Love, bubs and life on our little farm

So I am a big fan of vegetables in this house - and 2012 is my year of concentrating on our healthy eating. I am blessed with kids that fight each other for the last piece of carrot or broccolli on their plates. But I like to find different ways to get a variety of vegies and beans into their diet.

Minestrone is one of my best recipes for that. Kids love it, its full of vegies but hearty and delicious at the same time. Tick tick. And because it is rainy and miserable (Still!) here in Qld, I have whipped up a batch to put in the fridge for the busy Monday night dinner. No fuss dinner sorted before I get home is a lifesaver when settling back into the insanities of the working week. Did I mention that Elka and Bronte now go to school/daycare about 30 mins apart from each other??? Stressful much, on top of my usual work commute!

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Here is my quick but yum recipe. Give it a go - couldn't be easier! And actually made me feel better when I had morning sickness - magic!

Now this is not a sponsored post (I wish!) - more about making sure you get a good deal that I have been enjoying...

You may have noticed, one of my favourite clothing stores is Witchery. They suit my now-30-and-mother-of-two-kids-want-to-be-fashionable-but-not-mutton-dressed-as-lamb style and tend to use good quality fabrics that fall well. And more to the point, I love my Witchery card - so easy to join - check it out here. You get 5% of sale items with your card and free shipping over $200 online shopping - always a nice bonus and it does add up, I buy a lot of sale items as they do great discounts and I think their prices can be a little high when not discounted so I prefer to wait for the mark downs. But even better - three times in the last 6 months, they have put $20 on my card. No fine print - no minimum spend, just $20 for me to shop with. Nice. I bought a great sale top - got the 5% discount, then the $20 off from my card and I handed over a $2 coin to finish paying for it. Better value than the $2 rides the kids normally coerce me into spending my coins on!

I just spent my last $20 reward they have given me and used the instore promotion of Buy Three, Get One Free. I got a gorgeous tan leather belt, a delicately beaded headband and a funky zebra striped dip dyed scarf (yay for transeasonal dressing!) for $13 out of my own wallet - the actual full ticket price of the three items added up to $125.

I am always up for a bargain :)

And because I was on the Witchery site for that link, I may as well put up a few pretties from the sale that caught my eye and I would snap up.

Scoop Neck Tunic - on sale $29.95 - perfect for getting ready for Autumn dressing - add a scarf and leggings

Grecian Tank - on sale $29.95 - effortless elegance, I would wear this with tailored shorts and some tan sandals for lunch out on the weekend

Jersey T shirt - on sale for $34.95 - throw on with jeans and ballet flats to take the kids on a playdate