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Homemade Spicy Arrabbiata Sauce Recipe….

36938Leave a Comment2022-05-14+19%3A15%3A40Cassandra May 14, 2022 By Cassandra
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This homemade Spicy Arrabbiata Sauce recipe had really upped my meal planning game this year! If you've seen any of my meal plans on Meal Planning Made Easy for the last couple of weeks then you'll probably have seen that a new regular on our meal plan is Prawn Pasta with a spicy arrabbiata sauce. It's a bit of a twist on my homemade tomato sauce recipe which I've been making in bulk for years now as it's so versatile and brilliant to batch cook and freeze so you always have some in the freezer. Basically, spicy arrabbiata sauce is just tomato sauce with a kick! It … [Read more...]

Homemade Reed Diffuser….

February 27, 2022 By Cassandra
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This homemade reed diffuser is super simple to make, costs next to nothing and can be customised to match your home and your own favourite scents!You know I love a good DIY when I get a chance so today, I wanted to share my homemade reed diffuser with you. I mentioned it a few weeks ago in one of my five frugal things post but I'd only just made my first one and I wanted to make sure it was worth sharing before I blogged about it. I wasn't convinced that it was going to actually last long enough that I could smell it for more than the first hour. 😂 It's really impressed me … [Read more...]

Homemade Healthy Roasted Tomato Soup….

February 7, 2022 By Cassandra
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It's definitely soup weather today and I have tomatoes in the oven roasting away ready to make this homemade tomato soup recipe. My homemade roasted tomato soup is absolutely amazing and I guarantee that once you've made it once, you'll make it again and again!I love the smell (and taste) of tomatoes that are sold on the vine as it reminds me of watering the tomatoes with my dad in his greenhouse when I was a child. The smell takes me right back to when I used to pester him to let me help with some of the watering and the memories that the smell brings back makes me feel safe … [Read more...]

Ten homemade Christmas hamper present ideas….

December 14, 2021 By Cassandra
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Today I'm sharing ten Christmas hamper present ideas with you so if you have any presents left to buy make sure you read on!This is an old post that I'm resharing as someone messaged me this week to ask for some Christmas hamper present ideas and as I started to reply with some ideas, I remembered about this post!For the last few years, I've made a bit of a beauty/pamper hamper for Miss Frugal instead of a Christmas Eve box and this year's hamper is the best one yet. I can't show you exactly what's in it but if I remember, I'll try and take a photo once she's opened it but … [Read more...]

Homemade Mince Pies (cheap but yummy)….

December 12, 2021 By Cassandra
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It's not Christmas until you've had a mince pie! Today I'm sharing my budget homemade mince pies which are totally amazing if I do say so myself! They might not look like works of art but they're easy to make, don't cost a fortune and taste delicious!I've shared the recipe for my homemade mince pies below with the instructions on how to make my easy peasy sweet pastry recipe (see here where I used it to make jam tarts) but I am going to hold my hands up here and admit that I cheated today and used some ready rolled sweet pastry that I picked up in the Tesco reduced … [Read more...]

Homemade Christmas Room Spray….

December 1, 2021 By Cassandra
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Today, I'm sharing my homemade Christmas room spray recipe (is it called a recipe if you're not going to eat it?) and I'm pretty sure you're going to love it as much as I do!I love the smell of Christmas - and there are some smells that I always associate with this time of year. Cinnamon, peppermint and oranges are the main ones for me but I know lots of you will have your own thoughts on what smell reminds you of Christmas.I've tried to incorporate my favourite smells into my homemade Christmas room spray blends below so I really hope you like them as much as I do. Basic … [Read more...]