First of all, I apologise for the lack of photos of the making of this cake - Miss Frugal and I made this last Friday night for Master Frugal's birthday and we had absolutely no faith that it was going to be anything worth blogging about so we didn't take the usual million and one photos of every stage of the process ;-) It did work though (if you ignore the leaning tower of Pisa effect) so I thought I'd share it with you anyway, however, I will say up front that this isn't a particularly frugal cake to make as it involves large quantities of the ingredients and the different food … [Read more...]
Thrifty Thursday – Leftover pies and alternative pie toppings….
Who doesn't love a good pie? I've always been put off making pies because (a) I worry about a soggy bottom and (b) I always thought pastry was difficult to master. The soggy bottom thing is probably a fear of Mary Berry jumping out from my kitchen cupboard to examine my pie (impossible I know, not least because there's no space for her by the time I've squeezed every kitchen gadget known to man in there). The difficulty thing I definitely get from my Mam who I always used to think could make great pastry until one day she told me that most of the time she actually used ready … [Read more...]
Girls Only Night – Quick and Easy Non Alocoholic Mojito mocktail recipe….
It's no secret that my favourite cocktail is a Mojito and Miss Frugal is following in my footsteps as her favourite drink is a Mockito which is the non alcoholic version of a Mojito so when we decided to banish the boys and have a Girls only night, we knew what we'd be drinking! To make our version of a Mockito, we just chop us some fresh mint and put it into the bottom of a tall glass. Next we half a lemon and squeeze the juice into the glasses over the mint before chopping the limes into small pieces and adding the chunks to the glasses. We then use a wooden spoon … [Read more...]
Carrot and Courgette Muffins….
These carrot and courgette muffins taste way nicer than they sound and are perfect for freezing for packed lunches. When I was rooting around in my fridge yesterday morning looking for some sort of lunch inspiration, I found a couple of courgettes that were looking way past their best. I also found a few tired looking carrots so I thought I'd try making some carrot and courgette muffins as a way of using them up rather than putting them in the bin. The finished result was delicious although they were quite moist (hence me adding in the step to the recipe of using kitchen roll … [Read more...]
50 filling and frugal packed lunch ideas….
Do you struggle for interesting but frugal packed lunch ideas? A couple of years ago I wrote about how I could make a healthy and filling packed lunch every day for around half of what I would pay for a school dinner and whilst I know that rising prices would have changed the costings a little bit, I can still make a packed lunch for less than I would pay for a school dinner. I still make the packed lunch cake and the cheesey pops (like cheese straws) on a weekend sometimes to use in the following week's packed lunches but as the kids have got older, they like a bit more variation in … [Read more...]
Carrot Cake with Tangerine Buttercream….
I am loving Master Frugal's new found love of cooking - he just found some carrots in the fridge and asked if he could make carrot cake. It would be rude to say no to a request like that, wouldn't it? For the carrot cake: 2 eggs 1 tsp ground cinnamon 1/2 tsp nutmeg 1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda 2 grated carrots 185g melted butter 160g brown sugar 135g s/r flour For the tangerine buttercream: 175g icing sugar 50g butter the juice of 1 small tangerine (or if it's really juicy just use half) the grated zest of 1 small tangerine Stir together the eggs, grated carrot, … [Read more...]
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