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How to reduce your food prep waste….

38276Leave a CommentHow+to+reduce+your+food+prep+waste....2021-08-30+09%3A00%3A02Cassandra August 30, 2021 By Cassandra
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Meal prepping is a big thing but do you ever find that you get super organised and prep a stack of meals for the week ahead, only to see some of them go to waste for one reason or another?Quite often, on a Sunday afternoon, I might spend a bit of time meal prepping for the week ahead as I work full time and at the end of the day, I'm not always in the mood to spend time cooking so as well as my usual freezer batch cooking, I might also do some prep for meals through the week and pop some bits in the fridge to save me some time.I might make a pasta bake or some soup to pop into … [Read more...]

Easy Banana Pancakes

38302Leave a CommentEasy+Banana+Pancakes2021-08-29+09%3A26%3A41Cassandra August 29, 2021 By Cassandra
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OK, I'm not sure how this has happened but it looks like I've never shared my super easy banana pancakes recipe with you! Obviously, I'm going to put that right today but I should warn you that the photos aren't the greatest as they're actually stills taken from a Tik Tok video I was making yesterday.I decided to have a go at making a Tik Tok video yesterday morning and because I had no clue what I was doing and didn't have anyone around to help hold my phone, I knew I was going to have to cook whatever recipe I chose with just one hand so I picked the simplest recipe that I … [Read more...]

Five Frugal Things we did this week {27th August 2021}….

382201 Comment2021-08-27+07%3A00%3A54Cassandra August 27, 2021 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 think today's round up kind of sums up life at the moment for me - I'm still really focused on saving money where I can (even more so than ever at the moment to be fair) but I do have more spare money in my budget so right now, it's less about spending as little as possible on everything and more making sure I get a good deal for everything I do … [Read more...]

Get a Free Trial of Kindle Unlimited….

37835Leave a Comment2021-08-26+07%3A00%3A56Cassandra August 26, 2021 By Cassandra
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My Kindle Unlimited Subscription is one of the best things I've ever signed up for and I keep saying I'm going to dedicate a whole post to it and today, I'm finally getting around to it!Every now and again, in one of my weekly five frugal things posts or on Instagram, I share how I've filled my Kindle up with a stack of new books and every time, I get at least a couple of emails or DMs asking me how it works so much so I'm going to pop everything into this post so I can just share the link to that. I'm all about working smarter and not harder at the minute! … [Read more...]

How to track your monthly expenses….

37930Leave a CommentHow+to+track+your+monthly+expenses....2021-08-24+09%3A00%3A40Cassandra August 24, 2021 By Cassandra
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Today I'm going to give you some ideas on how to track your monthly expenses which is something we all should (but often don't) do in one way or another.I've been blogging for a long time now (I'm a blogging pensioner pretty much) and I must have said how important it is to track your monthly expenses at least once a month because how can you know where you need to cut back and where you can afford to spend a little more if you don't know where you're at right now! It's also the only foolproof way to know exactly where your money is going every month so when you get to the end of … [Read more...]

Super Easy Black Cherry Cobbler Recipe….

35748Leave a Comment2021-08-23+09%3A00%3A24Cassandra August 23, 2021 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...]