Food organisation

I have been wondering whether to put this on my blog or not, as it's not really relevant to the whole theme I have going on here, but I have been going through a massive decluttering spurt.

It started when I was out of the game with my ankle, and I was practically crawling up the walls with frustration. To take my mind off it, I started to go through all of my stuff and weeding out the unnecessary.  It felt really good, and now I feel properly cleansed.

But I am not stopping there. Last weekend I decided to give my kitchen a revamp and re-organise my food cupboards. Given that this blog is about food (well, sometimes), I thought I should crete a post to boast about my efforts.

There was one corner that used to really annoy me. It was wasted space, frankly, and a dumping ground for all the food that I couldn't fit in my cupboards:

ICK.

There was two issues with this arrangement: firstly, it looked like a total guddle, and secondly, the water from the nearly sink sometimes seeped over onto the work surface, making my teabags all soggy. :(

I realised that there was also a lot of wall space there that I wasn't using, so I came up with a plan to start storing up, rather than out. I invested in a cheap £10 Billy Bookcase from Ikea, and voila! Instant organisation!

YAY

It looks so much better now!

I was even able to bring out some of my pretty jars of rice, pasta and pulses, and put them on display. I don't know why, but there is something so nice about having all of my wholesome ingredients on show.

So yeah, that was my weekend.

Do you have any kitchen organisation tips? Please tell me about them in the comments! Now that I've got the ball rolling, I get a total kick out of this stuff. Seriously.

Just a quick one...

... To say how shocked and saddened I am to hear of the tragic events in Boston.

The day before the race, my Twitter feed was full of excitement and anticipation... but at the moment it's so full of heartwrenching stories, that I dread opening it for fear of what I might read next.

I know it's hard, but we need to look on the bright side. Ill leave you with this quote that popped up in my Facebook feed (because that's where I seem to get all my blog inspiration nowadays).




The tales of the many heroes rising up to the plate in this difficult time have been inspirational. We need to take the positive out of this if we can, and keep our chins up. Because when we let things like this bring us down, that's when the fuckers win.

Be strong, Boston. The world is thinking of you.

X

New Beginnings

I freaking love April.

Winter is well and truly behind us (well, in theory), the mornings are getting lighter, the days are getting warmer and I am feeling good.

Screw new year's resolutions - resolving to make a change for spring is where it's at, and here's why: there is a kind of hope attached to spring breaking that cannot be found at any other time of the year. With new blooms appearing, and the sunrise ready to greet me when I get up in the morning, it feels like the whole planet is awaking from a six month slumber.

Don't get me wrong, my ankle isn't completely better, but it is the best time of the year to start a new training plan. I went out for my first run yesterday in over two months, and boy it felt good.

Well, at the time. About 10 hours later the dreaded and inevitable DOMS set in (you know, when those muscles you haven't been using for a while go "remember us?!") so I've been walking like John Wayne most of the day, but I know it will pass.

The main concern is my ankle. I don't know if it is true or not, but a trainer once told me that the pressure equal to 8x your body weight passes through your foot every stride you take on a run. That's quite a hammering. So, I am starting out really really easy, only 15 minutes at a time, and then building up from there. The flare ups are to be expected, but I am trying to minimise them as much as I can.

In the meantime, so far so good. I'll keep you posted.