• Sausage Rolls

    Published On: July 19, 2024Categories: Baking, Light Meals, Recipes

    We decided to go to the beach for the day and so I got up early and made some sausage rolls for the picnic. They are my grandson's favourite.  I always try to make sausage [...]

  • Stuffed Peppers

    Published On: July 15, 2024Categories: Light Meals, Recipes

    We got 6 peppers reduced to 10p each the other day and so we decided to make stuffed peppers as it is something that we have not been able to afford to make recently.  I [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Lemon Balm Pesto

    Published On: June 6, 2024Categories: Growing Food, Light Meals, Recipes

    My lemon balm is really doing well this year. I make hot drinks with it but I don't really utilise it enough.  It has a number of medicinal uses and so I am keen to [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Banana pancakes

    Published On: April 29, 2024Categories: Light Meals, Recipes

    I had a couple of over ripe bananas to use up and I was short of things to eat for breakfast. I  therefore thought that I would make some banana pancakes. Now I know that [...]

  • Savoury Nests from leftovers

    Published On: April 13, 2024Categories: Light Meals, Recipes, Saving money on food

    We never buy food especially for lunches.  We use what we have in.  Often this means using left overs.  The other day we had a bit of spicy stew left and some mashed potatoes,  There [...]

  • Stretching a tin of beans

    Published On: April 13, 2024Categories: Breakfasts, Light Meals

    At them moment we are not doing any food shopping for 2 to 3 weeks.  I have an annual food budget and we have plenty of food in the house and so I will shop [...]

  • Onion bhaji

    Published On: February 1, 2024Categories: Light Meals, Recipes

    We made a little Indian buffet yesterday for our meal.  We used some left over curry, chicken tikka, and chapati, and made some onion bhaji to pad it it out.  We actually did not have [...]

  • Mix and match vegetarian soups

    Published On: October 27, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Recipes, Vegetarian

    Some one asked me how to make a soup.  Every soup I make is different as I mix and match ingredients to make my soup, depending what needs using up in the fridge and what [...]

  • Quick air fryer pizza

    Published On: August 31, 2023Categories: Baking, Light Meals, Recipes

    Sometimes when Mr S is at work, I don't feel like cooking him a meal for when he gets home.  On these days I will make him something quickly in the last 20 minutes before [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Baked potatoes in the slow cooker

    Published On: April 17, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes

    I have started cooking baked potatoes in the slow cooker as I can just forget them whilst gardening or going out, and it costs less than using the oven. I didn't realise until recently that [...]

  • Hot tuna and cheese Baguettes

    Published On: April 11, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Recipes, Snacks

    I always make sure that I have some of those part baked rolls or baguettes in the cupboard.  At the moment they are 69p for 6 in Lidl and are good value in lots of [...]

  • Air fryer wild garlic potato scones

    Published On: April 10, 2023Categories: Foraging For Food, Light Meals, Recipes

    A lot of food that I make during April involves wild garlic as it adds a lovely taste to food and saves me buying onions or garlic. We use these  air fryer wild garlic scones [...]

  • Chicken Fajitas

    Published On: March 1, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes

    This is a one of our favourite family meals.  It is also frugal because you can make one large chicken breast stretch to 2 or 3 people.  We always had it when we needed a [...]

  • English Pancake Recipe and Savoury and Sweet Fillings ideas

    Published On: February 20, 2023Categories: Desserts, Light Meals, Mains, Recipes

    It is shrove Tuesday.  The day when every one traditionally uses up all the things in their pantry that they are giving up for Lent (if they are religious) or just an excuse for eating [...]

  • Quick frugal fish cakes

    Published On: February 16, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes

    The other day I had forgotten to get any thing out for our meal.  I had about 200g of left over mash potato in the fridge and a small tin of salmon (105g) that I [...]

  • 21 Cheap Sandwich fillings

    Published On: January 22, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Recipes, Saving money on food

    I am always looking for cheap sandwich fillings and something different. I am putting this post on to remind myself of things we have had in the past so that I put some more variety [...]

  • Veggie Bhaji Burgers

    Published On: January 22, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes, Vegetarian

    These burgers that Mr S made were really tasty and we will definitely make them again. He used Jamie Oliver's recipe but we added some more flour as they would have been very sloppy, and [...]

  • Potato Waffles

    Published On: January 21, 2023Categories: Breakfasts, Light Meals, Recipes

    I got a waffle maker just over a year ago in a sale for £8, but like most gadgets I forget to use it. I have got a very busy couple of weeks coming up [...]

  • Store Cupboard Pizza

    Published On: January 20, 2023Categories: Light Meals, Mains, Recipes

    When we went away, earlier this week, we took a large pizza with us. I had frozen one after making it for dinner after Christmas, using bits of turkey on top. Pizza is one of [...]

  • Stretching a tin of beans

    Published On: January 20, 2023Categories: Breakfasts, Light Meals, Recipes

    We buy a couple of cans of beans a week as they are reasonably nutritious, cheap (if you buy from discount supermarkets or unbranded), good for bulking out food (eg minced beef and baked bean [...]