We all want our children to grow up knowing the value of money and we all have different ways of helping them to acheive this. I've read few posts on this recently, including a really interesting post over at The Madhouse about how Mummy Mad teaches her two the value of money and it's really got me thinking.At the moment Miss Frugal gets £2.00 a week pocket money in exchange for sorting the recycling out each night and keeping our shoe cupboard tidy. She takes pride in these jobs as they are 'her jobs' and looks forward to getting her money every Saturday. She then puts it into one of … [Read more...]
The Barbecue Chicken Experiment….
Due to the boringness of my weekly meal plans, I set myself a bit of a meal plan challenge last week which involved me cooking a different meal each night. Thursday's new meal was barbecue chicken but Mr Frugal and I disagreed on how to make it so we ended up making two different versions and having a bit of a taste test at the end....My version was a chicken breast with barbecue sauce spread on top, wrapped in bacon and sprinkled with cheese:Mr Frugal's was a typical man mess:He wrapped his chicken in bacon and poured barbecue sauce all over it before … [Read more...]
The Gallery….
Tara over at Sticky Fingers has come up with a fantastic 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 week's theme is numbers and I was really looking forward to getting all creative but I haven't really had the chance so I decided to use a photo that makes me smile every time I look at it:Eight little snails enjoying a summer BBQI took this one at a BBQ last Summer, one of those last minute gatherings that turn out to be - while we were enjoying a nice … [Read more...]
What a week!
It's been a bit of a stressful week so far in the Frugal Household.We've all been feeling a bit yukky since the weekend and I've been really stressed over a big interview at work but thankfully everyone's feeling a lot better today and my interview was this morning so.... you'll be glad to know (I hope) that I'm back!Normal service will be resumed tomorrow ;-)I'm also really excited because I'll be announcing a huge giveaway in the next few days so keep popping back for more news on that.... I will leave you with a little hint - it's something that might interest all you … [Read more...]
How not to cook Chicken Quesadillas….
I've really enjoyed my week off work cooking meals that I wouldn't normally cook as part of my meal plan challenge. On the menu last night was chicken quesadillas:If you ask any of my family, they will say that I lovingly prepared the quesadillas with my own hands but I actually bought an Old el Paso Quesadilla kit from Tescos and made it while they were all playing on the wii. The kit came with the corn tortillas, the spice mix and tomato salsa, I just bought the chicken, cheese and sour cream. The instructions on the pack were really simple to follow and they were … [Read more...]
How many meals can I make using this?
I've just bought a bargain gammon joint from the Sainsburys Basics range. I have bought a few things from their basic range before and it's usually quite good so I have high hopes for my little gammon joint.It's starting it's food journey in the slow cooker where I plan to cook it to perfection (probably not knowing me lol). I'm going to use the stock to make a nice soup with dumplings for lunch tommorrow and I'll see if I can find some new ideas for recipes to use the ham for. I'll let you know what I find.I have a couple of recipes … [Read more...]
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