These are my ten favourite store cupboard ingredients and they all do the job of making me look like a much better cook than I really am because having this little lot in my cupboard means that I can rustle us up a tasty meal in no time at all with no problem and any last minute changes to our meal plans are easily accommodated.Take today's lunch for example, I found three pathetic looking sweet potatoes that either needed using up or throwing out and turned them into a delicious chickpea, lentil and sweet potato curry using nothing else other than ingredients that I have in my store … [Read more...]
Redecorating my Living Room on a budget – the after pictures….
On Saturday I shared some photos of my living room before my Bank Holiday makeover and today I'm almost finished so I thought I'd share the after photos with you.It hasn't gone quite according to plan as I still have one wall to paint and I didn't manage to find any large frames to hang my wall paper samples in so I still have my old picture up at the moment. I'm going to get Mr Frugal to do his bit this week sometime and paint the wall and I'll be on the look out for frames at boot sales and in charity shops over the next few weeks - I know exactly what I want, I just have to find it. … [Read more...]
Redecorating my living room on a budget in a day – the before pictures….
Usually on a lovely long weekend like this one, I'd be out and about with the kids making the most of our time off together but this weekend is a bit different. This weekend I'll be redecorating my living room on a budget along with some other jobs that I really need to get done around the house.My living room which is red and cream at the moment with some random orange and cream wallpaper on one wall which used to be our feature wall until a furniture move about when we got our new settee - now it just looks odd!Here's an idea of what it looks like now:To me, it just doesn't … [Read more...]
Five Frugal things I’ve done this week {25th March 2016}….
This week has been all about getting everyone better and caught up with sleep ready for a lovely long weekend of doing all of the jobs I've been wanting to get done around the house.1. Mr Frugal knows how much I like Orla Kiely and how much I love upcycled furniture so when he saw that someone was selling this little beauty, he was there like a shot to buy it for me for my Birthday.I have no idea where I'm going to put it but I love it and the fact that it's upcycled means it's a thrifty birthday present which is even better.2. I invested in some new freezer storage containers … [Read more...]
7 ways to clean a burnt pan – easily….
It's no secret that I'm easily distracted so it probably won't come as too much of a surprise that I often very occasionally burn the tea which leaves me with a burnt pan to clean.The fact that my husband refuses to wash my burnt pans (he does all the rest of the pots usually) because I should have been more careful means that I 've become a bit of a 'how to clean a burnt pan' expert! Not something I'm particularly proud of but hey ho!Anyway, after another burnt pan incident last night (not my fault this time as someone came to the door), I thought I'd share a few of my tips with you … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan {21st March 2016}….
It's been a good while since I've shared my meal plan with you all hasn't it?We've not been doing too badly with our meal planning lately but I know there's a lot more we could be doing to be even better - and by better, I mean saving more time as well as more money by being more organised.Our new freezer was delivered yesterday so I'm hoping that I'm going to be able to fill that with batch cooking delights and that one big batch cooking session every now and again will be enough to keep us fully stocked. I'm just starting to get it sorted now and out Muscle Foods delivery isn't … [Read more...]
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