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I was 11 when I stopped eating meat, so it was sort of all I knew, had 3 pregnancies and thought I was ok ... But I am ( less now ) the carb queen, iron levels low and knackered all the time - feel SO much better now
A friend said for a BBQ I should boil the ribs first, then marinate over night, then bung 'em on .... Just need better weather !!!!

Lol if your in the uk that could be a while just do them in the oven and put them on a grill pan to get the lines.
I had a friend who used to put the coal in a baking tray under the rib to get the smell (not sure how it turned out).

No i'm abroad, but happened to move from a flat wet area of UK, to a flat wet Country

We're having Greek now ( marinated chicken in pitta bread, salad, wedges)

mmmmmmmmmm

What a shame one of the perks of being abroad is better weather I would have hoped. Your tea sounds better DH wants pizza now. Where about in the world are you if you don't mind me asking.

Yeah my Mother thought it was hilarious !! We're in Holland, so very similar Weather to East Anglia, where i grew up ... the Greek was luvverly !

How mean lol I bet it doesn't stop her treating it like a mini break when she visits.

I would love to live out of the uk am jealous.

Do you meal plan?

My Mum's never been ( and we've been here 7 years )

She's not well, MH issues, drink issues, epileptic ...
My PIL on the other hand .. Lol !! It IS like. B&B sometimes as we both have big families, but I love it

And now I eat meat sort of relearning to cook, especially with the amount of guests we get - only time I meal plan , do you an every week ? I'm thinking it's the way to go !

Yeah I try to I saw a thread about meal planning and thought it would save me money. But now I have realised it helps me get a variety with our dinners so DH never knows what he comes home to. And I like to cook but have a almost 7 month old DS who is weaning so am training my eating habits again for when he grows up.

So tonight it's spaghetti and monster meatballs with ciabatta garlic bread.

Oh we had spaghetti too ! but with bolognese, which we haven't had for ages, and the eldest (12) even asked for more, so felt like a good Mum

Am going to start planning, off to the supermarket later so will do a little think and a list .....

I have pm you duchess

ooooh lasagne!!! these messages are making me hungry!!! I have done chicken, mushroom and white wine sauce in my slow cooker today, house smells lush!!! Having it with rice. yum

My favourite is boiled ham, mashed potatoes, peas and lashings of parsley sauce. But in reality I am having liver and onions, mashed potato, tinned value sliced carrots and boil the kettle value gravy (palatable with a teaspoon of value mint sauce added)!!

I'd love to come home to fish pie with smoke fish, white fish and prawns in the sauce. Topped with cheesy mash and served with peas.
Or shepherds pie with cheese on the top and peas or broccoli.
O ranything I didn't have to cook and wash up for.

Can I have the recipe wannabe sounds lovely.

Pipkins isn't it weird what you fancy and then you realise what your having and sometimes your. I make a lot of stuff from scratch but you can't knock the value items they have some good stuff. I always buy smart price biscuits or tinned tomatoes. Never got anything different.

Merly I haven't DH fish pie in years can't make it with prawns but that's another going in my notes.