary, the ingredients are already in my house and I have no excuse not to actually do it!
This especially applies to delicious refreshing drinks, champagne spritzers and fruit mojitos etc. Yummm...
Shopping List for treating Myself!
DRINKS
- Strawberries
- Raspberries
- Mint
- Lime
- Lemons (homegrown)
- Sparkling wine
- White rum
- Sparkling water
- Lemonade
- Vanilla Stevia
- Pretzels, Choc-buttons & M'n'Ms (salty-sweet bite-size snack!)
- Angel food cake mix & lemon pie filling (do we have either of these in Australia???) (lemon cake/slice)
- Instant Yeast, brown sugar, ham, cheese, coarse salt, unsalted butter, plain four (cheesy ham bites)
- 200ml apple juice, cinammon, oats, sultanas, flour, sugar (Matt's favourite muffins)
