FRUGAL FUN TIMES
5 Frugal recipes to DIY your own Friday night takeaway
If you love to treat yourself to a takeaway at the end of the working week, why not save some money (and boost your health!) by making your own delicious fakeaway dishes?
If you love to treat yourself to a takeaway at the end of the working week, why not save some money (and boost your health!) by making your own delicious fakeaway dishes?
When it comes to cooking, pressure cookers tops the market as one of the kitchen appliances that people invest in. After all, it helps you cook meals faster and can make certain foods (like tough meat) become tender as quickly as possible. It helps us save time and money, so what’s not to love? In my household, most of the time, we prefer an electric pressure cooker to prepare a hearty meal, especially at this time of year – who doesn’t love a good stew, eh?
Can anything beat chocolate cake for dessert when you’re planning a celebration? Gooey, rich and sooo moist, this extreme chocolate cake recipe makes a fantastic birthday cake. The silky chocolate icing and the chocolate flakes on the top give it an irresistible appearance. Simply pop a few candles on the top and you’re ready to celebrate that special occasion. Here’s how to bake it…
Now, I really can’t take credit for today’s festive recipe. In fact, the only input I had was telling my husband that we had a
Roast beef is a family favourite in the UK, especially on a Sunday, and I just love it combined with crispy roast potatoes and puffy
You may have noticed from my recent blog posts that I’ve been getting back into the kitchen over the past few weeks. I’m actually planning
I’ve done something a little different for today’s recipe blog post: I’ve instastory’d it! You may have spotted a couple of quick and easy DIY
I wasn’t sure what to call this recipe when I rusted it up for the family earlier this week. As we tucked into our Mediterranean
I can’t be the only one that feels the urge to make a little bit of an improvement to my diet at this time of
Okay, okay I know it’s not Christmas (although looking at the OTT shop displays at this time of year you’d be forgiven for believing otherwise)
This week, when hubby had a half-day off work, I cooked us both a yummy soup for lunch. It’s definitely the time of year that I
There’s nothing better than a great big Sunday roast, in my opinion. And Easter weekend is one of the times during the year that I
I think that pasta is one of the cheapest and most filling meals you can eat – especially spaghetti and penne, which are usually priced
As we all know it’s National Pie Week in the UK this week (I hope you saw my blog post on my favourite pie recipes
This week is National Pie Week – what more of an excuse do you need to try out one of my Pieday Friday recipes and
This tuna napolitana pasta recipe is tasty, filling and quick to make. And it comes with the added bonus that it includes healthy tuna fish and a nice helping of veg (that the kids won’t notice!) so it’s an ideal weeknight pasta bake that can be pre-prepared, and then popped in the oven when you’re ready for it.
In our family we like to alternate between different cuisines when we get together each Friday night for dinner. The most recent choice was curry
Over the weekend I managed to get a big bag of tomatoes that had been reduced at the supermarket so I made a lovely roast tomato soup
After my trip to the Maple Farm produce shop last weekend saw me bringing home a locally-grown butternut squash, I decided that the best way for
I look forward to every autumn when I begin to have a lovely warming soup for lunch each day and this is one of my
Since I got my blender in August, its been non-stop soups for lunch and I thought I should share some of the recipes with you
I’ve tried out one of the recipe that come on a pot of Philadelphia with garlic and herbs – their Chilli Pasta Bake. I found