• The True cost of Ready Meals

    Published On: October 13, 2026Categories: Nutrition, Saving Money, Saving money on food

    Some one in my online group today posted that buying ready meals was now cheaper than cooking from  scratch. With the high cost of living we are all trying to save money, aren't we?   However, [...]

  • Frugally adding vitamins and minerals to my diet

    Published On: March 5, 2026Categories: Nutrition

    This is the 2nd in a series about how we make sure that we have enough nutrition in our diet, whilst living on a low budget. Vitamins are needed for a lot of different functions [...]

  • Adding protein frugally

    Published On: March 1, 2026Categories: Nutrition

    Mr S is coming home from hospital next week. He has lost a lot of weight and ironically I noticed that his hospital food had very little protein in it. He looks like he is [...]

  • Home made bone broth

    Published On: December 16, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Nutrition

    Bone broth is so good for you. It is full of collagen which apparently helps keep the skin elastic and hold back aging. I could definitely do with some of that. Another bonus is that [...]

  • Free energy supplement.

    Published On: July 23, 2025Categories: Foraging For Food, Nutrition, Wellbeing

    The free energy supplement is nettle seeds! Today I was collecting female seeds from nettles when on my walk. I dry them out in order to use them in bread, porridge, smoothies, and seed bars. [...]

  • How chick peas enhance my diet

    Published On: June 13, 2025Categories: Nutrition, Recipes

    I will hold my hands up. My first 55 years never saw a chick pea pass my lips. Now they form a large part of our monthly meal plans.  The reason is they can be [...]

  • Potatoes

    Published On: March 22, 2025Categories: Growing Food, Nutrition

    Apparently, the potato came to Europe in the 16th century from South America.  It was once a food only eaten by the wealthy, but is now is a common staple in many households. I don't [...]

  • Beetroot powder from vacuum packs

    Published On: March 6, 2025Categories: Nutrition, Preserves, Saving money on food

    Mr S loves beetroot and it is full of nutrients.  We do grow 2 crops of beetroot but I don't have enough room to grow as much as I would like.  I do not like [...]

  • My main staples

    Published On: February 11, 2025Categories: Nutrition, Saving money on food

    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 [...]

  • All year frugal fruit salad

    Published On: October 13, 2024Categories: Nutrition, Recipes

    A fruit salad is one of our favourite desserts and we eat a lot of it. We have it with home made ice cream in the summer or custard on a cold day. We also [...]

  • Stretching what I had last week

    Published On: July 20, 2024Categories: Nutrition, Saving money on food

    We were eating from the cupboards, fridge and freezer, again, last week and stretching what we had.  Luckily I still had quite a lot left from going to a community fridge the week before, and [...]

  • Nettle seeds

    Published On: August 8, 2023Categories: Foraging For Food, Nutrition

    Today I was collecting female seeds from nettles when on my walk. I dry them out in order to use them in bread, porridge, smoothies, and seed bars. It is easy to tell the female [...]

  • 9 cheap ways I add extra nutrition to my meals when on a tight budget

    Published On: July 23, 2023Categories: Healthy food, Nutrition, Saving money on food, Wellbeing

    I have become a lot more conscious about my nutrition and what I eat as I have got older. I want to stay healthy as I age, and am aware that the NHS is not [...]

  • Foraging for bilberries

    Published On: July 22, 2023Categories: Foraging For Food, Nutrition

    Our local moors are totally covered in bilberries at the moment. I think that they have other names if you do not live in the North of the England, and are also known elsewhere as [...]

  • 15 foods that I eat to help my bad knees

    Published On: June 3, 2023Categories: Nutrition, Wellbeing

    In 2008 I was told that I needed to have knee replacements.  I was in a lot of pain and often walked with a stick.  I don’t do hospitals or anything medical if I can [...]

  • Learning about rhubarb

    Published On: May 20, 2023Categories: Growing Food, Nutrition

    Rhubarb brings back memories as a child of my gran giving me a stick of rhubarb and a bag with some sugar in as a treat, and me dipping it in and eating it raw. [...]

  • Ways to eat a nutritious diet on a budget

    Published On: February 17, 2023Categories: Nutrition, Wellbeing

    As I have aged, I have become even more aware of the nutrition in my food.  Being well is being frugal and brings more joy in to my life.  Providing our food is not just [...]

  • How honey can save you money

    Published On: January 28, 2023Categories: Healthy food, Nutrition, Wellbeing

    I wrote this post about honey a year ago but have been asked for it again, and so I apologise to those of you who have been following me for a while. I have improved [...]

  • Adding Variety to Mealtime

    Published On: December 2, 2022Categories: Nutrition, Saving Money

    How do I add variety to my meals when I am on a low budget? Some people find meal planning a chore, but I actually enjoy it as it is a challenge to make meals [...]