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Smokey turkey pizza
We love pizza here and since making homemade bases my two grumble at anything less. So for this recipe I am giving you the homemade dough recipe but of course you can use to ready-made bases to make it quicker. This recipe is part of the #leanonturkey challenge for a turkey pasta or pizza recipe via www.leanonturkey.co.uk where you find lots more turkey inspiration. I quite often use turkey for pasta but never have topped pizza … Read entire article »
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The home and meal planning for the week.
Last week I did my meal plan and few jobs extra on top of my usual load and work off course than needing doing. So how did I get? Well I have to say having the meals chalked up in the kitchen means one the kids knew what they were eating, two I completely stuck to it and three it did save money. Generally when I do a meal plan I do stray a bit. … Read entire article »
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Meal Planning Monday
Back after a couple of weeks of non-planning. Still not having t new fridge/freezer means we are still shopping more often. This means A. I am bored of shopping and B. I tend to plan meals around offers I see in store (the variety we have the pleasure of visiting!). Being a bit of a squirrel by nature (I love a full fridge, freezer and store cupboards) the whole not having a bigger fridge/freezer is a … Read entire article »
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Meal Planning Monday
Meal planning Monday I missed last week and this week is easy as I only have to cook for 4 days and then we are away for the weekend on a surprise visit. *Does a happy dance* very excited. Now typing this just remembered it is Valentines day on Thursday, ooops do you think homemade burgers are good enough?!!! May have to re-think but we will be eating yummy food over the weekend so think I will get away with it. Light a few candles and of course I will peeping across the table through all the flowers I would have received!!! So on to the menu for 4 days (yay): Monday – Homemade pizza and naked coleslaw Tuesday – Shrove Tuesday so savoury pancakes and curried parsnip soup Wednesday - Broccoli and cream cheese … Read entire article »
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Macaroni cheese with a crispy top.
Saturday evenings we often had Macaroni cheese for supper when I was growing up. My Mum usually added tomatoes and onions and sometimes bacon. I now like to add a mix of breadcrumbs cheese and herbs for a crispy topping so here is my recipe for what I think is a great filling family meal. Macaroni Cheese with a crispy top You will need to make the macaroni bake for 4-6 people: 400g Macaroni 1 onion sliced 1 garlic clove … Read entire article »
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Really easy veggie bean burgers
I did used to be vegetarian and I still really enjoy veggie food, and like to have at least 3 veggie meals a week. Veggie meals served up here can be hit and miss with the rest of the gang, in particular Oscar. Despite him rarely eating meat when he was little and being the biggest salad loving child I know, veggie food has to be extra tempting to get a thumbs up. As most … Read entire article »
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Meal Planning Monday
I have not felt like meal planning as such the last few weeks but we have had some nice meals and trying hard to stick to a budget. This weeks plan is based on favourites I know will get eaten up, mostly easy to do. Except the Quiche, which once made always grateful I did make it but sometimes trying to make gluten-free pastry behave itself can be a challenge that has been known to make me cry!!! Popped to our local farm shop yesterday and got some lovely young leeks and gorgeous looking Russian (but grown here!) Kale so tonight will use some of the leeks and Kale. So my menu this week, though I may well chop and change the days around looks like this: Monday: Chicken and leek casserole … Read entire article »
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Meal Planning Monday
Yuk, it is a really wet Monday!!! I have just finished my online shop and yet again the prices have gone up. So glad I have my meal planning in the hope it saves a bit of money. Though can not get over the price of sugar, can you? Love baking but the sugar prices seem to go up and up. If you like baking it worth a visit to the Co-op as their sugar is a lot cheaper there than both Tesco and Asda. Especially if you are Christmas baking and need brown sugar for stir up Sunday this coming Sunday I do believe. There you go my money-saving tip of the day So our week food wise looks like this and as you can see a few … Read entire article »
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Meal Planning Monday
Yes I am typing this early on Monday, after rummaging the fridge, freezer and cupboards I did come up with my meal plan nice and early yesterday, only for my laptop to overheat and have a bit of a blip. Rather like us it needed a bit of relaxing time so I let it have an early night hence typing quickly now. I have Oscar’s parent meeting first thing, why do I always choose the early … Read entire article »
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Bruno Tonioli Autumn Cookware at QVC
Bruno Tonioli most of us know as a judge from Strictly Come Dancing, but growing up in Italy Bruno is also passionate about cooking and most importantly cooking then eating together with his family and friends. So it is no surprise that his Autumn range designed for QVC has a fantastic sharing and eating together feel to it. The range starting price at just £17 for the pepper mill. I love the pair of gorgeous rectangle … Read entire article »
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