Wild garlic powder is a new preservation method of one of my favourite foraged plants.  The wild garlic is ready for harvesting in some of my local haunts.  In other places it is just peeping [...]

My mission to avoid the supermarket and spend as little money on food as possible, continues.  I am using up what I already have.  We are not baking as much now a days, in an [...]

Some one asked me the other day what my main staples are.  They have changed over the last few years as prices have risen.  Eggs would definitely been on there a few years ago, but [...]

Any one that is in my group, or who reads my blogs regularly, knows that I am on a mission to use the supermarkets as few times as I can this year. We are making [...]

Macaroni cheese Macaroni cheese is my grandson's favourite meal, and is cheap and easy to make.  We often add little bits of cauliflower and broccoli to the pasta (macaroni) when cooking it.  It adds extra [...]

Easy cinnamon bagels Mr S fancied some cinnamon bagels.  I only want to spend £20 on food this month and so didn't want to buy some, and couldn't be bothered to make some the proper [...]

Vegan chilli is a cheap and tasty meal and, although we are not vegan, it is one of our staple meals as it is full of goodness and easy to make.  I don't always have [...]

Prices are constantly increasing, and I know a lot of people that do not want to go to work in a proper job, especially retired people, but need a little bit more income.  Here are [...]

Fruit and vegetables are a really important part of our nutrition. I hold my hands up that I never used to wash my fruit, and would eat an apple straight from the fruit bowl, or [...]

It has been a beautiful, sunny day today and so I thought that I would go outside into the garden and get some jobs done.  I usually don't go any where near the garden until [...]

I am trying to eat dark chocolate as I know it is healthier than my normal choice.  However, it is so expensive, and tastes a bit bitter to me and so I don't enjoy it.  [...]

Coffee and tea have really increased in price.  I don't actually drink either, but Mr S drinks both.  This year I am trying to embrace winter, and so have decided to try to make 'teas' [...]

Lots of people tell me that I am privileged and that they can not grow food as they do not have a garden.  Yes I know I am so lucky to have a garden   The [...]

This dessert was very fashionable when I was young and can still be found in supermarkets and bakeries.  It is easy to make from staples in the cupboards and fridge.  Mr S loves them and [...]

I was craving something sweet, and chocolate, but am trying not to spend any money.  I made a few of the chocolate discs that I made before Christmas but fancied something different.  I had bought [...]

It was a horrible, damp, dismal day yesterday and so we fancied some comfort food.  We are on the pantry challenge and so I am trying to use as few ingredients as possible.  We first [...]

Why I have two freezers Having two freezers has made my life so much easier, and managing them has saved me money.   One is the bottom half of a fridge freezer that has 3 drawers.  [...]

I wanted something filling for lunch and we have a lot of bits and pieces around to use up, including a small chicken breast that I had taken out of the freezer a couple of [...]

Whenever the oven is on, I try to fill it. We are always baking ahead, not only to save money, but to save time. I will often cook some pastry pie lids or some tart [...]

We are doing a pantry challenge, and so I am using up things from the freezer and cupboards for the next few months.  I have lots of Christmas left overs, including a ham joint that [...]

A few days ago I wrote an introduction to journaling which explained some of the different types of journaling and what you needed to start journaling. In this blog I will talk about some of [...]

It is important to live within your means so that you do not get into debt.  However I like to live below my means as that is what has made me more secure and reach [...]

I mention in some of my wellbeing blogs that journaling helps me.  People have asked me to do a blog on this topic.  Journaling is a big topic to cover and so I will start [...]

I have noticed that a lot of people around me are full of worry at the moment, and so I thought that I would right a blog to try to help reduce that worry. It [...]

My easy chocolate trifle is another dessert that I made at Christmas from what I had in the cupboards.  It is a good way of using up chocolate sponge.  I tend to make tray bakes [...]

Lemon posset is a quick and easy dessert that we made on Christmas day with what we had in.  We had intended to have Christmas pudding but found out that our guests did not like [...]

At this time of year, winter, it is harder to be frugal with laundry in the UK.  Things can rarely be dried on a line outside for almost 6 months of the year.  Even in [...]

The fridge and freezers are always full at this time of year and so we normally do a pantry challenge to make sure that everything is used up and nothing is wasted.  This year we [...]

If you are new to saving money, have a large debt that you want to reduce, want to save for a holiday, or want to improve your spending habits, then having no spend months is [...]

I hope that you all had a lovely Christmas, but now it is over, once again.  That adrenaline rush of getting everything done on time has dissipated. All of that planning, all of that thought, [...]

If you have been entertaining this Christmas, have a large family, or if you are any thng like me, your fridge will be packed with  Christmas left overs. It is important that you freeze things [...]

Christmas hampers are a great way of making presents that are frugal, but filled with love.  We started making them for family when we could not afford Christmas presents for anyone but the children.  We [...]

I learned early on in my life that money was not something to be worried about, even if you do not have a lot.  It is a tool, and like any tool, if it is [...]

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. It is not always easy in this modern world. I make every effort to avoid the news, but it creeps in, [...]

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 [...]