I know that nothing is certain about the impacts of Brexit on our children's futures, and I totally get that nothing I say right now is going to get me answers but with Miss Frugal especially approaching the age where she'll be considering university, it's something that's playing on my mind right now.Nobody can deny that the issue of Britain leaving the EU has been a divisive one in global politics - friendships have been lost, arguments have been had and some very strong views were aired, sometimes inappropriately in my eyes. Ultimately though, I believe in free speech and democracy … [Read more...]
17 recipes that use jalapenos….
I seem to have rather a lot of jalapenos to use up so today, I'm going to share some of the more interesting recipes that use jalapenos that I've found on my search for inspiration.In case you're wondering why I have a lot of jalapenos to use up, it's because I discovered three unopened jars in my food cupboard when I was clearing it out last week. I knew I had one jar as I like to keep some in for nachos and to add to my slow cooker chilli but the extra two were hidden at the back where I rarely look as that's where I keep my hardly ever used things!I took a fair amount of the … [Read more...]
‘Vague’ meal planning for beginners….
The changeable weather at this time of year is definitely making meal planning a bit more challenging....The weather makes it difficult to know what to plan for tea at the moment! If I plan ahead for a roast dinner at the weekend, and then the sun comes out then everyone wants something lighter than a full on Sunday dinner because, let's face it, no-one fancies a big roast dinner while the sun's shining (or at least we don't).I've been quite vague with my meal planning lately to combat the changing weather that we're seeing at the moment. By vague I mean that I'll write a main … [Read more...]
Family Holidays in the UK: Suffolk
We've had some amazing holidays this year as a family - New York, Milan, Isle of Wight and in two weeks, we're off to Monaco and Nice for a lovely short break. It sounds like we're total jet-setters but we're really not - this year's breaks are a combination of some VERY good deals which I know I've told you about and the fact that after being unwell last year I made it my New Year's Resolution to put any spare money we had into travelling as a family.This year was the first year we've actually travelled anywhere abroad for a good five years or so though, mainly because, as you probably … [Read more...]
Try this super easy quick tip to help you stop spending money….
I'm sharing this post again after three years because I've had a couple of emails from lovely readers recently asking for tips on how to stop sending money. This little trick is the one thing that helps me the most when I'm considering a purchase so I thought I'd update this old post and reshare rather than write the same thing again. ;-)I'm far from perfect when it comes to spending money (my handbag collection will attest to this fact) but I do have a few tips and tricks that help me to sensibly consider a potential purchase so at least I can say that I've thought carefully before I … [Read more...]
Five Frugal Things I’ve done this week {15th September 2017}….
1) Remember a few weeks ago I mentioned that we'd been blackberry picking and I'd saved some to make some blackberry vinegar. Well, it's taken me until this week to actually get around to making it!You can find out how I made it here if you want to have a look. Because it took me so long to get around to making it, I ended up freezing a batch of the blackberries and it made no difference at all to the flavour so I might go pick some more for next time I want to make it.2) I picked up some great reductions in Tesco this week....They had piles of both and whilst I didn't … [Read more...]
