We don't  eat a lot of meat, and we definitely don't eat a lot of bacon because of the nitrates. However, every now and again I will buy a packs of bacon mis-shapes as a [...]

I have a glut of big tomatoes at the moment. We are eating lots every day but I don't want to waste any. I have no more jars to make passatta, and no room in [...]

We have had to eaten similar food each day recently as there is just no room in the freezer. My priority is to freeze vegetables and fruit for winter nutrition. During the summer when the [...]

Managing a low food budget is not easy, and takes time and planning. I seem to be spending a lot of my time preserving food at the moment. Trying to be food secure is a [...]

One thing that I like to do to save money, and cut down on shopping, is to buy ingredients that I can use in lots of recipes. One of these items is oats. Having them [...]

I love crystallised ginger in my baking but it is an expensive ingredient that I can not afford to buy very often. Sometimes my daughter buys it for me to thank me for helping her [...]

My pantry and freezer are always full, despite my food budget being below £700 a year. I think that it is so important to have a stock of food as we never know what is [...]

Today is the 80th anniversary of VE day. Spending a lot of time with my grand parents as a child, I automatically picked up some of the war time habits and knowledge in my food [...]

In the UK at Easter and Christmas time. half price joints can often be found in the supermarkets.  Sometimes I buy beef ones and sometimes I buy pork ones.  My friend said to me that [...]

I apologise that I have not posted for a while but I have been sent a few curve balls recently, including my lap top packing in. I am attempting to write this on my phone [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

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' [...]

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.  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

We always have left overs.  I like to repurpose left overs to make other meals. We don't like to eat the same thing two days running. Sometimes I will make  on extra on purpose.  It [...]