There doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day at the minute.I have so much to do but all I actually want to do is snuggle up on the settee and do nothing, especially since I bought myself a lovely new throw for the settee last night. How pretty is this?I have jobs to do round the house, blog posts to write, emails to reply to, work to go to, school meetings to attend and I'm not sure if it's the change in weather but I have a sudden urge to decorate!On the plus side, I made the decision about what school to put as our first choice for Miss Frugal's secondary school - it's … [Read more...]
Is it always better to cook from scratch?
I spent most of this morning making Miss Frugal a giant cupcake birthday cake for her 11th birthday tomorrow and it definitely didn't go to plan - in fact I'd say it went spectacularly wrong judging by the pile of burnt crusts I had to chop off it and the fact that half of the cake stayed stuck to the mould....After seeing my disaster, I'm pretty sure you won't want the recipe I used will you?I didn't think so ;-)I managed to rescue it with a good thick layer of icing and some sprinkles but even so, it's certainly not my best work....Which brings me to my question, is it … [Read more...]
School Dinners Vs Packed Lunches….
Two years ago, I wrote about why I sent my children to school with packed lunches which was, in essence (a) because I like to know what they're eating and (b) I can make a well balanced packed lunch for around half the price of a packed lunch.Even with rising costs, I can still put together a packed lunch for much less than the cost of a school dinner but it's not as easy and I have to be very organised with baking on a Sunday night and looking out for deals at the Supermarket so I have been considering school dinners recently to make life a little easier.I keep going back to my … [Read more...]
I give up – I NEED to meal plan or I spend a fortune….
I know I said that I don't usually do much of a meal plan over the Summer Holidays but it's driving me mental at the minute.Meal times are usually laid back in the Summer because (a) I never know how many we're having for tea, (b) we don't really stick to a schedule as we like to be out as much as possible and (c) we don't know whether our day might involve an impromptu picnic (which would usually come out of the food budget).But this Summer, I feel like my food budget is just running away from me and not only are we spending way more than we should be spending, we're also at the shop … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the easy week….
I'm so pleased the weather is still nice this week because we didn't get much chance to get out in it last week with poor Master Frugal being poorly. Miss Frugal is away with the school until Wednesday night and Mr Frugal is working lates tonight and tomorrow so for the next couple of days there's just me and Master Frugal after school and we plan to take full advantage of the weather. Monday Tonight we've had scampi and oven chips and garden peas with corn on the cob after we bought some packets of breaded scampi reduced from £6.00 to £1.50 in our local Tesco. Don't get me wrong, it was … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the good weather edition….
You may have noticed that there's an unfamiliar looking yellow ball in the sky giving off heat. That would be the Sun and it's so rarely seen in the UK that our meals this week are mostly cooked in the slow cooker so we can make the most of it while we have it.I can prepare everything on the morning before I go to work and then the dinner can be cooking all day in the slow cooker. That means we can go straight out after school to the park or the beach or wherever and know that the tea will be ready whenever we get in. Voila! Sunday Slow cooker brisketMonday Mini muffin pizzas - … [Read more...]
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