The Diary of a Frugal Family https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk Living a Fabulously Frugal Family Life Fri, 26 Aug 2022 18:27:16 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 54642740 Easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-no-cook-chocolate-crunch-cakes/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-no-cook-chocolate-crunch-cakes/#comments Mon, 29 May 2017 09:00:54 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=4662 Seeing as it’s half term for us here in the UK I thought you might like a quick and easy recipe to get the kids in the kitchen today.  This recipe for my easy 3 ingredient no cook chocolate crunch cakes will not only keep them occupied for a while as they make them, you […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-no-cook-chocolate-crunch-cakes/feed/ 2 4662 Packed Lunch Moneysaving…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/packed-lunch-moneysaving/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/packed-lunch-moneysaving/#comments Wed, 29 Aug 2012 06:42:35 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=4185 I originally posted this a little while ago and although, I don’t usually re-publish old posts I think this one is worth a second look so you can see that children’s packed lunches don’t have to cost the earth.  It’s easy to make a filling and healthy packed lunch that your children will enjoy for […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/packed-lunch-moneysaving/feed/ 36 4185 Anyone for a Cake Pop…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-a-cake-pop/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-a-cake-pop/#comments Sat, 25 Feb 2012 19:41:17 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=4444 I’ve just made some cake pops for Miss Frugal’s sleepover tonight and they’ve gone down so well that I never even got to try one!  I’m going to share the recipe with you anyway though but you’ll have to trust the word of three nine year old’s and a six year old that it was […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-a-cake-pop/feed/ 11 4444 Nutella Pasties…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-pasties/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-pasties/#comments Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:41:23 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=4294 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 […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-pasties/feed/ 10 4294 Nutella Mousse – Perfect for Christmas (or any other time)…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-mousse-perfect-for-christmas-or-any-other-time/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-mousse-perfect-for-christmas-or-any-other-time/#comments Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:30:13 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=3998 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 […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/nutella-mousse-perfect-for-christmas-or-any-other-time/feed/ 1 3998 Frugal Christmas – How to make a Gingerbread House…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/frugal-christmas-how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/frugal-christmas-how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house/#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 20:18:42 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=3968 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 […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/frugal-christmas-how-to-make-a-gingerbread-house/feed/ 13 3968 Family Friendly Frugal Meals – Rice Pudding…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/family-friendly-frugal-meals-rice-pudding/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/family-friendly-frugal-meals-rice-pudding/#comments Wed, 28 Sep 2011 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=3503 You know how I’ve said before that you should tailor your meal plan to what you have in your cupboards and any bargains that you find when you go shopping?  Well this week’s meal plan is the perfect example of that.  I went shopping armed with my meal plan shopping list, found lots of bargains […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/family-friendly-frugal-meals-rice-pudding/feed/ 8 3503 Anyone for Cake…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-cake/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-cake/#comments Mon, 12 Sep 2011 18:24:58 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=3458   Don’t forget it’s National Cupcake Week this week – it’d be rude not to join in 😉 I’ll be sharing my recipe for a Red Velvet Giant Cupcake later this week and we’ll be attempting to make some lovely pink girlie cupcakes for Miss Frugal’s birthday on Friday…. What will you be doing?  

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/anyone-for-cake/feed/ 6 3458 Cooking With Kids – Homemade Ice Lollies…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-homemade-ice-lollies/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-homemade-ice-lollies/#comments Mon, 11 Jul 2011 19:37:18 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=3150   I know it’s been a while but I’ve decided to bring back the Cooking With Kids linky and we’re kicking it back off with homemade ice lollies, which I know don’t technically class as cooking but you make them in the kitchen and you eat them which is good enough for me and to be honest, I could do with a bit […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-homemade-ice-lollies/feed/ 7 3150 A Recipe for a Peace and Quiet…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/a-recipe-for-a-peace-and-quiet/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/a-recipe-for-a-peace-and-quiet/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:54:53 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2972  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    

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/a-recipe-for-a-peace-and-quiet/feed/ 6 2972 Homemade Honey Cake…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/homemade-honey-cake/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/homemade-honey-cake/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 16:04:30 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2327 Last week we were lucky to receive some lovely honey from Rowse Honey, it came in a lovely box with some gorgeous honey cupcakes which only just lasted long enough for me to take a photo…. The honey lasted slightly longer though, long enough for us to make a lovely honey cake yesterday afternoon in fact.  Honey cake […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/homemade-honey-cake/feed/ 19 2327 Where it all Began…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/where-it-all-began/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/where-it-all-began/#comments Thu, 27 Jan 2011 21:34:08 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2278 A lot of you know that I have a bit of a cook book obsession, even though I rarely use my cook books for anything other than looking at the pretty pictures 😉  I still have the first cook book, I was ever given (well a copy of the same one anyway) and I love it as much […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/where-it-all-began/feed/ 19 2278 Cooking with Kids – The Results and the Next Challenge…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-the-results-and-the-next-challenge/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-the-results-and-the-next-challenge/#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:48:26 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2264   Thank you so much to those of you who managed to join in the first Cooking with Kids challenge, I was so nervous that no one would join in 😉  As promised, here’s a round up of all the yummy looking entries:   The lovely NotSoSingleMum made hers with sweet paprika to add a Spanish […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/silent-sunday-anyone-for-cake/feed/ 33 2222 Cooking With Kids…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids/#comments Mon, 03 Jan 2011 10:10:53 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2132 Last week I told you all about my new Cooking with Kids challenge and I really hope that as many of you as possible will join in with me.  Basically, the idea is that I will post a recipe here on a Monday and you will have two weeks to make the recipe and either […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids/feed/ 6 2132 Cooking with Kids – Cheese Straws…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-cheese-straws/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-cheese-straws/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 19:36:15 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2065 I know I’ve said this before but just in case you missed it, I’ll say it again 🙂  I think it’s really important that we teach our children to cook.  I spend lots of time in the kitchen with my two and we all really enjoy the time we spend together in there. I want […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/cooking-with-kids-cheese-straws/feed/ 21 2065 Christmas Spice Biscuits…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/christmas-spice-biscuits/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/christmas-spice-biscuits/#comments Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:40:53 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=2002 You know me, I love an easy peasy recipe so when I found this one for Christmas Cookies over on Parentdish, I couldn’t resist trying it. Christmas Spice Cookies 250g plain flour 125g  butter 125g brown sugar 1 small beaten egg 3 teaspoons mixed spice pinch of salt Pre heat your oven to 190’C / […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/christmas-spice-biscuits/feed/ 5 2002 Chocolate Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/chocolate-cupcakes-with-nutella-frosting/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/chocolate-cupcakes-with-nutella-frosting/#comments Sun, 12 Dec 2010 19:48:53 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=1962 I think I may have just secured the Mother of the Year Award, for Miss Frugal’s Christmas party at school tomorrow I’ve made chocolate fairy cakes with Nutella icing.  They looked very Domestic Goddess-like until I let her loose with the sprinkles! Because I’m a lovely person, I’m even going to share the recipe with […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/chocolate-cupcakes-with-nutella-frosting/feed/ 10 1962 Exploding Cupboards and Ice Cream Cupcakes…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/exploding-cupboards-and-ice-cream-cupcakes/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/exploding-cupboards-and-ice-cream-cupcakes/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 13:25:17 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=1584 Do anyone else’s kitchen cupboards look like a corner shop had exploded in them?  Mine are in a right mess so my mission today is to sort them out and find ways to use up all the odd bits and bobs that I seem to have accrued.  The first thing I came across was half […]

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]]> https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/exploding-cupboards-and-ice-cream-cupcakes/feed/ 16 1584 Homemade Nutella Cookies…. https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/homemade-nutella-cookies/ https://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/homemade-nutella-cookies/#comments Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:24:37 +0000 http://www.frugalfamily.co.uk/?p=1377 When I found out that the lovely Notsosinglemum was holding a Nutella Carnival I realised I had two choices.  I could make the Slimming World version of Ferrero Rocher that she so kindly e mailed me about or should I go wild and make  the homemade Nutella cookies recipe that I’ve been dying to try […]

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