I made Cheats Chicken Pie for tea tonight and it was delicious. I had really good intentions of making the tastiest home made chicken pie ever - I was even going to make the pastry from scratch. I got to Tescos to buy the lard for the pastry and they had that readymade puff pastry stuff for just 81p.... It was practically the same price as making my own so I decided that I would cheat just a little bit.Then when I got home I realised I had forgotton to take the chicken out of the freezer so rather than abandon the chicken pie plan, I decided to use the two tins of … [Read more...]
Meal Plan Challenge….
Can you believe it's the last day of February today? How mad is that!I am off work this week so I have decided to set myself a little meal plan challenge to spice up my weekly meal plan as it's got a bit boring (actually - a lot boring). I am going to cook a different meal every day this week so if everything goes according to plan, I'll have lots of new things to add to my weekly plan in future and lots of posts for you to show you what I'm doing....So here's this weeks meal plan challenge meal plan (if that makes any sense):MondayLunch - Spanish OmeletteTea - Home made … [Read more...]
Yorkshire Puddings…. Part 2
I blogged about my unsuccesful Yorkshire Puddings a while back (here) and I thought I would share today's attempt with you as Miss Frugal decided to try her hand at making them this afternoon.We used the same recipe as always, which is 100g plain flour, 2 eggs and half a pint of milk but I think Miss Frugal has the magic touch because she managed to make these beauties:I think she's the next Nigella ;-) … [Read more...]
Homemade Burgers….
We decided to have our homemade burgers tonight instead on Monday as Mr Frugal decided he was starving and fancied a Big Mac. There are stacks of recipes on the internet that use breadcrumbs and eggs and other faffy bits but ours are just basic and easy. We always split 500g of lean beef mince into two bowls because we both make our own. Mr Frugal just squishes (that's the technical term lol) his pile into two burger shapes and sticks them under the grill whereas mine are a bit more technical.I add a chopped chilli and two chopped garlic cloves to my mince and squish my mix together. As I … [Read more...]
Toad in the hole….
I feel so full.We have just had toad in the hole for tea with mini roasties, mash, carrots, broccoli and gravy. It was gorgeous and the kids both cleared their plates (which doesn't happen often believe me). In our pre-frugal days we would have just ordered a take away on a Saturday night and I can honestly say that we all enjoyed our tea tonight more than any take away.To make the mini roasties, I chop up some potatoes into small chucks and par boil them for about five minutes. Then I drain them and put them back in the empty pan, I season them and then drizzle them with a healthy amount … [Read more...]
Turn Bolognaise Leftovers into Chilli….
After making lasagne yesterday I still have half a slow cooker filled with bolognaise so I thought I might turn that into a nice pot of winter warming chilli.I added 1tsp of chilli, 1tsp of paprika and 1tsp of cumin along with a tin of baked beans (my family hate kidney beans) and cooked it all in the slow cooker again for a few hours.Result - Gorgeous.I think we'll have this instead of curry tomorrow night.UPDATE - This was gorgeous with some reduced pilau rice (10p from Asda) and a reduced naan bread each (5p each). Gorgeous and a bargain! … [Read more...]
