I love Rose wine and I have just seen a recipe for a Rose wine cocktail on one of Rachel Allen's TV shows and it sounds absolutely gorgeous....Chop up 1 nectarine (or apparently you could use raspberries or strawberries) and add the juice of half a lime.Add 2 teaspoons of sugar and blend together.Pour into a jug and top up with chilled Rose wine.Stir it together and voila... Happiness in a jug! … [Read more...]
Salt Dough Decorations….
After watching Kirsty's homemade Christmas last week i felt inspired to make some salt dough decorations of our own. Now before we started I had my usual Domestic Goddess visions where I pictured our decorations as stunning works of art! As usual with my visions - the results were nothing like I hoped but we had fun making them so it was well worth it.The dough mix is so simple. All you do is mix half a cup of salt and a whole cup of flour and then slowly add one whole cup of water to the mix. You (or the kids) need to then knead the mix for 10 minutes - don't miss this stage out as … [Read more...]
School Visit….
I have had a lovely day today, all of the parents were invited into school to do some activities with the kids so both me and Mr Frugal managed to finish work early to go. Master Frugal had sports all afternoon so we spent the whole afternoon with Miss Frugal in her classroom.There were different activities set out on each table and we chose to make some Christmas tree decorations and to write a Christmas poem. Miss Frugal was really proud of hers and read it out to anyone who would listen:I love ChristmasI love presentsMerry ChristmasTo everyoneIt didn't have to rhyme but each line had to … [Read more...]
Going Bananas….
I have just found two bananas hiding at the bottom of my fruit bowl that are looking a but past it. Rather than throwing them out (as I usually would) I decided to see if I could find a way to use up these sad looking specimens....There are loads of recipes out there on the internet using bananas but the simplest one that I have found was for Fruity Banana Bread.Ingredients100g sugar,75g Margarine,200g plain flour,2 teaspoons baking powder,2 eggs,2 bananas,50g dried fruit.First of all you need to cream the margarine and the sugar. Then mix in the eggs and add the two mashed up bananas. Mix in … [Read more...]
Making Decorations….
I popped to B&Q; earlier on today and they are have reduced a lot of their Christmassy things, to be honest I was a but dissappointed with the range as I don't think they are stocking nearly as much as last Christmas but I was pleasantly surprised at the sale they had on. I didn't really go to look at the Christmas stuff, I went for some wallpaper inspiration but while I was there it would have been rude not to have a look wouldn't it?I found some plain white felt christmas tree ornaments reduced to 24p so I bought four thinking that the kids would have a bit of fun colouring them in.However, … [Read more...]
Nana, Where’s me Grandad?
We have had a very Christmassy day today, it was Master Frugal's nativity play this afternoon and he has been really looking forward to us going to see it as he was playing the Ghost of Christmas Past and has been practicing his lines constantly for weeks.The performance was by the nursery and reception classes so the children were all 3 and 4 years old, I think the teachers did a fantastic job and they were quite relaxed about the usual waves to the audience and kids leaving the stage to give their moms a hug. I had tears in my eyes from laughing at one point when Mary stood up and said, no … [Read more...]
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