I'm not a big drinker but when I do drink, I enjoy a nice cocktail.I like my cocktails the way I like my meals - as simple as possible with as few ingredients as I can get away with and my taste has certainly improved since the time that I thought that mixing a cheap bottle of red wine that I won in a raffle with a bottle of Lambrini would make a lovely rose wine. FYI - it doesn't.One of my favourite cocktails is the Lumumba:Apologies for the blurry picture, it was taken by my husband after one too many Lumumbas ;-) Traditionally the Lumumba is made from Brandy, hot chocolate … [Read more...]
The Gallery – Dear Beautiful Daughter….
To my beautiful daughter, I can't believe you're 10 this week. You seem to have grown up so fast - from a chubby smiley baby to the confident happy young lady that you are now. I know you're looking forward to the next stage of your childhood - you've told me often enough lately just how important a 10th birthday is as you're almost a teenager when you hit hose double figures. It makes me a little sad though, to know that you're growing up and that one day soon, you won't need me as much as you do right now. I don't ever want you to stop telling me your little secrets but I know you … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Baked Salmon….
I love this time of year.After the Summer Holidays when the days are long and filled with picnics in the park and squeezing meals in around playing out and day-trips, going back to school means that we get back into our routine.I find that meal planning is much easier when we have more set meal times and I enjoy getting together for our family meals and catching up with what everyone's done that day. The problem with them going back to school is that there never seems to be enough time in the day to do everything that I want to do so I try and spend as little time as possible cooking … [Read more...]
How to ice a cupcake….
What's the difference between a good old fashioned fairy cake and a cupcake?Google tells me that a cupcake originated in America and is slightly larger that the British fairy cake. Cupcakes are also usually made with a richer, thicker icing. Apparently.I'm more of a fairy cake girl and I use my Nana's favourite recipe - the same one that I've been using since I was about six when I first started baking with her. I've known it off by heart since before I knew my times tables at school.But recently, my fairy cakes have been looking like a bit of a poor relation when I've been … [Read more...]
The Thrifty Families Carnival….
First of all, I'm sorry for the delay in publishing the carnival this month - we've had a bit of a busy back to school week and I'm still playing catch up from our holidays last week.I have some fantastic posts for you today - you're practically guaranteed to learn something new ;-)First up we have the lovely Becky with a brilliant Vlog about teaching her children gratitude and an equally fantastic podcast about rainy days and poverty.Next up is a post from the preloved blog called Suzy's second hand safari. I'd love to do something like this but I don't think I could stick to it … [Read more...]
Saturday is Caption Day – the one with the silly swimming caps….
It’s Saturday again already and as usual, I’m joining in with the Saturday is caption Day linky over at Mammsaurus’ blog.This week's picture was taken last week on our holidays and took about 20 throws from Mr Frugal before I got the photo I wanted. Master Frugal was loving it - his Dad, not so much!So, what do you think? What's caption would you give this picture?(By the way, we don't usually where swimming caps. It was a rule of the hotel indoor pool ;-)) … [Read more...]
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