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Things I think about ‘best before’ dates

November 13, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

Shops have a vague idea when the produce will be past it, then they subtract about a week and call it the ‘best before’ date. It seems pretty unscientific for fresh things and almost entirely meaningless for canned food. Especially so for water or salt – which don’t, as far as I know, go off. […]

Filed Under: things I learned from my children today Tagged With: best before, cooking, food, in my life, in the world, My Life, sell-by, shops

Coronavirus: the education continues

April 21, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Can you believe that it’s more than a month since we started this particular adventure? Back in early March we didn’t know what furlough, self-isolation, social distancing and PPE were. Remember? A different country. Well, we’re lucky to be healthy and adjusting to this life. And the education continues. Here’s what I’ve learned. Do not […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, coronavirus, Covid 19, family, food, golf courses, pizza, Something happened in my life, things I've learned, work

Coronavirus: We’re all in the same boat

March 29, 2020 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Once I was a sailor. Or, at least, I spent a couple of years messing about on boats. It left me with fond memories and a vague hankering to put the oilskins back on and untie the lines, but mostly I don’t think of it. Until now, that is… It started way back the last […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned Tagged With: advice, coronavirus, family, food, in my life, in the world, ocean, on my mind, provisioning, sailing, sea, Something happened in my life, travel

Coronavirus: Stockpiling or a feast of clearing out

March 10, 2020 By Ellen 1 Comment

There are, we learn, riots in the bog roll aisles as frantic shoppers grapple for the last Andrex before it’s too late. Too late for what? Goodness knows. Coronavirus is making its methodical way around the world and will get here eventually, no matter what we do. Concerning, yes. Prompting an uncontrollable urge for piles […]

Filed Under: family, other things I have learned, shop Tagged With: coronavirus, Covid19, feast, first-world, food, leftovers, sailing

Two easy your recipes your kids will love

July 5, 2016 By Ellen Leave a Comment

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just get the kids to come to the table and enjoy their food? There’s always something that’s not right. They either want to play on their games consoles. Or they don’t like carrots. Or they don’t want to eat with their big sister. Having kids is tough. But […]

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