Category Archives: Once A Month Shopping Series
{Recipe} Easy, Yummy Pizza
Pizza is a favourite in our family!! Especially for Mr. Fun and Miss. Frills! It’s one of the very few meals that i can almost guarantee that they will eat. We’re planning on having family-movie-date-night tonight which also means a bitzy- snacky dinner (meats, cheeses, crackers, fruit, bread, popcorn….) so i thought that i would get [...]
{RECIPE} Easy-Peasy-Crockpot-Bread
{RECIPE} Easy-Peasy-White-Crockpot-Bread I’m SO excited about todays post! : ) If you’ve “liked” Frills and Fun on Facebook you may have seen that I’ve been experimenting this week with making bread in my crockpot. I had seen this idea up on Pinterest, thought it was exciting and interesting, tried out the recipe and FAIL! It [...]
Fluffy Pancakes with Warm Bananas & Peanut-Honey Sauce {RECIPE}
Thought i’d share what’s on our dinner table this evening. Of course it’s super easy, super yummy & frugal! : ) Goes right along with our Once-a-Month-Shopping Series. Fluffy, Yummy Pancakes with warm bananas & peanut-honey sauce (with a surprising, secret ingredient & NO added sugar!! : ) PANCAKES: Ingredients 3/4 cup milk 2 tablespoons [...]
Baked Sweet & Sour Fish {RECIPE}
A friend turned up on our doorstep on Thursday evening with freshly caught fish! Yummy-yummy-in-my-tummy!!! Then to go along with that perfect timing, i woke up on Friday morning CRAVING chinese takeaway!!! : ) I’m blaming it on the fact that i’ve been trying to ween myself off sugar… not sure if there’s a connection [...]
{Once a Month Shopping} PART 4
Happy, happy Thursday! And thanks for coming back AGAIN! Hang in there, we’re getting there (i promise! : ) So, lets recap… You should now have your MONTHLY budget figured out & written down, a list of EVERYTHING you have left in your pantry, cupboards, fridge & freezer, and a list of the meals that [...]
{Once a Month Shopping} PART 3
If you’re just joining us, go back to Once-a-Month-Shopping Part 1 & part 2 : ) So, did everyone write down their budgets? Some kept the same? Some gone down?? If you haven’t figured out your budget yet, read over the Series’ Steps 1 & 2 first : ) Right, here we go… STEP [...]
{Once a Month Shopping} PART 2
Happy Tuesday! And thanks for coming back to continue on our journey of Once a Month Grocery Shopping : ) So, yesterday i gave you an introduction of my Once a month grocery shopping. I go to the supermarket ONCE a month cutting down on time & money. Let’s keep going… : ) STEP ONE: [...]
Once A Month Grocery Shopping {series}
Firstly, thanks for everyone who hung around during the last 2 weeks! It’s been kindy & school holidays here in New Zealand, as well as Easter & Mr. Frills’ birthday. It was also my first holidays since starting Frills & Fun… apparently i need to plan ahead more! Anyways, lets focus on the positive! [...]




