Hello Dear Reader,
I often reflect on what a lucky child I was. We had very little money, we didn't have holidays or days out but I had really good parents who took really good care of us.
My mother was and is an amazing cook. Despite having so little money, we never went hungry and always ate really well. This put me in good stead when I had children of my own and in turn would often fed them the food I'd loved so much as a child and in turn made me feel loved. Now, my children realise how well fed they were and still love coming home to my food. In turn, my grown off spring are great cooks, especially my daughter who is a frugal and thrifty cook who makes everything from scratch.
I grew up with at our kitchen table, in sight of my mum cooking on a Rayburn and later a gas stove and watched what she did. It was simple food but there was always plenty. Mum made her own bread, we had chickens in our garden and there was always eggy bread. I still eat it now.
Serves 2.
4 slices of bread - white works best for this
1 egg - beaten with
1/2 cup of milk
Soak the bread in the eggy milky mixture and then fry in a little butter or oil
As children, we ate this sprinkled with sugar but jam or a drizzle of honey will do. These days, I can afford honey so that's my choice.
In our house, pancakes were not just for Shrove Tuesday but for breakfast on any occasion. British pancakes are similar to a French crepe but not so thin. I had these for breakfast as a child, I fed them to my children and we still eat them now. The batter can be prepared the night before and they cook in a flash. We also eat these with honey.............everything is good. I suppose my mum fed them to us as they were cheap and easy to make. We had them a lot. Sometimes they would be all we had for 'tea' which makes me think that was all there was. I just remember them smothered with homemade Blackberry jelly.
Serves 2 really greedy people!!!!
1 mug of milk
1 mug of plain flour
1 egg
pinch of salt.
Beat in a jug with a whisk - I do this the night before.
Fry in a non-stick pan with a tiny amount of butter.
We often eat them for breakfast and it's great to have something hot to eat on a cold day. They also make a great snack or treat for children and they are also good with chocolate spread.
Over to you Dear Reader, who else has a nifty thrifty breakfast to share? What can you knock up really quickly and cheaply that your family and children totally love? Who else learned to cook alongside their mum?
I always love to hear from you and as ever, I'll see you tomorrow.
Love Froogs xxxx
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