I'm a big fan of meal planning but even so, there's often an occasion when I have to magic up a meal with just what I have in the house - usually when someone has eaten a key ingredient of the meal I was planning because they fancied it! I do have a few standby recipes that usually save the day though....Some sort of variety of Macaroni Cheese depending on what we have in the fridge. I generally have some of my homemade tomato sauce in the freezer which is great with most things - mixed with pasta, as a base for tuna pasta bake or even with some grilled chicken wrapped … [Read more...]
Free Family and Friends Railcard….
It's that time of year again where you can get your hands on a free two months Family and Friends railcard just by filling in a quick form online.I do this most years and more often than not, at the end of the two months you get an email offering you a good saving if you decide to purchase a full year railcard. I've applied for mine already and have my fingers crossed it'll be here soon as we love travelling by train and this railcard makes it a really affordable option.Don't forget that you can also get lots of great offers for entry into some brilliant tourist attractions if you’re … [Read more...]
Five frugal things I’ve done this week (and five very un-frugal things I may or may not have done)….
We're away on a last minute break this week so I cashed in the spare change that we save and found out we'd saved £21.54 since the last time we cashed in - extra spending money for our week away! Miss Frugal likes to drink bottled water as she says it tastes different to tap water but I save the bottles and on a night I fill them with tap water and put them in the fridge so when she thinks she's drinking bottled water, it's more often than not actually tap water! Packed a lovely packed lunch picnic for our loooong journey so we don't need to pay service station prices. Got some great … [Read more...]
Money Makeover – Saving money on Days Out….
Just a quick Money Makeover post today as I'm sure you all have much better things to be doing than sat indoors reading this seeing as it's the first day of the Easter Holidays for most of us. First of all, don't forget to check out week seven of my Money Makeover posts which is all about planning and having a fun and frugal time with your kids during the holidays. You'll find the link at the bottom of the page.For the rest of this post, I'm going to presume that you've read the other post already and have a bit of a plan in your mind as to what you're doing during the … [Read more...]
10 kitchen gadgets you absolutely don’t need and 5 that you actually do need….
I'm going through a massive de-cluttering phase at the moment and the kitchen is definitely the biggest job. Honestly, you should see my cupboards now - let alone before I started the mammoth task of de-gadgeting my kitchen!Here's my ten gadgets that I can absolutely live without....A Quesadilla maker I'm not even joking when I tell you that Mr Frugal bought me this for Christmas a few years ago because HE loves it when I make Quesadillas. A cupcake maker Yes, I know. Waste. Of. Money. It was a bargain buy though as it was reduced to something like £3! An electric … [Read more...]
Money Makeover – Save money while you drive….
This week's Money Makeover is all about saving money when you're out and about in your car. Personally, a large proportion of my budget is spent on my car as I have a 25 mile round trip to work each day so I need to know how to save as much money as possible to try and reduce that. First of all, make sure you're paying as little as possible for your car insurance. Look at the link at the bottom of this post for week four for the best way to do that.Next, make sure you have breakdown cover in place because if you do break down, it's going to cost a fortune to get … [Read more...]
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