You might think that because I have a week off work, I'm going to try out some new and exciting recipes and spend more time in the kitchen preparing our meals.But you'd be wrong ;-)I plan to put as little effort as possible into everything this week as I'm going to be mostly sitting on my settee with a cuppa watching daytime TV and having as many Nana-naps as I can squeeze in while the kids are at school.So his week's meal plan will be brought to you with the magic of my trusty slow cooker and will involve little or no imagination, creativity of effort.... MondaySlow cooked … [Read more...]
This week’s mini meal plan and my recipe for slow cooker chilli….
As of Friday afternoon, Mr Frugal and I have a week off work together. It's actually the week we booked in so we could have a week's family holiday and we were intending to take the kids out of school and go away for a week somewhere nice and warm.But then the rules changed and we can't take them out of school for the full week so we're just going to have a nice weekend away this weekend starting as soon as they finish school on Friday. We haven't decided yet what we're doing or where we're going but we definitely doing something!So our meal plan is only Monday to Thursday this week … [Read more...]
What we’re eating this week….
It's ridiculous how fast time is flying by at the moment isn't it?I'm sat here writing our meal plan and shopping list but it seems like only five minutes ago that I was writing last weeks! I'm still really tired but now I have a cold too so this week's plan is going to be almost as lazy as last week's was I'm afraid with comfort food all the way.... MondayRoasted veggies but I'll add some chicken or sausages to it I think and any leftovers will be added to cous cous for lunch the next day. TuesdayToad in the hole WednesdayBarbecue pulled pork ThursdayI'm not sure … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the tired mummy week….
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...]
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