It's relatively easy to do anything once. Doing something day in day out, week after week, takes a little more effort. That's what forming habits are all about. A habit is something you don't have to think about, you just do it. I'm probably not quite there yet with making the reduced grocery spend a habit - not yet anyway. Hitting a target of £50 each ...
No Waste Tastes Great 28 Oct 2011 / Plus Pride Before A Fall
It's Friday Guys and time for No Waste Tastes Great! I don't know how much of my philosophy on life I have shared with you all, but I subscribe to the 'boomerang' theory and my main mantra is 'You get back what you give in life'. Be that work, relationships, home life, pretty much everything. Another belief I hold is that 'pride comes before a fall'. I've ...
No Waste Tastes Great 21 October 2011 / Plus a peek in my pantry
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday Routine Let's get straight to it... I've lot's to share today... Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge ...
We’re Having A ‘Use It Up Week’!
I mentioned Friday that I had a 'Use It Up Week' planned. This was mainly due to the guilt of my overspend on the previous weeks groceries. I'd spent £75 by online grocery shopping, which is 25% lower than what I used to spend but it's still £25 more than what I have been spending the last few weeks. If anyone's in any doubt how much blogging can keep you on ...
No Waste Tastes Great 14 October 2011
It's Friday Guys and it's time for No Waste Tastes Great! Click here to find out more about my Friday Routine This Friday it's bought to you by someone feeling very sorry for themselves! Whatever Second Born was off school with last Friday he affectionately passed onto me. And I'm starting to lose my sense of humour. The spirit is willing but the body is ...
No Waste Tastes Great 7 October 2011
Well it's Friday again Guys - It's time for No Waste Tastes Great... Click here to find out more about my Friday Routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Not a lot going on here! Once again a HUGE thank you to The Frugal Girl for her inspiring Food Waste Friday. 12 months on and I really am not getting any waste by the time No Waste Tastes Great ...
No Waste Tastes Great 30 September 2011
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Fridays I take a little time to strip down the fridge and perishables cupboard, clean both of them, take note of anything that needs replenishing and return any items back to the fridge leaving what needs using up on the counter. Click here to find out more about my Friday Routine Click here for The Simple ...
How To Reduce Your Weekly Grocery Spend By 50%
At the end of June this year I conducted a Cooking From Scratch Experiment. I learnt a lot from doing it. Most of what I learnt came from you dear readers and your feedback. It made me think about how I was grocery shopping and preparing my meals, including the ingredients I was using and what I was purchasing. The experiment concluded that by 'Cooking From ...
No Waste Tastes Great 23 September 2011
It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more on my Friday Routine Click here for The Simple Guide to Meal Planning I'm just back from the school run - we biked today all together for the first time! Yay! Only one minor mishap and fortunately it happened once the kids were safely deposited in class. I shut my finger in the ...
Simply Smouldering Cherry Tomato,Chilli & Lentil Soup Recipe
It's been a while since I have posted a recipe, and yet this is my real passion. This doesn't mean to say I haven't been cooking and experimenting, I have, but just haven't got around to posting any of the recipes. Those of you who follow No Waste Tastes Great, will know that last Thursday in anticipation of having some tomatoes left over (from a very kind ...