kitchen shelves and a cassoulet

I had one of those crazy ideas to rearrange the kitchen shelves on Saturday. I regretted it that night when I looked around at the disarray of dishes, bowls and whatever else, taking up every inch of counter space. Not to mention the years worth of sticky dust that had accumulated. Thank goodness some kind of normality had returned by Sunday night. At which point it was too late to take any 'after' photos.



Most things were shuffled around, a few went into the storage cupboard of the pantry, while the mixing bowls came out of the cupboard and onto the shelves.

I think I have a problem of tiring of objects far too easily, and as a result need to change them around fairly frequently. Most of the time I swap things around, but sometimes a few months or even a year of banishing to the storage cupboard can make them feel fresh and new again.

As for weekend food, well,  I picked up Donna Hay's magazine (one I don't usually buy) and cooked up the chicken and chorizo cassoulet. It was quite a hit. And not only did Saturday nights dinner, but Sunday lunch as well.  Now I'm eying off a few of the other recipes in there, particularly those rice puddings.

 I do hope you all had warm and cozy weekend.