Gammon is one of the few meats that Master Frugal enjoys so we generally have it at least once a week. This means that meals that use up leftover gammon are regular additions to our meal plan.I always cook my gammon in the slow cooker - sometimes just in a little water, sometimes in Dr Pepper and sometimes in diet coke but however I cook it, it's always a family favourite. I always have enough leftover gammon for at least one or two other meals but I try to vary them as much as I can so it doesn't feel like we're constantly eating gammon. ;-)Here's a few of the things I … [Read more...]
The Great Frugal Bake Off – Me Vs Betty Crocker….
Totally unrelated to the Great British Bake Off, which returned to TV this week, Miss Frugal challenged me to a bit of a bake of of our own when she said that the cookies she made at her friends using a Betty Crocker packet mix were better than my homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe!I couldn't have her thinking that a packet mix was better than cooking something from scratch could I?So while she spent about two minutes making up the packet mix we bought (for the purposes of the experiment ha ha), I dug out my trusty homemade chocolate chip cookie recipe and made my own … [Read more...]
My September Goals….
It must be a good six months since I've shared my monthly goals with you but with the kids back at school on Monday, I'm excited to get some routine back into my life (and my bank balance) so I thought I'd share what my goals were for this month.I'm not one of those parents who hates the start of September because the kids are going back to school and I'll miss them, I'm more the kind of parent who counts down the days from about the last week in August and can't wait to get them back to school!It's not because I don't like having them at home because I do (mostly) but as much as I … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {1st September 2017}….
1) Last Friday, Mr Frugal finally got round to painting my kitchen! We went with white, which is pretty much my plan for the whole house at the moment. We have stacks of white paint in the garage as I bought it on offer a while ago when I decided that the goal was a white walled house - we're going room by room though and doing it gradually as we're not fans of painting!Rather than buying new accessories, I decided to update the things we already had with a can of copper spray paint:I spray painted the clock, a vase, a money box, some tin cans and even the bin (stay tuned for a … [Read more...]
Six of my favourite homemade vodka flavours….
I first experimented with homemade vodka flavours a few years ago when I made homemade Skittles vodka but this year I'm taking it to a whole new level.I was given a litre bottle of vodka a couple of weeks ago and although it was a lovely and much appreciated gift, I’m not a huge vodka drinker so I decided to use it to make a cheeky little homemade vodka gift for one of my vodka loving friends.I was planning to make Skittles vodka but when I went to buy the skittles I spied some pear drops on the shelf which I thought would be lovely.That got me thinking that I could go with … [Read more...]
An emotional discovery….
My lovely Mam died of cancer in 2005 and I still miss her every day. I found something amazing last week which I wanted to share with you because it's made me very happy.To my beautiful Mam,It's probably not going to come as a surprise when I tell you that I really struggled when you left us.I struggled with not having you in my life.I struggled with looking after toddler Miss Frugal and her baby brother.I struggled with knowing how to help my Dad while he was grieving.I even struggled with finding time to grieve because I was so busy looking after everyone … [Read more...]
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