• Grow lettuce and save money

    Published On: April 3, 2025Categories: Growing Food, Saving money on food

    I don't buy lettuce. Instead I grow my own, inside in winter, and outside in summer.  I have always grown lettuce, even when I had a flat without a garden.  Lettuce seeds are so cheap [...]

  • Garlic Bread

    Published On: April 3, 2025Categories: Recipes, Saving money on food

    We were having an Italian style meal this evening.  I wanted some garlic bread but we did not have any garlic.  I therefore made it with wild garlic.  I had been lucky in that we [...]

  • 5 quick tasks that saved me money and food waste

    Published On: April 3, 2025Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    We have been away on a small break and I had brought back left over food. We were sell catering and cooked all of our own meals to save money. So many people tell me [...]

  • Ways to reduce food waste

    Published On: March 17, 2025Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    This week is food waste action week here in the UK. I pride myself in having no food waste in my house.  We use everything that we buy, get from the community fridge, or we [...]

  • Keeping food simple

    Published On: March 15, 2025Categories: Living Simply, Saving money on food

    Stream lining anything makes it easier to manage.  This is why I like to keep my food simple.  If I was to make lots of difficult and sophisticated meals every week, it would cost a [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Wild garlic and nettle (or spinach) fritters

    Published On: March 3, 2025Categories: Foraging For Food, Saving money on food

    The wild garlic is already abundant here in an ancient, sheltered wood near where I live.  At this time of year I pick it a couple of times of week, incorporate it into my food, [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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' [...]

  • Managing my freezers to save money

    Published On: January 19, 2025Categories: Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: January 13, 2025Categories: Desserts, Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: January 2, 2025Categories: Saving Money, Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: December 26, 2024Categories: Frugal Festivities, Saving money on food

    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.

    Published On: December 5, 2024Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    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

    Published On: December 1, 2024Categories: Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: November 18, 2024Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    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

    Published On: October 26, 2024Categories: Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: October 15, 2024Categories: Saving money on food, Wellbeing

    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

    Published On: September 29, 2024Categories: Saving money on food

      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

    Published On: August 19, 2024Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    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

    Published On: August 10, 2024Categories: Prepping, Saving money on food

    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?

    Published On: August 7, 2024Categories: Growing Food, Preserves, Saving money on food

    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

    Published On: August 3, 2024Categories: Saving money on food, saving waste

    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

    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 [...]