If thinking about dinner, or creating a ‘Meal Plan’ is stressful and exhausting, you’re in the right place! I am obsessed with sharing tips and tricks that will help you approach meal planning in a new way – YOUR WAY!

I know there are a lot of women out there like me who like to cook when we have the time, but some days thinking about what’s for dinner and cooking it is a chore, right?

When you don’t have the time or the mental energy to think about food, especially during the week, you just want ‘what’s for dinner’ solved ASAP - with no fuss, healthy foods on the table - Fast. Tasty. Delicious. Easy. And in under 30 minutes MAX!

I love sharing time saving, low cost, quick healthy recipes, easy dinner ideas and tips on how to meal plan that will take the stress out of solving the what’s for dinner challenge.


Louise D'Allura
Consultant Home Economist and Chief Meal Planner
My Meal Planning Personality™ is an Intuitive!

Chicken and Cheese Open Pie

Comments 0 January 2, 2014 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners
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This Chicken and Cheese Open Pie is a super easy recipe and a great example of the Revamps philosophy – using leftover chicken. When you Revamp your leftovers, you need to look at varying one or more of the Revamp principles.  In this example we varied:  texture (cooking the chopped/ shredded chicken in an egg […]

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Failsafe Pasta Sauce

Comments 0 December 11, 2013 Recipes: Quick and Easy Dinners
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I’m so excited to share this wonderful creation – my Red Lentil and Beetroot Pasta Sauce! As is always the way – this recipe was inspired by my favourite Sri Lankan Red Lentil curry and Cooking 4 K’s Tomatoless Spaghetti Bolognese (click here).  I took principles from both and made sure they were suitable for […]

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Christmas Menu: Quick List of Things to Organise

Comments 0 December 11, 2013 Christmas
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Are you like me and slowly getting around to the food side of things for your Christmas Menu Planning? Well I thought I’d share some tips to help you get organised for your Christmas Food Events!  Here are some tips to think about.  Be sure to work out when and who can get involved in these […]

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Christmas Menu: A Twist on Christmas Menu Mains

Comments 0 December 11, 2013 Christmas
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Are you in the middle of finalising your Christmas Menu? Me too – I never plan too far in advance!! (probably because I my Meal Planning Personality is an Intuitive!) So, I thought I’d share some ideas that I’ve seen and really liked for a whole host of reasons – either because they looked great, […]

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Christmas Menu: Managing Allergies and Intolerances for Guests

Comments 3 December 11, 2013 Christmas
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I wanted to write this post to help family and friends that are hosting a Christmas event where you’ve got a family member with an allergy or intolerance.  Australia has one of the highest allergy prevalence rates in the world, with one in ten having an immune system reaction to a food.  Food intolerance is even […]

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Christmas Menu: Going Low Additive to Avoid the Crazy

Comments 1 December 11, 2013 Christmas
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Christmas can be a tough at the best of times when everyone IS behaving – let alone when you have to manage the CRAZY!  In this post I wanted to share some resources and tips so if you are buying some items so you’ll get an idea of the food additives to avoid. If you […]

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