Katrina - The Organised Housewife

Dinner ideas for hot weather days. Inspiration for those super hot days when you can’t bear the idea of cooking and eating anything heavy or too hot. 

Create a cleaning kit which contains everything you need for cleaning all areas of your house. Place all items into a bucket to easily carry from room to room.

White Chocolate and Cranberry Cookie Recipe. This delicious cookie recipe comes courtesy from a lovely lady in The Organised Housewife community. An indulgent treat perfect for those with a sweet tooth. 

This 7-day meal plan is packed with some tasty family friendly recipes –  plus a recipe for chocolate raspberry muffins for a lunchbox snack for the kids!

Ideas on how to organise and declutter your wardrobe. Ideally you want your wardrobe to be completely functional and only have clothes accessible that you actually wear and like.

Some tips and ideas on how to get your children to follow a morning routine. Plus some ideas on how to motivate kids who are reluctant to get ready in the morning.

Snack ideas that you can grab and go. Healthy snack and nibble ideas perfect for a busy mum to grab on the way out the door to do the school pick-up.

Make 100 cookies from the one recipe, made with only four ingredients for the dough. This freezable big batch cookie recipe is great for lunchboxes and baking in advance to freeze.

A week of family friendly dinners that are light and delicious and perfect for warm weather weeks. Quick and easy ideas to prepare!

Dealing with head lice is an unfortunate part of life when you have kids at school. Some tips on how to prevent head lice infestations and how to manage it when it does happen.

Seven healthy after school snack ideas to make. Not only are they healthy but they are so yummy that kids won’t notice the fruits and veggies in them!

A Homework Caddy set up with the stationery supplies needed, and ready to use, means no more hunting for pencils or misplaced school readers!

I created these ‘School Years’ File Boxes many years ago and made one for each of my three children. I keep all their old school book pages, report cards, certificates and school photos in them, which helps with keeping everything tidily organised with this school filing organising system.