... of food to eat. I work in a school and the little cherubs didn't eat all of the carrots which they received for their break time snack, so I took some of the surplus to make my food go further. I do feel a tad guilty but as they say, waste not want not! Delia Smith has a wonderful recipe in her Frugal Food book for Carrot and Leek soup; it really is delicious and extra portions are currently wallowing in our freezer. I also took the opportunity to make a batch of Spiced Carrot and Lentil soup which was lovely, but Mr Frugal was in charge of putting the "pinch" of chilli flakes in (given to us by a friend) and it now means that our mouths set on fire. Mental note: do not allow Mr Frugal to go anywhere near this recipe in the future. However, it was delicious and another couple of batches are in the freezer! We have enough soup in the freezer to last us a few weeks. It's also ideal to put into flasks for lunch whilst at work.
Also in the freezer is my own recipe of bolognese sauce. I suppose it's more of a meat sauce with italian seasoning and bulked out by whatever veg is trying to walk out of the fridge; more carrots naturally, a bit of celery and mushrooms, oh and not forgetting the onions! Mr Frugal also has an "own brew" of chilli con carne. I'm sure that purists would die of fright with our recipes, but they're bulked out quite well, are tasty and use up many food items which we'd only throw away.
Sunday 16 October 2011
Tuesday 24 May 2011
An update!
I've been so horrendously awful in updating this blog. Many apologies to all those people who hang on my every word.
So, what have I been doing since I last posted last year? Well, meal planning is key to my frugal lifestyle. If I don't know what I'm going to cook, then how on earth can I shop properly? I admit to never having meal planned until I started reading and contributing to MoneySavingExpert.com Old Style. It's thanks to MSE, meal planning etc that Mr Frugal and I are able to overpay our mortgage by £100 per month! Ok, so £100 per month is a mere drop in the ocean of our mortgage but there is no way that we'd have had £100 spare to chip away at our debts. Then again, our only debts are my car and the house.
Our dreams of a vegetable garden have been put on hold for now. We're gradually getting it up to speed, but no where near good enough to have a full blown veg plot! :( Having said that, we do have a number of strawberry plants so we're hoping to at least make our own strawberry jam. There's recently been a jam recipe in the Rosemary Conley magazine which looks easy. Having said that, my mum has introduced me to this recipe for microwave strawberry jam. Really easy, but doesn't necessarily keep for as long.
Until next time... I promise I won't leave it as long!
So, what have I been doing since I last posted last year? Well, meal planning is key to my frugal lifestyle. If I don't know what I'm going to cook, then how on earth can I shop properly? I admit to never having meal planned until I started reading and contributing to MoneySavingExpert.com Old Style. It's thanks to MSE, meal planning etc that Mr Frugal and I are able to overpay our mortgage by £100 per month! Ok, so £100 per month is a mere drop in the ocean of our mortgage but there is no way that we'd have had £100 spare to chip away at our debts. Then again, our only debts are my car and the house.
Our dreams of a vegetable garden have been put on hold for now. We're gradually getting it up to speed, but no where near good enough to have a full blown veg plot! :( Having said that, we do have a number of strawberry plants so we're hoping to at least make our own strawberry jam. There's recently been a jam recipe in the Rosemary Conley magazine which looks easy. Having said that, my mum has introduced me to this recipe for microwave strawberry jam. Really easy, but doesn't necessarily keep for as long.
Until next time... I promise I won't leave it as long!
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