Last week Miss Frugal announced that she was ready to cook us a meal. At first, I wasn't quite sure whether this was a good idea or not but she wore me down and we agreed that she would cook spaghetti and meatballs - never let it be said that she doesn't aim high lol.I've never made meatballs before and I wasn't really sure what to put in them (apart from the meat bit obviously) so I googled for a recipe but there were so many variations that I gave up and decided to let her do what she wanted (obviously keeping the pizza menu to hand just in case).She squished together some … [Read more...]
The Gallery…. Colour….
Tara over at Sticky Fingers has come up with a brilliant idea to encourage us budding photographers. Every week she will post a prompt to inspire a photograph and we can then share our photos with each other.This weeks theme is colour which I thought would be easy, but I couldn't think of anything original, until I remembered this photo.... I took it a few months ago at the ball pool and I love all the bright colours and how surprised Master Frugal looks that I'm taking his picture. Next week I promise I will try harder and actually take a new photograph to use! … [Read more...]
Mothers Day….
Happy Mothers Day everyone.I hope you've all had a lovely day, I can see from my blogroll that there are lots of Mother's Day posts for me to catch up on so I'll be off to do that soon.We've had a nice family day together and the kids are now in bed so I have a nice little glass of wine to chill out with while I watch Dancing on Ice (I know - I'm very sad). I tried to make a cute little mothers day video of the kids but it didn't turn out as cute as I wanted. You can hear Mr Frugal sniggering away in the background and near the end Miss Frugal keeps saying 'He's … [Read more...]
This Week’s Meal Plan
Shopping is an absolute trauma with two children - I have completely overspent on this week's budget because I couldn't concentrate on sticking to my list (that's my excuse anyway).So, are you ready for this week's exciting meal plan....SaturdayLunch - American Style Pancakes and Bacon SandwichesTea - Home made takeaway style teaSundayLunch - Scrambled egg on toastTea - Home made minced beef and onion pie with yorkshire puddings and mini roasties.Monday Lunch - SandwichesTea - Turkey Dinosaurs, chips and beans (I'm at work till late so it's a Mr Frugal tea) Home made pizza for us after I … [Read more...]
I’d love to be a child again….
I've just watched Miss Frugal make a new friend and it's made me think how much easier life was as a child. We only have a small fence between us and the house out the back of us as their house has only just been finished and Miss Frugal noticed a little girl in the garden from her bedroom window. She came downstairs, put her shoes and coat on and then went outside and pretended to be playing a really interesting game with her scooter. The little girl got closer and closer to the fence and after about five minutes she asked Miss Frugal what she was doing, Miss Frugal replied … [Read more...]
Oven Baked Risotto: The Leftover Version….
It's ok - I'm not going to post a different version of the oven baked risotto recipe each week but I did want to share this one with you.Miss Frugal wanted risotto for tea but I didn't have any onion or chicken is so we decided to make a leftover version by frying some mushrooms and leeks with some leftover sausages and sticking that in the casserole dish with the rice and chicken stock. I didn't even have any garlic so I had to use Garlic salt!I cooked it in the oven until all the stock was absorbed into the rice and then I stirred some creme fraiche into it.... Et Voila, gorgeous … [Read more...]
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