It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great... Click here to learn more about my Friday routine Ready to do a double take? Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge The inventory? Here goes... Cheeses, Actimel probiotic drink, Yogurt, Olive oil spread, Grapes, Strawbs, Toms, Houmous, Peppers, Cuke, OJ, Pizza (shop bought!), Ham, Natural yogurt, Milk, ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment
Have I Got Frugality Burn-out?
Since picking up a nasty bout of flu in Finland this Christmas, I haven't been firing on all four cylinders. In fact the last 6 weeks I've been completely under the weather. No running, reduced blogging, little decluttering and zero motivation to do pretty-much-anything. The doctor's verdict is pleurisy. I think I may have another ailment also. Is there ...
Basically A Menu-Plan Plus A Reader-Donated Giveaway
Going back to basics this week has been fun. I've learnt how to bake a good biscuit and my spag-bol tasted mighty fine. Modest aren't I? ...
Going Back To Basics
We survived our 4-day impromptu processed food diet. Just. Time to go back to basics. This is an experiment I've had planned for a while. Looking for the ideal week to try it out, this week seemed as good as any. Better in fact, as we had just emptied a fridge of ready-meals. Having recently reduced the weekly grocery spend by 50%, I've been very ...
An Experiment In Convenience
As we were away last weekend I decided to delay my grocery shop until we returned. I stretched what we had in the cupboards to feed us all yesterday (just!), and a grocery trip was planned for this morning. We took a guest along last weekend, did I mention him? Cuddles The Cat. I'd a few photos to get printed of him having a fabulous time at the beach ...
SuperScrimping – Reducing Your Grocery Budget Plus Simple Spaghetti Bolognese
Channel 4 are showing a great series at the moment called SuperScrimpers. I'm loving that being frugal is now considered 'on trend'! Yay! Finally! As one of those that has been part of this growing community for 3 years plus, it's refreshing. What it does mean, however, that as an experienced SuperScrimper the show can't teach me much I don't already ...
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 ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 7 – Date Night
Friday's is No Waste Tastes Great over here at SimplyBeingMum Friday Night is also Date Night at Chez Wright - IF we do not have any potential food waste to use up. There wasn't any waste. This week I have kept a tight ship kitchen hoping that I would be able to do my comparison grand finale. My favourite food is Indian cuisine, and very often on Date ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 6 – Thai Curry
Firstly an apology. This should have been posted last night. I've learnt two major lessons this week: 1. I could be spending less on ingredients 2. My time-management skills leave a lot to be desired By attempting to post everyday it has made me realise that time runs away with me, particularly from 7pm onwards. Thursday is now my 10km run night, and by ...
Cooking From Scratch Cost Experiment – Day 5 – Or Not!
Yesterday (or rather the bad planning and lack of time-management of yesterday) is the reason why I only plan for 6 days of meals. I've said it before (and I'll say it again), very rarely is there a week when one planned meal isn't abandoned last-minute. The last two weeks it happens to have been a Wednesday. Not emergency trips to the Dentist this week ...