Today is World Nutella Day 2012 so it would be rude of me not to cook something using Nutella in honour of this special day....I was planning to cook my Nutella Cookies or make some cupcakes with Nutella frosting or even make some lovely Nutella mousse but when I found some ready rolled puff pastry on offer at the shop, I thought I might have a go at making some Nutella Pasties. Sounds weird I know, but actually they were really delicious and we're definitely going to be having them again.... Nutella Pasties Ready made, ready rolled puff pastry (you could make your own if you're feeling … [Read more...]
Not so quick but very yummy Prawn and Pea Risotto….
It's not often Mr Frugal takes much of an interest in cooking or shopping (although he does do all the ironing) but when I picked him up from work a couple of nights ago, he had a big pack of raw King Prawns that he'd seen on the reduced bay on his way through the shop.So instead of the planned ham and mushroom oven baked risotto, I thought I'd try to recreate a prawn and pea risotto that I'd tried a while ago at a friends house and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, so pleased that I thought I'd share....Prawn and Pea Risotto 700ml vegetable stock 250g Arborio rice 1 chopped … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Homemade Burgers….
I never bothered with a meal plan last week as I was feeling a bit bleugh (if that's even a word), and as a result, without even looking at the receipts from last week's food shopping I can tell you that we went way over our weekly budget.As we didn't have a meal plan to stick to, we bought random things when we did our main shop and then got home and realised that the things we'd bought didn't really make up a weeks worth of meals. This meant that through the week we ended up making two extra trips to the shop for extra bits, both times buying more than what we went for. So this week, … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Fish Pie….
Monday - Fish Pie.Tuesday - Sausage and Bean Casserole.Wednesday - Chicken egg fried rice / Fish fingers, chips and beans for Master Frugal.Thursday - Sweet potato curry and rice.Friday - Tuna pasta bake with crusty rolls seeing as we never had it last week when we planned to.Saturday - Quesadillas.Sunday - Sunday Dinner Fish Pie 400ml milk 25g plain flour 25g butter Parsley (fresh or dried) Fish 2 eggs Mashed potatoThis is one of those vague recipes where you really can just throw in whatever you fancy (within reason ;-)).I made today's … [Read more...]
How to make a wall planner for your meal plans….
I know, I've gone a bit meal planning mental this week but I promise this is the last post on the subject (for at least the rest of the week anyway).Usually, I have our week's meals written on a scrap of paper, stuck on the front of the fridge if I'm feeling particularly organised, somewhere at the bottom of my handbag if I'm not! This led to us not sticking to the plan on lots of a few times as we couldn't remember what we were supposed to be eating so as part of my New Years resolution to be more organised, I decided that from now on we're going to have the meal plan where everyone can … [Read more...]
The first Frugal Family meal plan of the year….
I love how there are so many people blogging their meal plans this week - I'll be going round them all with a pen and paper for some new ideas when I get the chance but for now, here's our first frugal meal plan of the year.Monday - Quick quesadillasTuesday - Ham and chicken oven baked risotto for the grown ups / Sausages and Yorkshire puddings with gravy for the kids.Wednesday - Cod fillets in Batter (because we liked last weeks so much) with chips, mushy peas and bread and butter.Thursday - Fish pie as we never got the time to make it last week.Friday - Mince and … [Read more...]
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