As much as I love reading foodie blogs, they do sometimes make me feel a little bit inadequate with their delicious sounding recipes accompanied by photos that look like a professional photographer took them.My recipes are more practical than creative and if I want a nice stylish foodie shot of what we're having for tea it usually takes me so long to get a shot that I like that the meal everyone else is half way through theirs before I sit down.As much as I enjoy cooking, I don't always have too much time so I do use the odd packet mix and the occasional jar of sauce. I also believe … [Read more...]
Malteser Cupcakes….
A couple of years ago, I used to have a regular Sunday post called Cupcake Sunday where I would bake a different type of cupcake every week and share it with you (if it worked)!But then somewhere along the line, I stopped doing it and around the same time, I kind of forgot just how much I love baking. Don't get me wrong, I still bake but it's more run of the mill things like packed lunch cake for the kids or special occasion Birthday cakes. It's the baking just for the fun of it that I miss so today, I thought I'd start again.I only went in the kitchen to sneak the Maltesers out of the … [Read more...]
Crocktober – the third week….
We're still enjoying taking part in Crocktober but I'm starting to run a little short of ideas now so it looks like Google is going to be my friend this week. ;-) MondayWe had beef stew on Monday although I got a bit potato happy with it and it looks in the photo like it was actually potato stew! It was delicious though and tasted really nice with some home made Yorkshire puds! TuesdayLast nights beef stew leftovers went in a pie although I strained most of the gravy off so the pie wasn't soggy. The gravy was heated up separately and poured over the pie. Don't tell anyone but … [Read more...]
How to make homemade Skittles Vodka….
I first heard about homemade Skittles Vodka a few years ago now but I've never actually got around to making it until last week - probably because I was a bit dubious about it tasting as nice as people said it did and I didn't want to waste perfectly good vodka!I don't have as many photos of this as I really should have for a tutorial type post but that's because I took the photos on Mr Frugal's phone which he then wiped and did a factory re-set on without saving the photos. Clever or what?I do have a few though from Instagram so I'm going to make do with what I have and hope it's … [Read more...]
Crocktober….
I genuinely can't believe that it's October already!September is usually a month where I usually feel a bit all over the place as we settle into a routine after the Summer Holidays and this year was no different other than the fact that the older the kids seem to get, the more after school activities they seem to be doing. I love the activities they're doing at the moment and I really feel like they are getting something out of them.But.... It makes life pretty difficult as far as sitting down and eating together as a family most nights seeing as we have nights where activities cross … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – A good store cupboard can save you money….
I *try* to plan our meals each week but it's not always easy planning a week's worth of meals in advance and as much as I'd like to tell you that I stick to it rigidly every day, I can''t! There are regular last minute changes for lots of very boring reasons - no time to cook what was planned, forgot to put everything in the slow cooker on the morning, a hungry person ate what I was planning to cook when I wasn't looking. Sometimes, it's simply because we just don't fancy what we had planned!But I always make sure that I don't mess with my plan to the point where I need to go to the shop … [Read more...]
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