Showing posts with label family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label family. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 6, 2016

THOMAS FARMS KITCHEN


THOMAS FARMS KITCHEN

Meal Delivery 

Review!

http://www.thomasfarmskitchen.com.au
December is the busiest, craziest and the most stressful time of the year. With the stresses of work
deadlines coming to a head, kids finishing school, friends and family coming to stay and Christmas
shopping often left to the very last minute. It's no wonder we all seem to pack on the kg's with quick
take away and unhealthy meal options just to get us through.

Here's an idea! Order yourself and your family fresh, healthy, easy and quick to prepare meals from
Thomas Farms Kitchen delivered straight to your door so you don't have to navigate your trolley
through the busy supermarket isles or wait in line to scan and pay!

You meal delivery comes delivered to your door in a poly styrene box sealed fresh for up to 8 hours
before needing to be refrigerated as frozen ice packs are also included just in case you aren't home
when your delivery arrives.

Fresh locally sourced ingredients come all measured out, labeled and ready to use for each meal!
(FYI - Below are the ingredients I received for 12 meals.)



Thomas Farms Kitchen offer super affordable meal plans. You pick what you like to eat and all of the
ingredients get measured out for you and delivered fresh and ready to cook all in about 15-20mins!

For a non cook like me, even I can follow the easy to follow, simple cooking instruction guide
included with each meal. Got me feeling like a Masterchef in no time!
(Just see my fancy plating in the images to follow down the page!)

I received three of each of the following meals below.

Family Pleaser Chicken Salad w/Chinese Sesame Dressing!
This dairy free option was great for me because lately I have been getting really bad stomach
cramping whenever I consume milk. I have also put on about 7 or 8 kg's over the past few months
which I am desperately trying to shift! I am not sure why this has happened, I do have thyroid issues
so that may have something to do with it and I am due to get my levels tested again, so I really must
do that soon since the sudden shift in my weight might have something to do with it.

Anyway - This meal was SO yum! Probably my second favourite with the salmon below coming in
first by just a smidge! The chicken provided was already sliced into strips which I was stoked about
because one of the worst parts about cooking apart from crying from slicing onions in my opinion is
slicing up raw meat. Makes my stomach churn! This was great as all the fat had been removed and all
I had to do was throw it into the fry pan. Nothing raw touched my hands. Phew!

With only 19.3g of fat per serving I felt good cleaning up this plate down to the last drop of delicious
mouth watering dressing!

Succulent Salmon w/Cucumber, Dill & Yoghurt Dressing!
Salmon is my favourite seafood and really with my short term memory being so embarrassingly
terrible, I don't know why I don't eat more of this mega brain food! This portion size was perfect for
me. I don't like to eat overly huge meals at a time and I loved having the crispy skinned salmon
along side with a cool fresh salad.

This was my favourite meal from the 3 I tried and highly recommend it if you decided to give
Thomas Farms a go. So far I have enjoyed this as both a lunch and dinner meal option and it's just really great well balanced light food which is also gluten free for those who are wondering if there
are specific meal options available for you, there are quite a few - including vegetarian!

With the fat content of this meal being just 16.5g per serve, it gives me another reason to call it my
fav! It's just YUM and literally took me only about 10 minutes to throw it all together.

Lovely Lamb Kebabs w/Tomato, Cucumber & Chickpea Salad!
I am not a huge fan of red meats and I rarely ever eat lamb. It gives me the major guilts when I think
of eating a baby animal, however this was super lean and tasty! It wasn't until my cheeky hubster just
 had to mention it as I was munching away just to tease me, it hadn't even crossed my mind.
(Don't worry I got him back for that!)

I don't particularly like chickpeas, but honestly when you mix it in with the goats fetta, tomato, red 
onion and cucumber it tastes oh so much better! The seasoning on the lamb has about a million
different succulent flavours mixed all together which creates the most amazing party in your mouth
I would totally recommend getting this dish to try for your family if you happily eat meat!

This meal's fat content in case you were wondering sits at 21.4g per serve. Higher than the other two, 
but still quite low for a hearty meal.

Thomas Farms Kitchen offers meal options for vegetarians as well as those who are gluten intolerant. Choose a plan for just yourself, if you're a couple or family. They make the whole ordering 
process to simple, easy and fun! Choose exactly what you want and see how the meal looks once prepared with the meal images on their website.

With locally Aussie sourced, fresh ingredients you know you're doing your part in supporting our
local farmers, eating the best you can for you and your family and therefore living a healthier more energetic lifestyle!

Be sure to check out Thomas Farms Kitchen's cooking videos for great chef tips and tricks!
They also currently have some great offers on meats and more for Christmas Day!

Have you tried a meal delivery service before?
Will you be trying Thomas Farms Kitchen over the busy Christmas break?

Let's follow each other! 

*This meal delivery was kindly sent to me for consideration/review
*All photographs & video are my own work & my opinions are all 100% honest & all my own

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Meet My Babies!

Motherhood
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A Gift
A Joy
A Celebration
A Struggle
A Test
A Reward
A Lifetime


Meet My Babies! :)

Meet Imbi Maiya!
 (Often misheard as Indi. Maiya pronounced May-ya)
 My first born, turning 3 in July on her daddy's birthday. Don't ask me where the past 3 years have gone, they truly have flown by!
Little miss bossy, know it all (she gets that from my sister!) has my chocolate brown eyes and is the spitting image of me at the same age.
She currently loves Peppa Pig and The Wiggles. :)

Next up is little mammas boy Rory Edward! 
Edward, after his grandfather on his daddy's side.
Born September last year, my little man is just 6 months old.
He has 2 teeth through on his bottom gums and is 99% crawling and can stand up on his own holding onto the couch! :) Has his daddy's amazing crystal blue eyes, a future ladies man I'm sure! Adores his sister, anything you're eating he will try to swipe it and having staring stand offs with the kitty cat is something he is facinated by! :)

I have always wanted to be a mum, for as long as I can remember. Growing up for me was tough, I didnt have a great family life and I was often scared and alone.
But I try not to think about it and without going into the nitty gritty of it all, I feel like it has made me one hell of a strong woman and as small as it may seem to some, I am truly living my dream now as a mother and wife. A bit of an old fashioned dream I suppose, but I don't feel like there's anything wrong with that. Each to their own. Anything goes these days, so long as you're happy and not hurting anyone, I say go get your dream, you are the only one who will make it happen. 

Probably the most recent pic of the 3 if us. (Excuse the no makeup!)

My first pregnancy was quite pleasant, thinking back. I was working full time in a warehouse and doing pretty strenuous work, on my feet and lifting and packing boxes all day long. I was fit and even though Imbi came 2 weeks early and only weighed 6 pound, after 24 hours of labour, I had nothing to compare it to until I was pregnant with Rory. For some reason I found that pregnancy much harder. I guess because my body was not as strong, fit or young as it used to be. Also he was a much bigger baby and he went full term, only the Labour was only 10 hours, goodie right? Would have been except I hemeraged and had to be rushed off for surgery straight after and barely got to hold him for 5 seconds after he was born. Quite a traumatic experience that has me nervous about having more children. Maybe one day, these 2 are my absolute world right now. I love them more than I could possibly describe. They keep my hands, arms, legs and mind totally busy, so for now, 2 is more than enough. I have no clue how on earth these mothers with 3 or more do it!? There are some days, okay many days, I'm not gonna lie, where they drive me completely round the bend! My husband works his butt off and doesn't have a lot of spare time to help out, there is no family around close by to help either, so I often feel like I am doing it all which can be over whelming, stressful and lonely. We moved to Brisbane about 5 years ago and I've barely had a social experience with the girls since.
I just hope the future brings a bit more financial freedom so I am able to provide them with all the opportunities life has to offer them, so they are able to completely soak up and live life in any way they choose. 


Anyhow, this post was basically just a little more personal insight into my family life that I thought I would share. I hope to do some more mummy posts soon. I know I love to be inspired and am always googling random mummy related questions, so hopefully I can also be inspiring and helpful in my writing.


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