• Falafels

    Published On: March 29, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Recipes

    We use lots of different recipes for falafels, depending on what I have in the cupboards.  I have been asked for a recipe, and this is one that we made the other day.  Usually I [...]

  • No bake healthy ‘Snicker’ type snack

    Published On: February 15, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Snacks

    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 [...]

  • The importance of cleaning your bought fruit and vegetable

    Published On: February 1, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Wellbeing

    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 [...]

  • Drinking home made teas made from what we have

    Published On: January 28, 2025Categories: Healthy food, Saving money on food

    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' [...]

  • Air fryer quick, cheap, quiche

    Published On: November 27, 2024Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Recipes

    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 [...]

  • Gluten and sugar free apple cake

    Published On: September 9, 2024Categories: Baking, Healthy food, Recipes

    I am on a quest to eat more healthily. I especially want to cut out sugar. We have an abundance of foraged apples, and I bought some reduced over ripe bananas the other day which [...]

  • Vegetable salad and how to turn it into Spicy Coleslaw.

    Published On: July 2, 2024Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Recipes

    This is a lovely, bright salad which is full of colour. It uses what is in season and growing in the garden. Ingredients 1/3 of a red cabbage shredded, or thinly sliced. 1/3 of a [...]

  • Raspberry and coconut bounty bars

    Published On: June 1, 2024Categories: Healthy food, Recipes, Snacks

    I have just come back from a break a way on my own and I am determined to improve my eating habits.  I have got into some bad snacking habits.  The trouble is, that if [...]

  • Spinach wraps

    Published On: May 29, 2024Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Recipes

    I wanted a healthy substantial breakfast today, and I have so much spinach to use up.  My perpetual spinach is going mad this year.  I therefore decided to make some spinach wraps.  We eat a [...]

  • Cous Cous Salad

    Published On: May 26, 2024Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Recipes

    I love making  cous cous salad as it is a quick healthy meal. I make it on the days when I can not be bothered to cook or if I have been busy in the [...]

  • Feeding your sour dough starter (my sour dough journey)

    Published On: April 11, 2024Categories: Baking, Healthy food, Recipes

    As you know we are on this journey of using and keeping our sour dough starter.  We were given our starter when we attended a sour dough bread course at Apron strings in Hedon. We [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Courgette and sweet potato cheesy bites

    Published On: June 19, 2023Categories: Healthy food, Light Meals, Recipes, Snacks

    The courgettes (zucchini) are coming in thick and fast now.  I have picked 9 in the last 2 days.  I didn't really cook with them before I started growing them, but they are so versatile [...]

  • burrito bowls

    Published On: May 22, 2023Categories: Healthy food, Mains, Recipes

    My brother bought me a burrito salad from Morrisons  a few years ago when we were doing some gardening and sorting out my Mum's house after she died. It was delicious.  They are too expensive [...]

  • 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 [...]