Wait till you see the syn free party food snacks that I've got to share with you today - they make being on a diet at this time of year much more tolerable!Before I get to them though, I wanted to tell you about the Lidl Hot Air Fryer that they were cooked in because I was sent one to try a couple of weeks ago and it's been amazing.I've had an Air Fryer for a few years now and is one of the most used pieces of kit in my kitchen and before I tried I was convinced that a budget version of the one I had just wasn't going to be able to compete.When we unboxed the Lidl Hot Air Fryer, I … [Read more...]
How to have an amazing Christmas, even when Santa’s skint….
Christmas can be a difficult time when you're struggling to make ends meet. And it's even harder if your children have a wishlist as long as their arm that they just keep adding to every time they watch TV and another advert pops up for something they desperately need. ;-)How do you tell the little ones that they won't be getting everything on their list when they think that Santa is in charge of bringing the presents. How do you tell them that you can't afford what they want, even when they're non-believers and you can already anticipate the snapchats on Christmas morning of their … [Read more...]
Savoury Puff Pastry Christmas Tree….
I sent Mr Frugal to the shop the other night for some bits and bobs and he came home with 5 boxes of ready rolled puff pastry that was reduced to 42p a roll even though it still had a few days left before it needed using up or freezing.I think he had visions of me making him a pie for his tea every night for a week but I had different plans - I've been wanting to try making a puff pastry Christmas tree after seeing one last year but knowing that it was highly likely to go wrong, I'd kept deciding against having a go. Seeing as the pastry was so cheap though and I had some leftovers from … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {2nd December 2016}….
1) I've had soup for lunch every day this week and thanks to some supermarket bargains, it's cost me less than a pound for the whole week's worth of lunches. I bought a pack of veg soup mix reduced from £1.25 to 45p on Monday morning which did Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for me and on Wednesday night I bought some reduced sweet potatoes which I popped in the soup maker with some butternut squash from the freezer and voila, Thursday and Friday's lunches sorted. I don't get bored of soup as it's delicious in the soup maker and it's so simple to make with hardly any preparation or cleaning … [Read more...]
Christmas Planner Printable….
I am not a naturally organised person and in the past I've missed important events because I've either completely forgotten about them or I've simply left it too late to make the necessary arrangements for me to be there.Aside from July (which is always chaos with the end of the school year), Christmas is probably the most chaotic time of the year for us as a family and as a working Mum, I really need to plan ahead in order to make sure that I don't forget anything!For the last few years, I've spent five minutes making myself a little printable Christmas planner for me to stick on the … [Read more...]
What to do when you can’t afford to heat your home….
Have you ever woken up to a cold house and realised that your boiler's on the blink and had to make do with very little other than wearing extra layers, snuggling under blankets and drinking cups of tea until it's fixed?We did last Christmas when we woke up to no heating on Christmas morning and I can tell you, in case you've never been through it that it's not a pleasant experience at all. We were without heat for just a few days and although it was awful, it was almost an adventure for the kids as we found new ways to keep warm and laughed about how we were having a white Christmas … [Read more...]
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