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03/27/2026
What can I say? I'm now a meal-prepper!
Got these silicon molds recently and they have 100% changed the game of food for me. I am OBSESSED!
No more wasting time cooking daily, no more dishes daily, no more stressing about what to eat, no more being tired and NOT having anything to whip up - I love my new silicon molds for meal prepping.
Any meal preppers here?
Would you like to eat what may look like space food?
Would you like to take out a block of frozen food in the morning and devour it by evening?
I highly recommend this style of meal prepping to anyone who wants to save time, eat healthy, and ensure there is always something good, delicious, and healthy on hand!
Enjoy the weekend,
Ronan 🇨🇦🇮🇪
Do you depend on anything to get you through the day?
Such a common mistake I hear on a regular basis...
Will this mistake make you look like a fool? Nope!
Why should you try and remember it? Because if you have an exam, it'll cost marks and if you want to be more fluent, prepositions matter.
Will folks understand you if you say 'depend of' and not 'depend on'? Probably, unless they themselves are fools.
Why do I teach this stuff? I don't know, I'm bored!
03/23/2026
Meal Prepping!
One thing that I have gotten really into the last year is meal prepping with silicon molds.
My freezer is full of little cubes of frozen food all stacked upon one another like Lego blocks. I know for some this might not look appealing, but I guarantee you, once you try one of these frozen meals you’ll be turned.
In this picture, I have cilantro rice and an eggplant with chickpea dish. I made both of these on the weekend and take them out in the morning. By the time I get home, they are ready to be heated up and devoured! I usually take out some sort of protein, too.
That big red thing is the silicon mold. I cook food, wait for it to cool a bit, put the food into the mold, throw the mold into the freezer, and once frozen I pop them out and stack my dinners in the freezer.
Why do I meal prep?
It’s convenient and delicious. The amount of time I save by not cooking or cleaning during the week is a godsend.
Whenever I meal prep, I make similar but not identical meals. I might make two different rice dishes, two different chicken dishes, two different vegetable dishes. This means that I’m not eating the same meal two days in a row because I can mix and match the cubes for different tastes. I can also whip up different sauces to go along with the meals.
Questions:
❓Are you a meal prepper?
❓Do you like eating frozen food?
❓Do you cook every day?
❓How much time do you spend in the kitchen every week?
❓Would you like to spend one day cooking instead of doing a little bit every day?
A knock off | Noun
A copy, often less quality, of another named product or brand
If you don't want to buy the expensive Dubai chocolate, you can pick up a knock off brand of the same bar. However, some of the knock off brands cost over $100 and some cost ONLY about $40!
Would you go for a knock off or would you want the original?
Examples:
1. I picked up a knock off handbag for my wife, I'm not buying the real thing.
2. Can you tell the difference between the real thing and a knock off?
3. Some knock offs cost more than the actual bar, crazy!
One meaning, three different levels...
😠Angry
😡Furious
🤬Livid
These words are all connected to Anger, but they have different levels of Anger.
🤬When is the last time you were livid?
😡Can you think of a time a characeter in a tv show or movie was furious?
😠What makes you angry?
03/17/2026
It's St. Patrick's day today, let's learn something about Ireland.
The Ireland of the past is not the Ireland of today. Sure, we celebrate St. Patrick's day but generally speaking, it's not for religious reasons no more, it's for cultural reasons. It's a day to celebrate Irish culture more than anything else.
I'm just scraping the surface with this post, but do some of your own diving into Irish history, culture, folklore, and langauge to learn more about this beautiful island.
Irish channels you should follow to learn the langauge:
03/04/2026
Here we have some more collocations with prepositions.
If you got any questions, drop them in the comments.
There are many different ways to say things in English, here’s a few alternatives to common sentences or phrases:
🫨Scared of – Petrified of
🙃Bad at – Hopeless at
😃I speak two languages – I’m bilingual
🤬Go away – F&ck off
Which ones do you prefer?
A boatload of money | Idiom
A lot of money, like a huge amount of money!
1. I wasted a boatload of money on books in college, the rest I spent wisely on w**d and boos.
2. In just 12 days of conflict, the US spent over $500million on missiles. Freedom!
3. If we could just spend a tiny fraction of the boatload of money directed towards weapons, we could solve a lot of problems.
4. I’m not asking for a boatload of money, just enough so people can get medicine for free, jeeeez!
5. You’re upset that your government is spending a boatload of money on a foreign war again? Well… is there anything you can do about it?
Reusable or Single-use?
Here are some words that you probably come across on a daily basis!
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