It's the first day back to school for the Kids today. We struggled last academic year getting into a good and consistent routine before and after school. I vouched over the holidays that it wouldn't be repeated this year. So when I read (and saw) this post, by The Frugal Girl, I was inspired. There's nothing quite like getting it down on paper to make it ...
Using Up Stale Bread – Spiced Apple Pudding Recipe
Today is the start of Zero Waste Week 2013. What better way to kick it off than with a tasty, frugal recipe that uses up potential waste. Typically stale bread at Chez Wright would be whizzed in the food processor to make breadcrumbs - which would then be frozen. This week, however, I'm using up rather than freezing where I can. I already have a container ...
No Waste Tastes Great /Zero Waste Week 2013
It's Friday Guys.... time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to learn more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Rather a full fridge for a Friday, due to two reasons: 1. Food has followed us back from our Dorset tour 2. I did my grocery shop on Monday - just 4 days ago rather than a full week ago The ultimate aim of my Friday ...
Slow Cooked Chicken With Sundried Tomatoes & Rice Recipe
My all time favourite slow cooking recipe book is Ultimate Slow Cooker by Sara Lewis. I may have mentioned this before! As we head toward Autumn I can see the book being put to good use once more. In fact my slow cooker has been slaving away today. It's a recipe worth sharing. It is so simple and tasty with basic ingredients and very little preparation ...
Food Waste Friday / My First Time
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and ...
Back2School Chocolate Cake Recipe
We're just over half way through the summer holidays in the UK. An advocate of creating memories and developing traditions, I thought I'd share something that we enjoy on the first day back at school at Chez Wright. Posting this halfway through the hols means should you fancy giving it a try you have enough time to get the ingredients in! Back2School ...
No Waste Tastes Great /Make A Save With Soup
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great. Click here to learn more about my simple 2013 Friday routine. No Friday fridge this week. I'm not home. We're happy camping. So instead I thought I'd share my top tip for making a food-waste-save. Soup. So simple, and yet so effective. There's not much that can't be cooked and blended into a tasty soup ...
Super Simple Homemade Chicken Nuggets
What kid doesn't like chicken nuggets? I haven't yet met one that's refused them. (I know there will be children who don't like them, and there will be vegetarians that do not eat them - but I needed a strong first line for this post ;-) so went with a blanket statement) But do you, as the parent, ever wonder what is in the processed ones you buy? It ...
Beware Of Project Clutter
I had a rare summer-holiday-day without the Kids last Friday. Carpe Diem! I siezed the day, and the opportunity to tackle this. Our home is now relatively clutter-free. It's been a long-slow-steady-stroll toward a more minimalistic home over the last few years, and although not perfect, it has improved greatly. But still I can create clutter. In fact ...
Food Waste Friday / What A Lot Of Packaging!
It's Friday Guys - My turn once more to host Food Waste Friday! Each week since March 2008, in order to motivate her to waste less food, Kristen The Frugal Girl, has posted a picture of any food that has gone bad over the last seven days. She found this embarrassing practice so helpful, to her, that she invited other bloggers to post their own photos, and ...