I truly believe that teaching your children to cook is one of the most important everyday life skills you can pass on to them. Being able to feed yourself and others, is not only a blessing it is a necessity. (Maybe not such a necessity these days, as there is an abundance of pre-prepared food in the developed world to choose from.) The sharing of food, ...
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Simple Slow Cooked Honey Ham In Cola (With Pictures!) Recipe
This recipe is a firm favourite at Chez Wright. I have posted it before, but not with pictures and not with such a long title! Click here for the original recipe on Simply Being Mum Simple Slow Cooked Honey Ham In Cola (With Pictures!) Recipe ...
Simple Slow Cooked Christmas Turkey – Controversial?
Before we head on into this post I'd like to get a little something out-of-the-way... There are varying opinions on whether poultry can be safely slow cooked. If you are in any doubt as to whether slow cooking turkey is for you. Don't do it. I slow cook turkey, and have never had any adverse effect. I'm fanatical about food safety and hygiene (have I ever ...
Simple Slow Cooked Christmas Chutney Recipe
If you read my blog regularly you will know I like to give (when I can) homemade gifts. For me, a preserve encapsulates traditional Christmas fayre. Even The Duchess of Cambridge dusted off her pans and made strawberry jam to give to The Royal Family last Christmas. Not that you have to give it all away of course. There's a jar with my name on it maturing ...
SuperScrimping – Reducing Your Grocery Budget Plus Simple Spaghetti Bolognese
Channel 4 are showing a great series at the moment called SuperScrimpers. I'm loving that being frugal is now considered 'on trend'! Yay! Finally! As one of those that has been part of this growing community for 3 years plus, it's refreshing. What it does mean, however, that as an experienced SuperScrimper the show can't teach me much I don't already ...
We’re Having A ‘Use It Up Week’!
I mentioned Friday that I had a 'Use It Up Week' planned. This was mainly due to the guilt of my overspend on the previous weeks groceries. I'd spent £75 by online grocery shopping, which is 25% lower than what I used to spend but it's still £25 more than what I have been spending the last few weeks. If anyone's in any doubt how much blogging can keep you on ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 2 – Burgers
So we are onto Day 2 and the good ole British weather had a surprise in store for me and my meal planning. (**Please note this post was updated right at the end on 3rd July**) We have the sun! And as Sharron commented on the last post - "too darn hot to cook a roast". She's right... I hadn't quite got a Sunday Roast planned, but did have Toad In The Hole ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 1 – Pizza
I love to cook from scratch, and if not completely from scratch then half-scratch. What I have never done is a costing exercise to establish how it compares to purchasing ready produced food (i.e convenience foods). So today is Day 1 of my little experiment. ...
No Waste Tastes Great – 4 Feb 2011
It's Friday Guys! It's No Waste Tastes Great at Chez Wright! This Friday however is a special Friday as it's the Hubby's Birthday. As a special treat I am taking him out for a Balti and a Beer (you can see why he married me) :-) Birthday or not, I still take food waste seriously and take part in Food Waste Friday over at The Frugal Girl, so have been ...
Top Tip Tuesday – Not-So Slow-Cooking
Slow cooking is truly amazing... to put your ingredients in the pot as you leave the house early in the morning, and arrive home to a nutritious home-cooked meal is nothing short of a miracle (in my opinion). However slow cookers aren't just for slow-cooking. Slow cookers are the epitome of convenience. There are certain dishes, such as bolognaise that ...