Tortilla Pizza

 Lay two tortillas on a baking tray.

                                   Add a squeeze of Tomato Puree on each tortilla and spread.

 Add a handful of grated cheese. As or as little as you fancy

 Add a few slices of the Sausage to each wrap.

 Pop into a warm oven for 10  minutes or until cheese is melting and gooey. I did mine at 200

Pop onto a plate and cut into slices for small fingers or leave whole for big ones. Eat while hot and delicious!
 These pizzas are quick, easy and frugal! I've seen them used at a children's party as make-your-own-pizza and while they are cooked they decorate cakes or biscuits as a desert. Food and entertainment in one.
Let me know if you try them.
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Dinner at Nan's

  On Sunday we were invited round to my parents house for a nice family roast. DD as usual was eager to join and helped make a rhubarb crumble for our pudding.

 DD showing off her handy work.

 Me and my brother. Excuse the finger in the top of the photo, it was actually taken by DD. She is getting fascinated with my camera and I keep finding pictures on it lol.

 Baby D had lots of snuggly cuddles with nanny on the sofa.

 DD reading story's with Grandad

And finally the only other interesting thing we've really done. Paper snowflakes for our windows. Who says you have to buy them from Poundland.

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Project finished

 I haven't achieved much today so far. A poorly toddler just wants to lay her head on my lap and be supplied with milk and juice. Baby D is being a bit of a grump to. I find myself snuggling with one or the other of them and surfing the net with my free hand lol. I have however managed to finish the dress I was making for DD. Excuse the awful picture, it really does look nicer on her properly lol.
 It should really have a top on underneath but I took what I could get when DD wanted to take a photo.
 For next project I will be trying these over at The Prepared Homemaker. I have some cotton that will be perfect for this. I love making useful things!

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Frugal goings on

 Firstly I have been invaded by the lovely Angela's gnomes. Hop on over to Tracing Rainbows to check out her wonderfully simple knitting pattern and make your own.
 

 We also have been making pineapple-upside-down-cake. I picked up a pineapple for 50p last week at the local market, and have been desperately waiting for it to ripen. Today was that magical day so DD and I got baking.

 While the cakes were baking we did the washing up together. I clean all the glass and sharp type things, DD cleans the plastic things, cutlery, plastic pots etc. She really enjoys helping out and though it takes us 5 times as long to do it together, I really enjoy the one on one time with her.

   And once we'd finished washing up our cakes were finished. As I type they are cooling on the side and it's taking everything I have to run in there and gobble them up. There could have been 8 anyway but neither DD nor me could resist that lovely fresh pineapple tempting us.

 And finally here is my current on the needle project. Apparently this top is supposed to be everlasting. Once finished it is a dress for your 3 year old, Tunic for a 4 year old and finally a top for a 6 year old. It's a nice easy knit to take about with me. So far I have knitted at the shop, my knitting group, Asda's car park and I will do some more in front of the latest episode of Kirstie's vintage home tonight on 4OD.

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Busy

 Pine Welsh Dresser - £36 - Ebay

Can't blog to much today readers. I'm far to busy rearranging things on my lovely new dresser! Don't you just love Ebay sometimes?

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It's rainging, it's pouring.

  We are hiding from the pouring rain today in the kitchen baking some goodies for Daddy. I used a store brought Peppa Pig cupcake kit and it was awful. DD was really disappointed that it turned into grey soggy sludge, and after baking make grey lumpy cakes. We still decorated them but after us both trying one each and neither of us taking more than a bite, I thoroughly unrecommended them!
 So in order to appease DD and make something edible for Daddy we used up one of the brownie mixes from yesterday. DD spent ages carefully transferring the contents of the jar into the mixing bowl a spoonful at a time. And she was very pleased with the thick chocolaty mix it turned into.

 After being so good while baking and helping me wash up a few things up, I gave DD her Peppa Pig magazine from the other day. Once our brownies and cake were cool we made up the cake stand and made a nice cakey display ready for after our dinner.

 A job well done I thinks!
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Sunny Sunday Sundrys

 It has been a kitchen day here at The frugal handmade home. I've cooked a roast, processed a few loads of laundry, given my new dining chairs a nice polish and lots of other little kitchen jobs that needed doing.
 I also have got round to making some homemade cake mixes. I first mentioned them here ages ago after spotting then in a free online magazine.  I tested the recipe a week ago to make sure it worked and today I made up 4 jars of chocolate brownie mix. Here is the recipe;

Layer each of the following ingredients;

 8oz Sugar
1oz Cocoa powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of powdered egg
6oz Flour

 On the top of the layers add chocolate chunks or chocolate chips if you like.
 Seal the jar and store somewhere cool and dark.

 To make up;
Add 8 oz of melted butter or margarine and stir like a demon.
Bake for 30 minutes at 180.

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