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...]
The long awaited pulled pork recipe….
Learning to cook slow cooker pulled pork was one of my News Years Resolutions as we'd been dying to try it for ages.We saw a giant version on Man Vs Food (how on earth does he eat as much as he does) before Christmas and it looked delicious so we knew we wanted to try it but I thought it would be really complicated to make. Thanks to the magic of Google, I've found lots of different recipes and ways to make it - marinade this, rub that, cook in the smoker, add this spice and that spice. All of which I'm sure would be delicious but not my style at all as I like our meals to be quick and … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the comfort food week….
Why is it on cold dark nights like we're having at the minute, when you just want to come home and snuggle on the settee with a mug of hot chocolate, we seem to have more planned than usual? Answers on the back of a postcard please! Another busy week coming up this week for us so if we have any hopes of eating properly, the slow cooker is going to be earning it's keep over the next few days. Sunday - We finally got around to trying the pulled pork recipe this week and it was totally worth the wait! I'll be blogging the recipe later in the week when the new recipe linky that I'll be running … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the last stretch before payday….
We've got another busy week ahead of us this week and seeing as January pay day still hasn't arrived, I'll be buying as little as possible when I go shopping for this week. I try and make sure I always have plenty of what I call 'the essentials' in the cupboard - things like rice, pasta, tinned tomatoes, tinned tuna and stock cubes along with things like mince and chicken in the freezer because you can always make something if you have these in. But we're even starting to run low on these things and this week's meal plan will probably finish off my supplies so I'm looking forward to pay day … [Read more...]
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