tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post973254462732564292..comments2024-01-30T17:20:59.626+13:00Comments on -The KitchenMaid-: What price do you put on good food?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03985386359945971991noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-32572255678515348972017-09-13T16:21:49.746+12:002017-09-13T16:21:49.746+12:00The best things about Clixsense GPT Click Program:...The <b>best</b> things about <b><a href="http://gptc.syntaxlinks.com/r/Clixsense" rel="nofollow">Clixsense</a></b> GPT Click Program:<br />1. Upto <b>$0.02</b> per click.<br />2. <b>5 secs</b> starting timer.<br />3. Reclick every <b>24 hours</b>.Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07287821785570247118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-43678596261950741412013-10-03T23:39:40.618+13:002013-10-03T23:39:40.618+13:00Interesting! Healthy, nutritious food made "t...Interesting! Healthy, nutritious food made "the old way" is a very high priority here. We grind our own flour & bake everything using it from scratch. We also use a sugar called "rapadura" rather than other refined sugars. We only eat meat that is our own (except for fish), and the vegie patch is getting more self sufficient every day. It's a lot of work but it's satisfying, everything tastes better & fresh food is easier to prepare. Everyone here is happy to eat the organically home grown carrots raw as they're just sooooo tasty! <br /><br />Found your blog via the Beast link Magazine, and am going to follow with Google :-)<br /><br />Sarah xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07424494318400885717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-6318029279029495372013-10-03T20:48:06.621+13:002013-10-03T20:48:06.621+13:00Thank you, that's very kind of you.Thank you, that's very kind of you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985386359945971991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-34951451777943816022013-10-01T22:10:33.255+13:002013-10-01T22:10:33.255+13:00Hi Lucy, thankyou so much for making me drool a th...Hi Lucy, thankyou so much for making me drool a thousand times over your yummy dishes. I wanted to let you know that I have included this post of yours in my online link magazine called The Beast - All That Is Beautiful for my readers to come over and read this. I thought it was so thought provoking and a great question to ask ourselves. Thank you so much. xx http://www.elizabethkfindlay.com/2013/10/october-2013-beast-link-magazine-online.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18425684966967667827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-24042932383557125142013-09-19T19:23:54.533+12:002013-09-19T19:23:54.533+12:00I went to lots of my old favourite Italian sandwic...I went to lots of my old favourite Italian sandwich shops and still maintain they do the best panini and cups of proper tea I've ever had. While London is expensive, it seemed on a par with New Zealand in lots of ways (go figure that out!) and I did think it was cheaper than Paris. There is something wrong where a bottle of Perrier costs the same as a glass of wine!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985386359945971991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-4857801131265478662013-09-19T19:20:48.357+12:002013-09-19T19:20:48.357+12:00I love your priorities! Someone once said to me, &...I love your priorities! Someone once said to me, 'spend money on your hair, it's the hat you wear every day' and it's so true! But in my next life I am either going to marry, or become, a hairdresser, and thus save myself millions. Or perhaps I'll learn wigmaking... But I digress. I know what you mean about eating out too - we don't do it as nearly as often as we used to, partly because factoring in the cost of a babysitter turns even the most basic dinner into a Michelin-starred affair. It's actually cheaper to do as we did on holiday and eat out as a family, though that's not always quite the same experience, is it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985386359945971991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-57020879408080536682013-09-15T21:58:47.059+12:002013-09-15T21:58:47.059+12:00Great post, Lucy. I live on a pretty limited budg...Great post, Lucy. I live on a pretty limited budget, but I still spend quite a lot of money on food - everything I can spare really, because that is my choice. I'm always happier shopping for food and preparing it than doing anything else, and a holiday away somewhere is more likely to see me come home with a suitcase laden with tins of Spanish peaches and jars of olives than with shoes and clothes. Like you I make everything I can from scratch, including all my own bread, ice cream, granola and yoghurt, mostly just because I enjoy doing it, but also because I like to know exactly what's in my food. I freeze and bottle lots of stuff during the season to use during the off-season. For ethical reasons, as well as flavour, I eat only free-range chicken, eggs and pork, and if I can't afford it then I would go without rather than compromise. I do splurge on things like Italian pasta, Parmesan, olives, pomegranate molasses, date syrup, etc. We almost never eat out, usually because I find myself so disappointed at paying a lot of money for something incredibly mediocre. Our occasional treat is fish & chips on the wharf at Mapua on a perfect sunny day. Financially, life has been extremely tough for us since the Christchurch earthquake, but eating as well as we possibly can is an absolute priority for me. That and being able to get my hair done every month!!Couscous & Consciousnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06616224893242380904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-89667707156251030122013-09-15T20:46:09.747+12:002013-09-15T20:46:09.747+12:00Julie, that's such a thoughtful and insightful...Julie, that's such a thoughtful and insightful reply it deserves a blogpost of its own. I think your comment about being lucky to have the time and the money to be picky is important - but also the interest and motivation. Sigh. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03985386359945971991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-67958518026753596762013-09-13T07:28:23.427+12:002013-09-13T07:28:23.427+12:00Did you see this in the daily mail http://www.dail...Did you see this in the daily mail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2418153/Claire-used-1-Nivea-cream-half-face--105-Cr-la-Mer-The-results-VERY-revealing.html If it's in the mail of course it must be true.<br /><br />Anyway, food thoughts. <br /><br />Eat the best you can afford is my mantra. I would rather not eat than eat trash and the more bad food experiences I have the more I begrudge buying food out which may be cheap or expensive but is frankly not nice to eat. With this in mind I always now travel with something to snack on (nuts, crackers or some fruit) so if the "right" eatery isn't available we don't starve and can sustain self until we find something worth eating. We grow lots of veggies but still rely on buying some things (I was devastated when our greengrocers in Upper Hutt shut) as I have to pick over what's in the supermarket instead :o( I will buy organic apples, carrots and potatoes over non organic if I can as the taste is much better but for other veges I am more relaxed. It breaks my heart when I've stuffed up my leaves supply from the garden as I hate to buy the bagged up stuff although buying loose in NZ is a bonus. I cook from scratch at home although I was tempted to buy a ready made cheese sauce yesterday for the cauliflower cheese I made last night. We occasionally buy an Indian takeway but more often than not I'll make our own with recipes from Madhur Jaffrey's Easy Curry book. We are lucky to have the wealth and time to shop, cook and be picky over food. It hasn't always been that way as I ate lots of Marks and Spencer and Waitrose goodies when I worked full time and could just sling it in the oven after falling over the threshold tired, cranky and bloated after having stuffed a pasty,pastry or chocolate bar at the train station. I'd say I spend on average an hour a day cooking/cleaning up (more on weekends) for main means and it can stretch for hours more if I'm baking and making other foods for snacking or preserving. I don't think it is any coincidence that so many people's memories are about baking with grandmothers because mothers were probably run ragged.<br /><br />I volunteer as a mentor to someone on household management and it's a struggle - they have little money to spend and lots of time on their hands but hate cooking, resent time spent cleaning up and frankly don't enjoy food very much. It breaks my heart to know how much better life could be for them - although better for them is more time on facebook and playing computer games. shopping, cooking and eating is an annoying interruption :o(<br /><br /><br /><br />Domestic Executivehttp://www.domestic-executive.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-85573604473950560972013-09-12T19:51:33.645+12:002013-09-12T19:51:33.645+12:00really great post... London is particularly expens...really great post... London is particularly expensive and I tend to hunt down the old-fashioned cafes and sandwich shops for lunch which are so much cheaper than the chains... Ottolenghi is for special occasions only...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11431297921869969693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161986605563092156.post-29168342012496680612013-09-12T13:44:47.817+12:002013-09-12T13:44:47.817+12:00great post! I read this first thing today and have...great post! I read this first thing today and have been thinking about it all morning.<br />Food is very important to me, and so what I feed my family is also important. I try to cook from scratch as much as possible, although I don't always think that it ends up being cheaper. Ideally I would buy organic everything, but I just cherry pick the odd organic product that doesn't seem too ridiculously priced. <br />Real poverty is very scary - and this article in the Guardian was an eye-opener. Not knowing where your next decent meal is coming from is hideous. But I wouldn't criticise Jamie - he has done for the general public eating well and consciously than any other individual in about a decade. <br /><br />As for Ottolenghi - my first stop on my next London visit too!Heavenly Ingredientshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05602440315871993303noreply@blogger.com