On the shelf About 15 years ago my mother bought us each a pasta maker.  I tried it once or twice but all that happened was that the dough got wrapped around the rollers and clogged up the machine. I put mine in a packet on top of my kitchen cupboard and mostly forgot about […]

In today’s busy world, where most families require two incomes to survive the month. This means that there is often not as much time as you would like to spend with your family. Going to the store for groceries takes away even more of that time when it actually shouldn’t need to. How often do you […]

Meal Prep is going to make your life a whole lot easier! Too tired to care At the end of a long day the last thing you want to do is stand in the kitchen peeling and chopping vegetables. Meal prep is the way to go. I don’t cook anything that is going to take […]

Meal Plan – The Recipe Bank. You’ve mastered your Meal Plan. You’ve found food that everyone will eat. Now you want and need to remember all these recipes so that you can use them again and never have to worry about who will eat what. The recipe bank This is why you need to create a recipe […]

Meal planning for couples and singles is possible! It won’t work for me I often hear people say that they don’t think meal planning is going to work for them. They are only cooking for themselves, or it’s just the two of them, so it’s not worth it. I actually think meal planning would work […]

This week we look at sorting out the craft room, or area. Confession time I have a huge confession to make! My bead area is going to take a lot more than 15 minutes a day to sort, it may just take a nuclear explosion! I make beaded jewellery as well as teach a class, […]

When there is more month than money. One of the things I didn’t mention about my adventure into weekly planning is a scenario that I had almost forgotten. Never Ever Again!! This common occurrence happens when there is more month than money! No more money! Before I started meal planning this was a common occurrence.  We would get […]

The final task for August is probably the hardest one of all – sorting old photos. Photos tell a story, what’s yours? ‘A picture says a thousand words.’ This is so true and as you page through old fashioned photo albums or scroll through your phone, the memories and stories that pictures evoke is hard […]

As with last week’s task, 4 children, 25 years of marriage, my video and DVD collection is epic! We actually still have a working VHS machine. DVD’s and Videos have to go! It is time to clear out the collection. We really no longer need Noddy, Teletubbies, Pepper Pig, Bob the Builder and assorted friends. […]

What is envelope budgeting? Envelope budgeting is an easy way to create a simple easily manageable plan to monitor your spending. http://kasheringyourlife.co.za/index.php/2015/07/05/envelope-budgeting/ Every month thousands of South Africans struggle not to over spend. They use apps on their phones, spreadsheets on the computer, yet they find it doesn’t help. I say well done for trying, now […]