1) We had gammon and lamb as our Christmas Dinner meats as we're not huge turkey fans here and we had plenty of leftovers as I'm sure we all did. ;-) We all had gammon sandwiches for lunch on Boxing Day with most of the gammon leftovers but the last bits were made into a quiche which we had for tea with leftover potatoes cooked in our Air Fryer with a little olive oil drizzled on them to crisp them up.My Dad bought us a huge leg of lamb so we had a LOT of leftovers from that to use up and I thought it would be a good start to my batch cooking mission to use it to make some meals to go … [Read more...]
Five Fabulously Frugal Things I’ve done this week {23rd December 2016}….
1) The best Christmas present I got last year was my trusty soup maker which I've used at least twice a week since I had it. This year I thought I'd ask Mr Frugal for something else useful so I asked him for a breadmaker as I think that will come in really handy for making dough for pizza dough, doughballs and flatbreads which I've started making more since I've been off work. He went Christmas shopping for it the other day and texted me to tell me he'd found a half price bargain in a shop in our town that was closing down - it had been the display model but he said it was in great condition … [Read more...]
How to make a Christmas Book Paper Tree….
Every since the kids were born we've added to our Christmas book collection and every year, we've looked forward to getting the Christmas decorations down from the loft as soon as it gets to December so we could get the Christmas books out.Over the last few years, the excitement over the Christmas books as dwindled somewhat for the kids and for the last two or three years they've only picked them up to read briefly with my gorgeous little godson when he's popped in to see us. We had a long overdue sort out before Christmas last year though and although we kept a couple of books for toddler … [Read more...]
2 ingredient homemade mod podge (and a quick idea to make cute personalised glasses with it)….
For years I've heard crafters refer to the wonder substance that is mod podge but I never really got what it was other than some sort of amazing substance that sounded expensive and way about my crafting ability.But then a couple of months ago as the leaves were turning from green to beautiful reds and oranges I googled 'how to stick a leaf to a glass jar' with the vague idea of turning a jam jar into a pretty candle holder decorated with the leaves we'd collected.Mod podge was the solution apparently but I really didn't want to buy something that would only be used once if I could … [Read more...]
Easy DIY Paper Basket to fill with treats….
Last year I made a little DIY paper basket after dissecting one that Master Frugal made at school to bring his homemade peppermint creams home in. It was such a cute little basket but I had to wait until after Christmas to pull it apart in case I couldn't put it back together again. ;-)It's OK though, I managed to take it apart, figure out how to make my own version and put his back together before he even looked up from his new Xbox game. The DIY paper baskets are great for homemade Christmas treats so I thought I'd have a go at showing you how to make them today.... How to make a DIY … [Read more...]
Encouraging Gratitude in Children at Christmas without cutting back on the presents….
Christmas is often a difficult subject for me to write about from a 'frugal' perspective because, as much as I shop around for the best deals and set myself a budget depending on how much I've saved throughout the year, I don't think it's a time when I'm particularly good at being frugal.When I started writing this blog, the idea was that as a family we'd try and live a more frugal lifestyle and I think we've done a pretty good job for the most part. We're much more financially aware than we were back then and we do things that we know we should be doing to ensure that we save money where … [Read more...]
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