• 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 [...]

  • Easy 3 ingredient Christmas scones

    Published On: December 3, 2024Categories: saving waste

    Most weeks we make a batch of yoghurt in the slow cooker.  We use this for breakfast, puddings, to make pizza bases, and for flat breads.  This is the first time that I have used [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • Spiced pumpkin seed snack

    Published On: November 16, 2024Categories: Recipes, saving waste, Snacks

    I preserved a lot of pumpkin puree this week from pumpkins that I bought at cheap prices during Halloween.  I hate waste of any kind and so decided to make a snack with the seeds [...]

  • 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 [...]

  • 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 [...]