We always have left overs.  I like to repurpose left overs to make other meals. I don't like to eat the same thing two days running. Sometimes I will make  on extra on purpose.  It [...]

I try to keep my life as uncomplicated and as simple as I can, but it is not always easy in this modern world.  Even though I live in my own little bubble, sometimes it [...]

Most weeks we make a batch of yoghurt in the slow cooker.  We use this for breakfast, puddings, to make pizza bases, and for flat breads.  This is the first time that I have used [...]

I was contacted and asked if I knew a recipe that someone could make as a homemade sweet treat that didn't involve baking.  They are homeless and living in a bedsit.  All they have for [...]

Christmas is approaching and so we will be using sausage meat in stuffing, sausages rolls and maybe in a sausage plait.  It is often difficult to find good quality sausage meat at a reasonable price, [...]

I think that my expectations of Christmas have always been too high as an adult. Every year, I have built up to Christmas, but then it has been a bit of an anti climax.  This [...]

I sometimes write content for other frugal bloggers, and one was asking me to write some content for her about living a slow, frugal life.  She was kind of wanting a blue print of how [...]

So many people tell me that they can not cook from scratch because they do not have time, don't have enough money, or it is too much bother.  Here is a cheap, quick meal that [...]