Drinking home made teas made from what we have
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' [...]
Managing my freezers to save money
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. [...]
Quick Tarts
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 [...]
Pantry Challenge to save money
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 [...]
Christmas left over meals
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 [...]
Repurpose meals from 3 classic favourites.
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 [...]
Making quality pork sausage meat at a quarter of the price
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, [...]
The benefits I get from cooking from scratch
Once upon a time there was no such thing as supermarkets. I remember visiting my first superstore in France in the early 1980s, and thinking how amazing it was. Unfortunately now that we have lost [...]
40 things to make with out of date bread
It is estimated that globally over 900,000 tons of bread is thrown away each year. Often people throw it away as soon as it goes slightly stale. As long as there is no sign of [...]
Strategies for quick, healthy meals when getting home from work
I hear people tell me that they are too tired, or can not be bothered to cook after a long busy day at work and so that is why they use ready meals or pick [...]
Autumn meal plan
My Autumn meal plan for this week is all about eating from the fridge, cupboards and garden whilst providing hearty meals. The temperature has dropped dramatically and it is starting to feel chilly. I [...]
Reducing the cost of your meal plan
People seem to think that they have to buy lots of different ingredients to make a meal plan for the week that is not boring. This is not true. In order to save money I [...]
Prepping frugally
What is a prepper? A prepper is someone who prepares for the worst case scenarios and future catastrophes. I am a bit of a prepper. That doesn't mean that I think that there will be [...]
Is it worth making Courgette Flour?
I had read about making courgette flour, apparently the Amish do it. It is gluten free and has low carbohydrate. Since the shortages of flour in 2020 I have been interested in finding flour from [...]
Homemade Doritos type chips and their uses
Have you ever read the ingredient label on a Doritos chip packet? I have heard that some of the ingredients are actually carcinogenic, and can cause cancer. We love our nachos but I have stopped [...]
Stretching what I had last week
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 [...]
Everything about courgettes (zucchini)
I didn't start growing courgettes until about 9 years ago. I didn't think that they tasted of much and they took up a lot of my growing room. When I retired, my food budget drastically [...]
A beginning of June meal plan
It is the weekend tomorrow and this is when I do my meal plans and preparation. Every week I make a loose meal plan by looking at what I have in the cupboards, what is [...]
Another meal plan (adapting to what I have)
This is my third week of just eating what we already have in, except for milk. I have still been buying some staples and some reduced meat with my food budget, but have only been [...]
Different ways to serve one dish to add variety
About 3 times a month I make what I call a pauper's stew. This is a stew that I make in the slow cooker with any thing that I have that needs using up (or [...]
-
My 7 day meal plan using as little as I can
I am living out of the cupboards, fridge, freezer and garden at the moment. I am buying some food like flour and oil, but it is not for use this month. It is to replace [...]
Savoury Nests from leftovers
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 [...]
Thinking about food security.
I think about food security a lot at the moment with everything that seems to be happening in the world. My time line, the media. and my YouTube seem to be filled with scary stories [...]
Batch cooking
Batch cooking is great for saving on time, saving waste, saving money, and gives you the ability to have a nutritious meal on a day when you don't feel like cooking. It ensures that you [...]
