The last month or so has been slightly chaotic (as I may have said ;-)) so my meal plans have been very 'flexible' meaning, virtually non existent which has led to more money being spent on our food budget. Things have calmed now now thank goodness so I'm back on it.Sunday - Slow cooker minced beef and onions with Yorkshire puddings.Monday - Chicken curry - not sure yet whether to be adventurous and go for Thai green or just normal.Tuesday - We'll be out tonight so no tea to cook for tonight.Wednesday - Tuna pasta bake.Thursday - Slow cooker chilli.Friday - … [Read more...]
This weeks meal plan – the leftovers from the freezer week….
This week I've been testing out a new meal planning tool which lets you put input one or more ingredients into it and then gives you a selection of recipes that you can choose from to use up your ingredients. I'm hoping it's going to help me empty my freezer of the random leftovers and bits and bobs that I've bought from the reduced section lately.I do like the meal planner as it gives inspiration on what you can cook using what you already have in. A lot of the recipes are using US based ingredients though and some of them involve some ingredients that I would never usually have in. … [Read more...]
#CookitBlogit – My secret to making egg fried rice….
<div align="center"><a href="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/" title="The Diary of a Frugal Family"><img src="https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/cookitblogit11.jpg" alt="The Diary of a Frugal Family" style="border:none;" /></a></div> I'm so sorry that this week's #CookItBlogIt is a little bit late - blame internet issues and Olly Murs (we went to see him last night) but it's here now ;-) There were some great recipes linked up last week over at Emma's blog and we'd love to see more of the same this week.Here's mine....I love egg fried … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – with a lot of help from the slow cooker….
Yeay - we've successfully got through another week without illness! I think the germs may have finally got the hint and left us ;-)It's a bit of a busy week this week, I started my new job today so am working full time for a little while until I'm up to speed with my new role. I'm really looking forward to the job itself but not sure about the longer hours - even if it is only temporary. I have a feeling that the slow cooker is going to really earn it's keep this week!Monday - Tonight we had fish and chips using the lovely breaded fish fillets that we got reduced from £4.00 to £1.45 … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan and my homemade tomato sauce recipe….
So, I could be tempting fate here but for the first time since Christmas, we've had a good run of 5 days without illness (not including an abdominal migraine attack and a bit of man flu). Add to that the fact that it's half term and the weather forecast is looking OK and you have a very happy me!If you managed to read yesterday's post about Miss Frugal you'll know that I'm having to rethink the food that I include in my meal plans to make sure that there's no processed meat in anything I cook - which is a harder than it sounds! Quick teas like chicken nuggets or burgers are out unless I … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the everyone seems to be poorly again edition….
I knew it was too good to be true.We managed almost a full week last week with not a cough, sneeze, ache or pain to be seen - until Saturday afternoon when poor Master Frugal announced he didn't feel very well and didn't feel like going out as we'd planned. He was shortly followed by his big sister and they spent the rest of the weekend snuggled in their pyjamas watching DVDs and playing board games.If it's anything like the last couple of times they've been ill since Christmas, they've got over the actual symptoms of the cold itself within a couple of days but they've had no energy … [Read more...]
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