Hands up who's struggling this month?No matter how organised we were for Christmas, we're still finding it difficult to make December's early pay stretch for the five and a half weeks till January's pay day. We've had some unexpected things to pay out (car battery, school trip deposit and musical instruments) which has made things even more difficult so I need to keep even closer control than usual over our food budget this month.I managed to get a big bag of minced steak mince from Tesco just before closing yesterday reduced to just £2.64 so you can guess what's going to feature very … [Read more...]
The first meal plan of the year….
Meal planning is hard enough over Christmas but add to that illness and a complete lack of energy to even write a meal plan, let along stick to it and you end up with a complete meal planning failure! So, now that we're on the mend (mostly) and the kids are back at school, it's time to get back on track and try and spend even less than usual to make up for the last few weeks.As well as trying to be super-frugal and only use things that are in, I'm going to try and cook a new meal at least once a fortnight (once a week seems like too much hard work at the minute) so I *may* attempt pulled … [Read more...]
Get Organised – How to meal plan….
Have you ever wondered how to meal plan successfully? If you have and you want to save your family money then read on....The half an hour a week that I spend planning our meals and shopping list saves us more money than anything else we do so it's well worth the short amount of time it takes to do so I thought I'd make my first post of 2013 all about meal planning and how we do it in our house.I have a meal planning notebook (there's a surprise) and every Saturday, I write down a list of everything we have in the fridge, the freezer and the cupboards. I then sit down and write a … [Read more...]
Family friendly frugal meals – Fishy pasta bake….
This week is my favourite week of the year - we always have lots planned and everything just seems more exciting because we know that Christmas is so close. We do have something planned for every night this week so meal planning is going to be a bit manic but I'm going to stick with it because I want to have a little extra to spend on next weeks food budget ;-)Monday - School party for Miss Frugal and I have one of Master Frugal's friends for tea so it's going to be quick and easy for the kids. I have some chicken pieces in the freezer so I might try some homemade chicken nuggets with … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – filled giant Yorkshire puddings….
Another busy week this week - we have something planned for every night and I'm shattered just thinking about it! Meals are going to have to even quicker and easier so we can fit them in ;-)Monday - Filled Yorkshire puddings (see below).Tuesday - I'm out for tea with my friends for work as someone's leaving this week and seeing as Mr Frugal's at work, I'll be taking the kids with me. I'll feed them a quick tea of fish fingers, chips and peas before we go and let them have the pick of the desert menu while we eat I think as there's nothing on the menu that they'll go for.Wednesday … [Read more...]
Family friendly frugal meals – Leftover turkey and sweet potato curry….
We've all got a really busy week this week so our meal plan is going to have be a bit flexible.Monday - I made a curry yesterday using leftover turkey and sweet potato from our pretend thanksgiving meal to reheat for tea tonight. Curries are always better the next day I think so I'm really looking forward to it with a bit of rice and some naan bread.Tuesday - Play date night with some friends from Bethan's class, we take it in turns to have tea round each other's houses so I'm off the hook for tea tonight.Wednesday - I think we'll have toad in the hole with roasties and veg as I … [Read more...]
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