Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Peach Cobbler….

October 10, 2011 By Cassandra
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This is the third week I’ve been ill and it’s really starting to get me down a bit now – I have no energy, I feel bleugh and I can’t stop coughing! The Dr has just signed me off work for a week and prescribed me with some stronger antibiotics and some steroids so fingers crossed I should be sorted soon…. This weeks meal plan reflects my lack of energy as I’ve cut as many corners as possible

Monday – Sunday Dinner leftovers – I cooked extra potatoes and yorkshire puddings yesterday so all I had to do today was zap them in the microwave, cook some veggies and serve with the leftover chicken from dinner yesterday.

Tuesday – Naan bread pizza’s with potato wedges.

Wednesday – Macaroni cheese

Thursday – Slow cooker chilli

Friday – Chicken and mushroom pasta

Saturday – Jambalaya

Sunday – Sunday dinner with roast lamb, Yorkshire puddings, roasties and veg.

I’m in real need of comfort food at the minute so we’ve just had a lovely peach cobbler and custard for pudding – it was delicious and even in my energy depleted state (yep, feeling very sorry for myself), it was really easy to make….

Peach Cobbler

Ingredients

1 cup of sugar

1 cup of plain flour

1 cup of milk

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

2 cups of fruit (any fruit – frozen, fresh or tinned).

It doesn’t really matter if you use the American cup measurement, you can just use a normal coffee cup. The main thing is that the quantities are equal.

Mix the sugar, flour, baking powder and milk in a bowl.

Next for the fruit, we used peaches today but in the past we’ve used apple and cinnamon, pears and chocolate chips and frozen forest fruit mix. We’ve never had a combination that hasn’t been delicious. Whatever fruit you choose, just layer it at the bottom of a large greased oven proof dish.

Pour your batter mix over the fruit and bake at about 180c for around 35-40 minutes. You can tell when it’s cooked as it looks all golden brown on top. Unfortunately, ours tonight looked less golden than it should as I trusted Mr Frugal to keep an eye on it while I had a quick bath but he took it out as soon as the oven timer went off at 35 minutes. It tasted gorgeous despite its alight anemic appearence….

As I said, you can adapt this recipe to any sort of fruit cobbler – what sort of fruit would you use?

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hannah(CupcakeMumma) · 703 weeks ago

Mmmm Thanks for sharing, giving that a go! Im gluten and dairy free so i'll let you know how it turns out! I think i'll pop some tinned pinapple in mine, i've been needing an excuse to use it but don't always like it out the tin x

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cass@frugalfamily · 700 weeks ago

I love tinned pineapple - I'm going to make one with some soon - what about adding coconut to the mix. I'm not sure if that would work but my mouths watering so I think I'll have a go x

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TheMadHouse 92p · 703 weeks ago

I love cobblers, they are so simple to make. I have some pears from my tree, so must do a pear one. Don't forget to add this to Frugaliscious mrs

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cass@frugalfamily · 700 weeks ago

Mmmm I could do with one of those today in this miserable weather. Might make one for pud this afternoon x

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lazylol · 702 weeks ago

Good idea - I always have tinned peaches in the cupboard. I will give it a try. Hope you are feeling better soon x

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cass@frugalfamily · 700 weeks ago

I use tinned peaches too - loads easier x x

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beckycattermole 1p · 665 weeks ago

I made this yesterday, and it was delicious! Really simple, and very tasty. I used canned peaches, although they did rise to the top as soon as I put the batter in! Not sure why, but it was still gorgeous! x

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Cass@FrugalFamily 96p · 664 weeks ago

I\'m really pleased you enjoyed it x x

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trish · 611 weeks ago

A frugal trick from my Mother was to use the fruit juice to replace the liquid in cobblers and cakes with fruit added. Makes the batter even more yummy and fruity tasting.