Whatabout that gives me encouragement to buy the rechargeable sweeper. I've bought a fair few dustpans and brushes because they either end up in the bin, same press for storage, or dh takes them out to the shed for something and they get ruined. This would seem like a good solution, plus it would make picking up the crumbs that end up on floor beneath chopping board a quick task too, so more likely to be done regularly rather than kicked under the cupboards!
The pack of pancetta was actually a great idea because I threw on a bit of gf pasta last night and this morning mixed it with pancetta, parmesan, some cheddar and a drop of cream in a lunchbox and will stick it into microwave at work at lunchtime for a handy carbonara.
We both work full time and usually have an au pair but she's on hols this week so we thought we'd really struggle with dinners. Monday dh made a big pot of bolognese and roasted a chicken. The bolognese did us Mon & tues and some lunches, the chicken did a couple of dinners and some lunches. Then last night he cooked some pancetta, oven chips and the 4 pork chops I had taken out of the freezer which no one ate so this evening I'll cook the precut swede and carrot that I got on the €1 offers in tesco last week and some potato and that'll be dinner done very quickly.
We find doing a roast chicken great as it's used for lunches/sandwiches/risotto/fried rice/and finally stock, ultimate mn chicken I suppose. Now I'm adding pancetta to my fridge stock, and will slow cook a ham joint too. Time saving cooking! Could I do the chicken and ham in my 6.5l slow cooker at the same time or would it make the chicken very salty?
ipsos that tradesman should be ashamed of himself!
Poor spotty's dd