I haven't done a meal plan for the last couple of weeks as we've had a couple of trips to London (more details will follow) and the kids have been ill (now there's a surprise ;-)) but we're back to normal from tomorrow so I'm hoping to be able to stick to our meal plan for the first time in a couple of weeks. I'd love some new ideas for meals though so if you have any great recipes on your blog, leave a message in the comments and I might steal borrow your idea for my next weeks plan. Monday: Bacon, egg, sausages, chips and beans with toast (mmmmmm) Tuesday: Macaroni … [Read more...]
A Recipe for a Peace and Quiet….
Chop up as much fruit as you can - reduced fruit from the Supermarket at the end of the day is preferable. Melt one huge bar of chocolate Add two children and allow them to dip the chopped fruit into the melted chocolate Sit back and enjoy the peace … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Sausage Pie….
After last weeks attempt to follow the Sainsbury's Feed your family for £50 challenge, I've decided that we do need a bit of variety on our menu. Apparently nine out of ten people make the same eight meals over and over again and looking back at my recent menu plans it looks like I'm one of those nine. Not that there's anything wrong with that but we did enjoy the variety of last week so I'm going to try and introduce some new meals to my rather limited repetoire.... Monday: Sweet and sour chicken Tuesday: Macaroni cheese Wednesday: Jambalaya Thursday: Sausage pie (see … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Roasted Chicken and Vegetables….
This week we're following the Sainsbury's 'Feed your Family for £50.00 challenge' which is a bit of a test for me as I usually like to stick to my old faithful recipes. You can find all of the recipes on the Sainsbury's website along with loads of others. Monday - Lunch: Pate, tomato and cucumber sandwiches. Dinner: Chicken and roasted vegetables with rice (recipe below) Tuesday - Lunch: Ham, tomato and cream cheese sandwiches. Dinner: Spaghetti Carbonara Wednesday - Lunch: Carrot, cottage cheese and rocket pittas. Dinner: Sausage, tomato and cannelini pot with mash Thursday - … [Read more...]
Family, Friendly, Frugal Meals – Chicken and Mushroom Pasta….
Last week's meal plan went OK but I had to nip to the shop twice midweek - once for dog food and the second time for baking supplies for the bake sale at work that I promised I'd cook for. Both times I bought a few extras which meant I ended the week over budget but we're getting closer to it so I'm not too dissappointed ;-) Here's this weeks meal plan: Saturday: Shepherds Pie Sunday: Sunday Lunch - Chicken, roasties, veg and Yorkshire puddings Monday: Chicken and mushroom pasta (see below) using up the leftover chicken from Sunday. Tuesday: Macaroni cheese Wednesday: … [Read more...]
Family Friendly, Frugal Meals – Chilli….
Inspired by the lovely Jen at the Madhouse whose brilliant article about feeding your family on £50.00 a week has just been published in the Guardian, I'm determined to reduce the amount of money that we spend on food each month. We have a grocery budget of £250.00 a month at the moment which is for 2 adults and 2 children. This covers all of our meals at home, packed lunches for me and the kids as well as all of our other household stuff. We used to be pretty good at sticking to the budget but lately I've been so busy that I haven't been doing our shopping online or been meal planning as … [Read more...]
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