Spending Diary 13th – 19th July 2020 Hi everybody! I hope you are all well. This week had a couple of notable events. Some good, some bad. I’ll take you through it. 13/07/2020 Back to work again. Today I did a short run that took in posting a letter to my Grandpa on the way …
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Apple Flapjacks
Hi everybody, I was always a big campaigner for preventing food waste, but it became more important during lock down. So when I saw 4 sad apples in my fridge going a bit soft I knew I had to do something with them. I also found some nuts in my cupboard expiring soon, so I …
50 ways to cut the cost of your household shopping
Hi everybody, To celebrate there only being 50 days left till I become debt free I thought I would do a bumper post about how to save money on your household shopping! Looking to cut the cost on your household shopping is one of the easiest ways to make savings to your spending. It is …
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3 Flour Pizza Dough
Hi everybody, I really fancied a pizza on Tuesday, but didn’t want to go to the shops for just that, so I decided to make a dough myself. It was such a hot day that I didn’t think it would take long to make the dough rise, I was right, it was ready when I …
Things to do with leftover vegetables and fruit
Hi everyone, I’ve been making a few things this week which I didn’t really feel were special enough to dedicate a post to on their own, so I’ve decided to combine them all in one. I have some sad looking potatoes and onions, so by adding spinach I made these potato and spinach cakes. I …
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Vegetable Stock
Hi everybody, I thought I would share how I made vegetable stock, as I was originally unwilling to try and make it, which is silly. Making vegetable stock is one of the most frugal things you can do, as mine is only ever made out of vegetable scraps and peelings that I collected over the …
My Food Prep for the Next Few Days
Hi everybody, I’ve been looking through my cupboards and although I’m running low on some things I’ve still got plenty to keep me out of the shops until later this following week. Things I have in stock Fresh Potatoes, Onions, Apples, Bananas, Cucumber, Carrots, Orange Juice, Beetroot Juice Eggs, Margarine, Dairy Free Milks, Soya Yogurt, …
2 Ingredient Pizza Dough
Hi everybody, I’ve recently joined a bunch of Facebook groups such as ‘Feed yourself for £1 a day’ and ‘Scrimping on a budget’ and I had heard about a great 2 ingredient pizza dough that was just flour and yogurt and I thought to myself that that was something I would really like to try. …
Store Cupboard Mango and Coconut Sponge
As you may have gathered by now I care little for the rules given to me by a Best Before Date on a tin/jar/packet. Use by dates are different as they shouldn’t be ignored, especially in the case of meat and fish, though I have been known on some occasions to eat a vegetarian ready …
Chocolate Avocado and Lime Cake
This recipe is adapted from Nigella Lawson’s ‘Store-cupboard Chocolate Orange Cake’ as it works on the same premise of using a jar of lime marmalade to get the bulk of the flavor. This version of the cake is not vegan, but it could easily be adapted to be vegan by replacing the egg with a …