Today is World Nutella Day 2012 so it would be rude of me not to cook something using Nutella in honour of this special day.... I was planning to cook my Nutella Cookies or make some cupcakes with Nutella frosting or even make some lovely Nutella mousse but when I found some ready rolled puff pastry on offer at the shop, I thought I might have a go at making some Nutella Pasties. Sounds weird I know, but actually they were really delicious and we're definitely going to be having them again.... Nutella Pasties Ready made, ready rolled puff pastry (you could make your own if you're feeling … [Read more...]
Not so quick but very yummy Prawn and Pea Risotto….
It's not often Mr Frugal takes much of an interest in cooking or shopping (although he does do all the ironing) but when I picked him up from work a couple of nights ago, he had a big pack of raw King Prawns that he'd seen on the reduced bay on his way through the shop. So instead of the planned ham and mushroom oven baked risotto, I thought I'd try to recreate a prawn and pea risotto that I'd tried a while ago at a friends house and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out, so pleased that I thought I'd share.... Prawn and Pea Risotto 700ml vegetable stock 250g Arborio rice 1 chopped … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Homemade Burgers….
I never bothered with a meal plan last week as I was feeling a bit bleugh (if that's even a word), and as a result, without even looking at the receipts from last week's food shopping I can tell you that we went way over our weekly budget. As we didn't have a meal plan to stick to, we bought random things when we did our main shop and then got home and realised that the things we'd bought didn't really make up a weeks worth of meals. This meant that through the week we ended up making two extra trips to the shop for extra bits, both times buying more than what we went for. So this week, … [Read more...]
Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Fish Pie….
Monday - Fish Pie. Tuesday - Sausage and Bean Casserole. Wednesday - Chicken egg fried rice / Fish fingers, chips and beans for Master Frugal. Thursday - Sweet potato curry and rice. Friday - Tuna pasta bake with crusty rolls seeing as we never had it last week when we planned to. Saturday - Quesadillas. Sunday - Sunday Dinner Fish Pie 400ml milk 25g plain flour 25g butter Parsley (fresh or dried) Fish 2 eggs Mashed potato This is one of those vague recipes where you really can just throw in whatever you fancy (within reason ;-)). I made today's … [Read more...]
Nutella Mousse – Perfect for Christmas (or any other time)….
You really can't go wrong with a pudding made from just three ingredients can you? Especially when one of the three ingredients is Nutella.... Nutella Mousse 170g Greek yoghurt or fromage frais 250g Nutella 1 Milky Bar (or something else to top the mousse with to make it look pretty) Whisk the Nutella and the Yoghurt together and pour into a serving dish. Grate some white chocolate over the top and pop in the fridge until it’s time to serve it. I tend to add a little (or a lot) of Baileys to the mix for a more grown up version of this mousse and I think it would probably be … [Read more...]
Frugal Christmas – How to make a Gingerbread House….
This year we decided to make a Christmassy Gingerbread House, largely because Miss Frugal saw a beautiful one in the school raffle and misguidedly thought that we could make one that looked just as good! It didn't work out quite as planned but it looks presentable so I thought I'd share how to make one with you so you can make your very own.... To make the Gingerbread you need: 350g plain flour 175g brown sugar 100g butter 1 egg 5 tablespoons of golden syrup 1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda 2 teaspoons of ginger (we used more because we love the smell of the ginger) Add the flour, … [Read more...]
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