Everywhere I look right now online, there's an influencer telling me how good Hello Fresh is and how my life will be so much better if I subscribed. I usually just scroll on by but a couple of weeks ago, I was too weak to fight it anymore and I ordered myself a box.(in case you don't know what Hello Fresh is, it's a weekly meal delivery service where you choose your meals and every ingredient you need is delivered all measured out ready to go with a super-easy to follow recipe card) I know what you're thinking - no one who blogs about money saving and living a frugal … [Read more...]
Homemade Macaroni Cheese Recipe….
My homemade Macaroni Cheese recipe is what I'd call my signature dish if I ever decided to audition for Masterchef (not that I would with my lack of culinary skills) because everyone who tries it, loves it!I can guarantee that if I ask either of the kids what they want to see on our meal plan, they'll ALWAYS ask for homemade macaroni cheese and I'm pretty sure that 90% of the meal plans that I've ever shared on here will have featured this meal in one form or another.We've had it with cooked broccoli or cauliflower added to it, with crispy bacon served chopped up on top, with … [Read more...]
Instant Pot Tomato Sauce (with optional hidden veg)….
Instant Pot tomato sauce with hidden veg is your secret weapon when it comes to meal planning!I've shared my slow cooker tomato sauce recipe loads of times because it's been a key ingredient in so many of our meals since the first time I made it. It's versatile, easy to make and super cheap so I make it whenever I'm having a big batch cooking session and freeze it in different sized portions.I have some small-sized portions that I defrost when we need pizza toppings or as a topping for chicken (kind of like Hunters chicken) and larger-sized portions for things like pasta … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan {13th July 2020} ….
It's been more than three months since I shared my last meal plan on here and I'd like to say that we've been sticking to our meal plan routine during lockdown but in all honesty, there's not been a meal plan in sight.I've really struggled with meal planning lately but one of my July monthly goals was to start getting my life sorted and one of the ways I'm going to do that is to take control of our mealtimes again. I do need to be super organised though as most nights through the week, I don't get home from work until just before 7 pm so if I don't have something planned … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan {2nd March 2020} ….
Oh my word, how is it possibly March already?Remember last week when I did all that batch cooking? Well, it's a good job that I did because I ended up unexpectedly working away for half the week so if I hadn't have been so prepared then I can easily see last week descending into a week of takeaways and junk food without me here. ;-) It was brilliant to be so far from home and still be able to let the kids know what was for tea! I still have some mince and onions and some bolognese in the freezer from my adventures last weekend and I made a big batch of … [Read more...]
This week’s meal plan – the one I batch cooked on Sunday….
This food we're eating this week was almost all prepared on Sunday as part of a batch cooking session!I'm really struggling with meal planning at the moment as I'm not getting in from work most days until 6 pm - by which time the kids have usually already had a cheeky snack and don't really want what I've planned to cook. This week, I'm trying to up my game though so yesterday, I spent a couple of hours batch cooking all of our meals for this coming week. I absolutely know that batch cooking is the way to go and anyone who's been around for a while might … [Read more...]
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