Meal Planning Monday 19th March

I discovered this meme last week, and what a great way to stick to a meal plan (saving money and waste – for more ideas see My Zero Waste) and to get fresh ideas. The link up is at Home with Mrs M Monday  Roast Beef. Tuesday Sausage dinner (sausages cooked in onions and gravy, veg and mash … Read more

Meal Planning Monday

I’ve just discovered this meme and what a great way to stick to a meal plan (saving money and waste – for more ideas see My Zero Waste) and to get fresh ideas. The link up is at Home with Mrs M Monday Lasagne My son gets the school bus home and there’s no extra … Read more

Chicken in White Wine Sauce

So there I was thinking that making my own white wine sauce would save me money. Erm no not really as a tin is £1.55 and this bottle of wine was half price at £5.49. Probably better for us, tasted nicer and erm lots of lovely wine left over though. The Original Recipe Ingredients: 2 packs of chicken … Read more

Pancake Day

I am absolutely loving Pinterest So if you’re looking for some inspirational ideas for Pancake day why not come and checkout my Pancakes board https://pinterest.com/pinkoddballs/pancakes Shrove Tuesday/Pancake day is next Tuesday 21st February 2012

Love Fun with Vegetables

I used courgettes and carrots but am sure you could do it with many other vegetables – or salad/fruit items such as cucumbers and bananas. Maybe even baby sweet corn – although it might be a bit more fiddly. I actually got the idea from another blog you can find here Yes of course I’m … Read more

The Way To A Man’s Heart

Valentines Steak dinner and hearts

What better way to treat your man this Valentine’s than with a Steak Dinner with home-made mushroom sauce, followed by heart cakes. I like to cook the mushrooms and tomatoes at the same time, and add some salad (and jacket potatoes). Fry the mushrooms in butter, then simply add milk and herbs.       … Read more

Chicken Jalfrezi

Making things at home is not only cheaper but better for you. This recipe fed the 6 of us. Heat some oil and fry some onion with a pinch of salt. Then add some chilli, ginger and garlic. Then add 1 tsp turmeric 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1 cinnamon stick Cook for a few … Read more

Peanut Butter Biscuits

I always like to try a little variation in the kitchen with my children – something very similar to what they’ve previously made with a twist – as it helps them build up their confidence. So when I saw this peanut butter cookie recipe which basically means that I could get my son to put … Read more

Meal on a Budget – Lasagne

Money can be a bit tight and especially in these tough times, and just in case you didn’t know how to do a lasagne on the cheap I thought I’d share. Brown the mince (I usually cook with onions at this point but we’d run out) Bulk out with some carrots – I boil these … Read more

Simple Recipe for 2 year old – Chocolate Cornflakes

Break up some chocolate and put it in a microwaveable bowl Heat for 30 seconds then take it out and stir. Keep doing this until all the chocolate has melted. Careful as the bowl will be hot now. Give your child a large plastic bowl. Allow them to pour in cornflakes (or rice snaps) add … Read more