List 52: Things to cook

 I've been pouring through my collection of recipe books, looking for some inspiration. Here are the top 5 things that I want to make in the next week or two:

• Warm Ratatouille
  
  

  

  
  
• Mushroom Kedgeree
  
  

  

  
  
• Tomato Risotto
  
  

  

  
  
• Tikka Masala Dahl
  
  

  

  
  
• Aubergine Parmigiana
  
  
  
  
  

And this is number 52 in my 52 lists!!!! A whole year of lists :) I'm toying with the idea of changing this into either a weekly gratitude list OR a list of links/finds... check back next week to see what I decide ;)

List 51: Books I've read this week

 One of the benefits of not having internet at home right now is that I'm doing a tonne more reading!! At this rate I'll have read the library dry soon lol

Here's what I read this week:

Plenty – YotamOttolenghi (vegetarian cookbook)

Anybody,Any Minute – Julie Mars

TheConsequences of Marriage – Isla Dewar

Thehand that first held mine – Maggie O'Farrell

Thehandmade Marketplace – Kari Chapin

Barefoot – Elin Hilderbrand

List 50: Favourite Smells

Freshly ground coffee

Spring rain

Violets

Skin after an afternoon in the sun

Antique bookshops

Moroccan Rose

Freshly cut grass

Newborn babies :)

List 48: Inexpensive Adventures

things are pretty tight right now. my husbands salary would probably just be ok for one person - but for 5 of us, it's not anywhere near enough. i love my life, and i'm so grateful that i get to stay home with my girls, but when we can barely make ends meet, life gets pretty tough. i'm always in need of some inexpensive, fun things to do..... there are weeks when we just don't have a spare penny, and while in the summer it's not so bad, when the weathers bad and we're stuck inside it's not so easy to entertain 3 girls 7 days a week.

• cut up old magazines and make a collage
• have a 'board game' afteroon
• pop some corn, draw the curtains, turn the lights off and have a movie night (or afternoon)
• pretend you're a tourist where you live, and visit some place you've never been
• build a indoor fort

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