Alison Pinto, mother of two and creator of Menus4Mums

Alison Pinto, has joined theNewIceAge to offer helpful mums advice

Alison Pinto, is a mum of two small children. After experiencing the juggling act of having a career and family, she set up Menus4Mums to help busy parents solve the problem of what to feed their families.

Menus4Mums members get weekly online menu plans, recipe cards, and shopping lists to save them time – and money too, as the meals make use of current supermarket special offers.

Alison regularly recommends using frozen fish and frozen vegetables to her members. “The nutritional quality of the produce is high, and it is often better value for money than non-frozen equivalents, and you can save waste by only using the amount you need”. She is therefore delighted to be a New Ice Age Mumbassador and will be offering parents ways of saving their time and money by using frozen food. 

Here is a quick and easy Menus4Mums recipe using both frozen fish and vegetables:

Seafood Pasta

• 300g pasta
• 100g frozen peas 
• 1 tbsp olive oil 
• 2-3 skinless frozen salmon fillets, defrosted 
• 200ml tub crème fraiche 
• 150ml vegetable or fish stock 
• 200g frozen cooked prawns, defrosted 
• Grated zest and juice of 1 lemon 
• Parmesan cheese to serve 

What to do

1. Cook pasta until al dente (about 5 mins). Pour in the peas and cook for a further 3 mins. Drain.

2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the salmon fillets for 4-5 mins on each side. Flake the fish.

3. Stir the crème fraiche and stock into the pasta and peas, then add the flaked salmon, prawns, lemon juice and zest. Heat through and serve with grated parmesan.

Click here to see other recipes using frozen ingredients

Enjoy! 

Our other Mumbassadors

Lyndsey Young, Creator of Count on It labels

Since becoming a mum, Lyndsey has beenincreasingly passionate about products that can help save time, moneyand waste, particularly when it comes to family mealtimes. 

So much so, that she invented Count On It ® labels. Click here to see how you can reduce food wastage with frozen food.

Becky Goddard-Hill, afford more time with your baby

Author of How to Afford Time off with your Baby and mummy blogger at babybudgeting.co.uk.

Becky has been a stay at home mum managing her home and her two youngchildren on a small budget for six years. She learnt many tips andtricks along the way and wrote a book all about baby budgeting and whatcan help. Becky also regularly blogs about budgeting during pregnancyright through to starting school. Click here to see how Becky helps achieve more time with your baby.

Leila Jerman, cook, caterer and proud wife

Leila has spent the last 4 years at home bringing up her two children.

In her own words, Leila believes that "using frozen foods such asvegetables or meats for my family allows for flexibility in choosingwhat to create for meals without having to worry about cost or waste".

Becca Evans, Mum and blogger

Mum to a toddler, better half of a highly talented chef, currently in the process of launching her own online media business and blogger at BECKICKLESIE

I love having frozen food in the house because it's just so convenient. It keeps our veg nice and fresh and preserves all the vitamins and minerals, so I can be sure that my family are still getting all the goodness. Frozen doesn't have to mean microwave meals; sometimes buying a frozen chicken or a turkey in advance for the Sunday roast means that we can relax at the weekend and give the grocery shopping a miss. Read Becca's blog BECKICKLESIE