As soon as the weather starts getting colder, the way we eat definitely changes. I’m much less interested in salads and lighter meals and much more interested in proper comfort food – the kind of dinners that warm you up, fill everyone up and ideally leave enough leftovers for lunch the next day too.I’ve been thinking about the meals we’ll be eating over the next few months and there are definitely a few old favourites that are going to be appearing on our meal plan quite regularly. Mince and dumplings Mince and dumplings is probably one of the ultimate cold weather dinners for me. … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Autumn Fruit Compote – The Perfect Use-It-Up Recipe….
I made a big batch of fruit compote in the slow cooker recently and it was one of those things that started with me wanting to use up a couple of bits and ended with me rummaging through the kitchen looking for anything else I could chuck in.I had some plums and apples that I wanted to use up and my original plan was just to make a simple apple and plum compote to have with yoghurt and porridge. I spotted a pack of blueberries that needed using too and remembered I still had the last of the blackberries I'd picked, so they went in as well.A rummage through the cupboard turned up a … [Read more...]
Rubber Chicken – How We Used to Stretch One Chicken for Days….
Years ago, when the kids were younger, I used to talk quite a lot on here about something we called rubber chicken. Basically, it was our name for buying one whole chicken and stretching it across as many meals as we reasonably could. It worked really well when the kids were little because portion sizes were smaller and somehow one chicken seemed to go on forever.I haven’t used the phrase for years, but it popped straight back into my head this week when I picked up a whole chicken for just £2.27 in the reduced section at Asda. I often see whole chickens in the reduced section … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken (Easy, Flexible, and Always Worth Having In)….
Slow cooker shredded chicken is one of those things that I make so often that I almost forget it’s worth writing about — until I realise how much I rely on it. I shared it in a five frugal things post recently but as I was making it again today, I thought it was worth a blog post of it's own. I used to make shredded chicken all of the time in my Instant Pot, but I don't have that anymore (which hurts me 😁) and for ages, I just stopped making it because it honestly never even crossed my mind to try making it in the slow cooker… until one day it did. This version of shredded … [Read more...]
What I found when I did a full freezer audit…
I haven’t shared a proper meal plan for a little while, mainly because meal planning has been a bit more hit and miss than usual over the last few months.Earlier in the year, when I was off work and not very well, we actually worked our way through a lot of the food that I’d previously batch cooked and stashed away in the freezer. That’s exactly what it was there for, so I was very grateful for it at the time, but once I was feeling better and went back to work I never really got around to building those stocks back up again.Getting back into work life was a bigger adjustment than … [Read more...]
My Packed Lunch Cake used to Cost 11p a Slice – What Does It Cost in 2026?
Years ago, when my two were still in junior school, I used to make a packed lunch cake that worked out at just 7p a slice and then later, I made a chocolate packed lunch cake which cost about 11p a slice. I shared the recipes on here at the time, complete with a full cost breakdown using Tesco prices, and it's always been one of those posts that makes me smile when I come across it because it takes me straight back to the days of making two packed lunches every morning.With September just around the corner and packed lunches about to become part of the daily routine again for lots … [Read more...]
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