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Instant Pot Strawberry and Orange Jam….

35802Leave a Comment2020-07-05+18%3A28%3A44Cassandra July 5, 2020 By Cassandra
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This Instant Pot Strawberry and Orange Jam is the easiest way possible to make jam - honestly, no skills needed at all!I bought some Pectin a good six or seven months ago with the intention of making some sort of Christmas jam to share with you all but life absolutely got away from me and not only did I not make the Christmas jam which was going to smell and taste like everything we all love about Christmas (in my head at least). I also didn't make the Spring flavours jam that I vaguely planned to make just before the world itself went mad although I do remember sitting at my laptop and … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {3rd July 2020}….

357832 Comments2020-07-03+07%3A00%3A30Cassandra July 3, 2020 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐 1) So, I decided I wanted to do some cheeky investing - nothing flash but just small amounts where I can experiment a little bit. I'll let you know how I get on and if I do OK then I'll absolutely give you some more information in case you want to do the same.I only set aside £50 which is nothing really when it comes to investing but I … [Read more...]

July 2020 Goals….

35782Leave a CommentJuly+2020+Goals....2020-07-01+09%3A00%3A24Cassandra July 1, 2020 By Cassandra
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I can't believe we're halfway through 2020 already and I've achieved pretty much none of the goals I set myself at the start of the year.I know I'm not the only one and that totally get that me and my goals aren't exactly important in the grand scheme of everything that's going on in the world right now but I just can't go on with things the way they are at the moment. I feel like I'm living in limbo waiting for the lockdown to end so I can get on with my life and make the changes I want to make.But I can't go on like that for much longer so I've decided that even if the world is still a bit … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {26th June 2020}….

35774Leave a Comment2020-06-26+07%3A00%3A36Cassandra June 26, 2020 By Cassandra
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Every week I share five frugal things that I've done during that week just to show you that the small things you do all add up to a great frugal lifestyle where you can learn to live a fabulously frugal life. Hey! 👐 1) Did you see Monday's black cherry cobbler recipe?Master Frugal didn't fancy his portion as he has his eye on some of the Percy Pig ice-cream we had in the freezer (yes, that's really a thing) so I had plenty left over to pop in the freezer. We could have had it for pudding two nights running, which was tempting, but I popped half … [Read more...]

Super Easy Black Cherry Cobbler Recipe….

35748Leave a Comment2020-06-22+09%3A00%3A24Cassandra June 22, 2020 By Cassandra
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This super easy black cherry cobbler is an amazing variation of my fruit cobbler recipe! Trust me, you're going to LOVE it!We love a good old fruit cobbler here, mostly because there's no better comfort food for a lazy Sunday afternoon (or any afternoon for that matter) than a hot fruit cobbler with custard. We also love it because it's so easy to make and our version doesn't even involve weighing out ingredients because we just use cups to measure out our ingredients. I first shared our love of cobbler back in 2009! At that point, I hadn't really ventured away from … [Read more...]

Amazing DIY Orange Peel Kitchen Spray….

297002 Comments2020-06-21+10%3A00%3A15Cassandra June 21, 2020 By Cassandra
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This DIY Orange Peel Kitchen Spray smells amazing and more importantly, it does a great job cleaning your kitchen and bathroom surfaces.I love a good cleaning video as much as the next person but what I don't love is the message that you need to go out and buy a hundred and one different cleaning products in order to do your own cleaning at home. You absolutely don't need to fill your trolley with a different cleaning product for each cleaning job around your house and a good cleaning product doesn't need to be filled with chemicals.Don't get me wrong, I'm not against all the … [Read more...]