I don't want to live like a pauper. This blog is aimed at people who are new to the frugal journey, mainly. A lot of folks are having to stretch the purse strings due to [...]

I make my own baked beans sometimes, but always have a tin of baked beans in the cupboard.  They have quite a lot of sugar in them and so I try to make meals or [...]

This is the third in a series of blogs about what to do with cheap 'essentials' cans of food to make them more appetising. I wrote one about a tin of tuna, and one about [...]

I have people saying to me that they are scared about feeding themselves this winter if prices go up. Worry is just wasted imagination. The thing to do is to use that creative mind and [...]

I always make sure that I have some tins of tuna in my pantry. Once upon a time I only used it in a sandwich, or on the side with a salad, which I still [...]

We have a wood burning stove. I have been meaning to make some briquettes out of waste items for a while, to complement the wood that we forage. Today we finally got round to it [...]

Radish pods are a very under rated vegetable, and I didn't know about them until about 3 years ago. However, they are so versatile, and at this time of year I let a few rows [...]

Every ingredient is precious to me and I often stretch it to enhance several meals, or courses. That is how I keep my food budget at £750 a year. Last year I bought a tin [...]