I've never been one for stuff & clutter.
I like things in my home to have a practical purpose, otherwise they are just there to take up space, time & energy. They collect dust & create work.
No, I prefer the practical - everything has a use. It does something worthwhile. It contributes to my life in a meaningful way. It makes my life easier, more enjoyable.
Not for me the purely decorative, no, no, not at all. If I can't use it, I don't need it. Sentimental reasons are not enough to hang on to an object that is cluttering up a room.
As life goes on however, I am developing a greater tolerance for these kinds of items.
Now that I myself am a purely decorative object with no practical purpose that takes up space & creates work, I have some sort of empathy with similar objects in my home. Sure I might need taking off the shelf once in a while for a quick dust. But that isn't the sum of my value. I have less tangible attributes. Perhaps I don't make life easier in a practical way, but I make it more fun. Or better looking.
;o)
Friday, July 22, 2011
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Sweet nothings
Last night I said to hubby "If I were a car you would have taken me back to the dealer by now".
"No, not at all honey" he said reassuringly.
"If you were a car I would have pushed you over a bank".
"No, not at all honey" he said reassuringly.
"If you were a car I would have pushed you over a bank".
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Chicken soup for the curiously sensitive soul
Ingredients
1 small organic chicken (whole for 2 or more, half for one person)
2 carrots
spinach
rice noodles
water
Method
First up, I'm going to say that if you can tolerate onions & garlic you should put them in. In fact use chicken breasts instead, chop them up & marinate them overnight in a whole lot of crushed garlic (trust me).
I can't so for this one we're going without. Get your big stock pot. If you don't have a pot big enough for this chicken you are already in trouble. You might be able to get around it by chopping the chicken into bits but I'm not promising anything.
Chop the spinach & carrot (and any other veges you can tolerate & want in here, but definitely not onions if you're onion intolerant) & chuck them in the pot. Put your chicken in there & top up the pot with water.
Simmer for, I don't know, maybe an hour, maybe a bit longer longer. This isn't a cooking show you know. I've got mine on & it's 90 mins until dinner time.
When all is cooked take the chook out of the pot - unless you started with chicken breasts done in garlic, in which case leave it in. Oh you are in for such a treat.
The chicken stock with the veges in it can go in the freezer for a while because you now have several days worth of really good tasting chicken to eat. No cooking for the next week - yeah!
Remember to act surprised every time you offer your cat a bit of chicken & he turns his nose up at it. But don't offer your cat chicken if you used onion &/or garlic, it's toxic to cats.
When you want to use the stock & vege, heat it up & prepare the rice noodles (you can use another type of noodles, the instant variety are pretty popular. We're sticking with rice, because of the whole gluten issue). Chuck them in, cook for a bit & you're all good.
1 small organic chicken (whole for 2 or more, half for one person)
2 carrots
spinach
rice noodles
water
Method
First up, I'm going to say that if you can tolerate onions & garlic you should put them in. In fact use chicken breasts instead, chop them up & marinate them overnight in a whole lot of crushed garlic (trust me).
I can't so for this one we're going without. Get your big stock pot. If you don't have a pot big enough for this chicken you are already in trouble. You might be able to get around it by chopping the chicken into bits but I'm not promising anything.
Chop the spinach & carrot (and any other veges you can tolerate & want in here, but definitely not onions if you're onion intolerant) & chuck them in the pot. Put your chicken in there & top up the pot with water.
Simmer for, I don't know, maybe an hour, maybe a bit longer longer. This isn't a cooking show you know. I've got mine on & it's 90 mins until dinner time.
When all is cooked take the chook out of the pot - unless you started with chicken breasts done in garlic, in which case leave it in. Oh you are in for such a treat.
The chicken stock with the veges in it can go in the freezer for a while because you now have several days worth of really good tasting chicken to eat. No cooking for the next week - yeah!
Remember to act surprised every time you offer your cat a bit of chicken & he turns his nose up at it. But don't offer your cat chicken if you used onion &/or garlic, it's toxic to cats.
When you want to use the stock & vege, heat it up & prepare the rice noodles (you can use another type of noodles, the instant variety are pretty popular. We're sticking with rice, because of the whole gluten issue). Chuck them in, cook for a bit & you're all good.
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