The Australian Women's Weekly

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At a time when Instagram and Facebook feeds were flooded with meals worthy of a MasterChef winner, Jessica Rowe felt at a loss. Surely, she thought, she couldn’t be the only mum who was incapable of presenting such a glorious feast each night for her family?

Rather than wallow, in 2017 she launched a project to help make herself – and others like her – feel less inadequate. And so the Crap Housewife was born.

Each night Jess would post a photo of the not-so-impressive meals she was putting on the table for husband Peter Overton, 54, and their two daughters Allegra, 14, and Giselle, 11. From burnt sausages and mash to baked beans on toast, no

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