For those of you who don't follow my meal planning blog, Meal Planning Made Easy, I thought you might like to have a quick drool over my new favourite food - homemade polenta fries.Polenta fries are a delicious alternative to normal fries and they're relatively cheap too - 74p worth of polenta did plenty of fries for us all! All I do is slice the polenta and coated them in olive oil sprinkled on some seasoning and popped them in the air fryer until they looked golden (15-20 minutes). You could just cook them in the oven on a high heat if that's easier for you though.Don’t miss … [Read more...]
Bonding with my boy….
I really think it's important to have one to one time with my children - as much for my benefit as for theirs and as I mentioned before Christmas, Miss Frugal and I have starting a regular date night once a week. We've agreed that every Friday night we'll go somewhere or do something together, just the two of us.So far, we've been for hot chocolates at Costa, make-up shopping, window shopping for clothes, wallpaper sample hoarding and we've had movie nights and spa nights at home. It's not that difficult to find things to do together because I understand her completely and the things … [Read more...]
What we’re eating this week {1st March 2015}….
You know how I always say that the most important part of meal planning is the few minutes that you spend before you go shopping working out what you have in, what you'll be eating the next week and writing a shopping list?Well, this week I didn't do any of that before I went shopping!In my defence, I always to my shopping on a Friday evening because (a) that's the only time that I'm free to go without the kids over the weekend and (b) my cupboards are looking a bit like mother Hubbards by then. I had a really busy afternoon on Friday so I didn't get chance to even boil the kettle let … [Read more...]
My Spring bucket list….
I don't know about you but I find that a great way to focus myself on what I want to achieve is to write it down! I have a notebook that I carry around in my handbag that is filled with random ideas, lists and scribblings and every now and again, I transfer it all to Evernote which is an app you can have on your mobile, tablet and laptop. I could of course just type my notes straight into Evernote but I much prefer to get it down on paper first.So, now you know this about me you probably get why I like to write a seasonal bucket list to focus on some small goals that I want to achieve - … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week to save money {27th Febuary 2015}….
I've been a but absent this week as we've all had a cold (again!) which has led to a tired and slightly grumpy family. We've not done too bad though.... Five frugal things I've done this week: 1. If you're a regular here then you might have seen the seasonal bucket lists that I write every few months - a regular entry on there has been to clean out my garage but as it was so full of junk, we knew it was going to be a nightmare to clear it out. We found out that the council will collect junk quite cheaply - 6 items for a £18 but when we looked at what we had we realised that the cost was … [Read more...]
What’s in my handbag (or more to the point, what’s not in my handbag)….
I read a post written by Kara last week over on Chelsea Mamma about what's in her handbag and it made me think about how you can probably tell what age someone's children are by the contents of their handbag.Like Kara's handbag, mine used to consist of everything but the kitchen sink when my two were babies, with only slightly less in there when they were toddlers. But now that they're (almost 10) and 12, my handbag appears to be my own again.So for no reason other than I want to, I thought I'd share with you what's in my handbag right now....I have nothing child related in … [Read more...]
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