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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bread…

35723Leave a CommentChocolate+Peanut+Butter+Bread...2020-05-31+14%3A14%3A03Cassandra May 31, 2020 By Cassandra
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This yummy show-stopping chocolate peanut butter bread is easy to make and tastes AMAZING! It's going to be your go-to domestic goddess recipe from the first time you make it!You know I love a good super easy recipe, right?Well, this recipe for chocolate peanut butter bread is genuinely one of the easiest recipes I know yet it tastes and looks like it takes so much more effort than it does to make.Don’t miss out on future posts like this - receive updates directly to your inbox by email by adding your email address here and hitting subscribe. You can also follow me on … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {29th May 2020}….

357191 Comment2020-05-29+07%3A00%3A13Cassandra May 29, 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! 👐 I know I've been MIA lately and as much as I keep saying that I'm going to try and get my blogging back on track, lockdown life keeps getting in my way. I'm pretty sure I've said this before but aside from being a blogger, I also have a full-time job which has been keeping me super busy since the lockdown began. I've been working … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {22nd May 2020}….

356933 Comments2020-05-22+07%3A00%3A31Cassandra May 22, 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) Let's start with my favourite way to start one of these posts...Not bad for a pound a bunch, hey?2) Did you see Sunday's Mexican Pasta Salad post?I basically emptied the contents of my fridge and cupboard into the version I made last night for everyone's lunch while I'm at work. This one has no Mexican seasoning in it so … [Read more...]

Mexican Pasta Salad….

35688Leave a CommentMexican+Pasta+Salad....2020-05-17+10%3A07%3A34Cassandra May 17, 2020 By Cassandra
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Mexican Pasta Salad is one of our new family favourites - it's super easy to make and easy to adapt to whatever you have in the house that needs using up...Last Summer, I made the most amazing homemade potato salad (pretty sure I called it the best you'd ever taste at the time and I still stand by that) and a couple of weeks ago, I decided to use the same mix of mayo and sour cream on some cold leftover pasta. I added some sweetcorn, leftover ham, jalapenos and some Mexican seasoning and it was delicious.Honestly, life-changing is probably a step too far but I think it comes … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {8th May 2020}….

356491 Comment2020-05-08+07%3A00%3A53Cassandra May 8, 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) I know, it's been a while since I've been able to start a post with some bargain flowers but look what I have for you today...Strictly speaking, these are from the week before last but I didn't write a post last week so it's absolutely allowed, right?Bargain flowers have been scarce lately for obvious reasons but when I did my … [Read more...]

Wild Garlic Pesto…

May 2, 2020 By Cassandra
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Wild garlic is one of the easiest foods to forage for because it's found in pretty much every area of woodland from late Winter to early Summer and this fresh wild garlic pesto recipe is the perfect recipe to make with it!If you go for a walk right about now and you go anywhere near a field or some woodland then the chances are that you're going to come across some wild garlic growing and if you do, then I have the perfect recipe for you. This wild garlic pesto is a great twist on traditional pesto and I'm pretty sure you're going to love it.In case you're wondering, this is … [Read more...]