When I was a mature student 35 years ago, I used to make money in the holidays to feed my daughter by doing various side hustles. One of them was making earings to sell at [...]

For about 2 years now I have seen reels with this healthy snack. Ramadan is just around the corner and so majoule dates are discounted at a lot of shops. I finally bought some to [...]

I have been asked to talk about what we eat in a week. This was a question from someone who was sceptical about our annual food budget of £750. If I shopped regularly, I wouldn't [...]

Sorry I haven't posted recently. Life and health take over sometimes. I thought that I should put our easy Yorkshire pudding recipe on here as we are proud to come from Yorkshire. It used to [...]

I don't grow winter crops (just Swiss chard, lettuce and spinach). My garden can be quite hazardous. There are also cheap Christmas vegetables around and and I have lots stored that we grew during the [...]

I am trying to eat more beetroot. I know it is good for me, especially  to lower blood pressure. However, I hate beetroot. It tastes like mud to me!  Usually I make a beetroot chocolate [...]

This is a recipe that I have made for over 50 years. I think it might have originally been from a Margarette Pattern baking book for kids. I even made it in my O'level 'home [...]

I probably make a chilli in the slow cooker twice a month. It is one of our favourite meals. Sometimes it has meat in it (I brown the mince first before putting in the slow [...]