We managed to buy some bargain blueberries from the shop tonight - a big punnet reduced to 65p. I was planning to use them to make something exotic and different but in the end we just made plain old boring muffins! All you need to recreate my delicious little muffins is: 75g butter (softened) 75g sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder 1 egg, beaten 200g plain flour 125ml milk 100g blueberries Gradually add the sugar and the egg to the butter Mix 1 tablespoon flour with the blueberries and put to one side. Sift the remaining flour together with the baking powder. Fold the flour and … [Read more...]
Parmo and Creamed Cabbage….
Who knows what a Parmo is? You probably won't unless you've spent some time in the North East as it's a local 'delicacy' round here, I'll tell you what it is if you promise to keep an open mind as it tastes way better than it sounds. It's a chicken escalope coated in breadcrumbs, topped with bechemal sauce and then cheese. They're usually eaten with chips, creamed cabbage and garlic sauce and you can get them with all sorts of toppings on like mushrooms, onions, bolognaise or even doner meat. You want one now don't you, admit it! All you need to do is put a chicken breast into … [Read more...]
Happy Camping….
Does anyone go camping?We've never been before but are seriously considering trying it this year in the Summer holidays. I was hoping we might be able to have a more exotoc holiday, or at least one that involves an aeroplane but unless we win the lotter it doesn't look like that's going to happen so we thought camping in the UK might be a good alternative.To practice, we've bought a little 2 man tent from B&Q (complete bargain at £11) and set it up in the garden. It was a loads easier than I thought to set up although to be fair we do appear to have a few spare ropes and pegs … [Read more...]
Who wears the trousers in your house….
When I was younger I had a really simple view of what life was going to be like when I grew up, I was going to meet the man of my dreams, have a huge white wedding, produce several very well behaved children and give up work while my well paid husband supported me. However, as with lots of childhood dreams, it didn't quite turn out that way, although I was lucky enough to find the almost perfect man!Mr Frugal works really hard, often starting at 4am but he's far from being well paid bless him. I have a pretty well paid job and earn almost double what he does, I work full time hours over … [Read more...]
Free Family and Friends Railcard….
There's a fantastic offer on at the moment for a free two month Family and Friends Railcard.To claim your free Railcard you simply need to complete the application form and your Family and Friends Railcard will be sent to you in the post.When your free 2 months are up, you can get 50% off a 12 month Railcard by ordering online between 5th July and 1st August, 2010 using the special code you will get with your Railcard. … [Read more...]
Cupcakes….
Anyone who knows me knows how much of a cookbook freak I am, I have loads but hardly ever use them for recipes - I just like to look at the pictures and dream.... I have had the occasional go though and one particular memory of chilli and chorizo scallops springs to mind - I won't go into it but it's safe to say that we haven't had scallops since ;-) I've also had more than one disaster with chocolate mousses and it's probably best if I don't even mention my previous risotto issues! Anyway, my various disasters haven't put me off buying cookbooks and when I went shopping yesterday I heard … [Read more...]
