Latest creation

I made a pair of split croth pants(pattern link) for Charlie.I used an old pair of pants.

Here is a picture after I drew the pattern on the pants.

On the right is the pants ready to be sewn.

The picture below was taken when i popped them on him to check sizing.

I still have to put elastic in and hem the legs.*more pics to come will add them once i finish*

things i made today

I have made some sunflower cookies to use up the sunflower seeds. The recipe i used is found here (link) also going to make more chicken balls the boys really liked them.

The verdict from cody on the cookies is they are yummy. He ate 4 in a row after his nap hahaha!

Also made something simple for dinner for boys(what kid doesn't love tomato sauce??)My boys loved this (look at charlie in the photo on right)

Animal pasta

1 pack animal pasta we use a gluten free one

1 can of condensed tomato soup

a few shakes of italian mixed herbs

dash pepper

cook pasta drain,then stir soup through pasta add herbs and pepper mix well then serve.

2 things i made today

Today i made soy apple muesli gluten free pancakes for the boys for lunch.
I used:
1 egg
1 cup orgran self raising flour
1 cup s26 soy formula(just use whatever milk you like )
4 tablespoons farex apple muesli cereal

The boys loved them.

Also made chicken balls (thanks to SS ladies for idea)
1 can chicken noodle condensensed soup
bread crumbs &flour
put in bowl to form dough then cover in breadcrumbs.and cook.

Boys are yet to taste them (made them ready for dinner -they are in the fridge waiting to be cooked ).We are doing the simplesavings.com.au challenge of $7.50 per person per week for the month of june for shopping,so expect more creative meals !

Shopping this week-will i stay under budget?~weeks 3 ~

*This page will be edited as I shop and end of the week i'll add my weekly total to this page (here)
Sunday: $11.73
Monday: $175.03
Tuesday: $89.65
Total:$276.41

gluten free pizza dough

thanks to linda for this


Pourable Gluten Free Pizza Crust:
2 eggs
1 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup milk
1 cup gluten free multi-purpose flour, brown rice flour, or other gluten free flour of your choice
Corn meal
Optional herbs such as ½ teaspoon oregano, ½ teaspoon thyme, ½ teaspoon garlic, ½ teaspoon basil, or other herb of choice
Toppings of your choice, such as ground beef, vegetables, mozzarella cheese, Parmesan cheese, etc.
Directions: Grease a 13”x9”x2” baking dish. Sprinkle with corn meal so that entire pan bottom is covered, then dump out the excess corn meal and set aside. In bowl, combine flour, eggs, salt and milk. Add spices, if using. Pour into baking dish. If you’re going to be adding ground beef, you can top the batter with the ground beef before baking. Bake at 400 degrees for 15-20 minutes. Remove from oven. Spoon pizza sauce onto hot pizza. Add toppings and cheese. Return to oven for 15 more minutes.

Shopping this week-will i stay under budget?~week 2~

*will be updated as i shop*end of the week i will post an update (here)
Sunday- $82.64
Wednesday-$116.94
Total: $199.54


*updated on the 8week challenge page*

Menu Planning time

Things to go in the freezer to join my growing stock pile of Gluten Free(GF) foods:

Fusion Risotto cakes

corn & tuna fritters

pizzas

pasta sauce

chicken nuggets

fish fingers

*these meals are all from the destitute gourmet stunning food for small change cookbook* I just adapted some things for GF things like rice crumbs for breadcrumbs, GF bread for bread,GF flour for normal flour (not a real hard thing to work out).

Also plan to have some chips in the freezer made the way the failsafe cookbook suggests. I'm planning to use sweet potato,normal white potato and carrot for the chips.

Once I figure out the logistics of GF pasta making I hope to get some pasta into our stockpile.

I have all these cookbooks and i barely refer to them ,mostly as some cookbooks require so many ingriedents or the methods are confusing.

I have 3 or4 jamie oliver ones, 2 destitute gourmet, 3 baby relates cook books ,1 pasta one, 2 cake ones,1 failsafe cookbook,1 deceptively delicous cookbook.I have my favourites that i have used and the ones i use alot. I could rehome a few but then i think,i might need it one day lol.So,my bookshelf of cookbooks grows.right now I'm looking atgetting more destitute gourmet books,some allergy friendly ones and some freezer friendly ones (recommened your favourites please!!!)

the 8 week challenge

**This will be edited after my weekly shoppings totaled up**
My challenge is to reduce my spending each week even more :-)
Week 1: spent: $236.49 Under budget by: $13.51
Week2: Spent: $199.54 Under budget by: $50.42
Week 3: spent:$276.41 Over budget by: $26.41
*started the simple savings $21 challenge week4(aiming for $37.50)*
Week 4:spent: $79.19 Under normal budget by: $170.81 Over challenge budget by:$41.69
Week 5: spent: Under/Over budget by:
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Shopping this week-will i stay under budget?

this will be edited as I shop (i tend to shop over a few days)
Monday's total= $82.63
Wednesday=$153.86
Grand total=$236.49....I'm $13.51 under budget yay.

frugal foodies

http://bringonthebeans.blogspot.com/ found this blog its great.



quiz here: http://www.gotoquiz.com/frugal_food_find_your_groove i got comfort food


My goal now is to reduce the $$ in shopping.This will be a chalenge but i need to adjust our meal planner anyway.

cody needs to avoid oats,salmon,strawberries,dairy,soy ,yeast,bannannas ,red meat and gluten/wheat.
tyson needs to avoid gluten/wheat,cinnamon.
charlie for now needs to avoid corn &dairy (we are going to get tests if he still funny with them in few months)

Freecycle

I love freecycle(link here for more info).

<---- our first freecycle pick up no thats not my house lol to get it in our house we had to enlist the help of 4 neighbours (we already had adam (BIL)and gwenda (MIL) and allan ).

<---this is the desk we got recently yep theres the rest of charlies cot lol

<---black velvet sofa bed that now lives in the study.

we also got a coffee table but the pic wont load :(

<----change table we got today it has 2 shelvevs under the top one and is on wheels.