Today seems the perfect time to talk about the benefits of weekly meal planning. It's a miserable Monday here in the middle of the UK. From my dark kitchen, through the window, I can see unrelenting rain being soaked up by my water-laden lawn. Weekly meal planning is without a doubt one of those activities whereby putting aside a little time to sit ...
Meal Planning
Meal Planning My Way
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Open House / Do You Have A Menu Board?
I'll kick off today with a subject that's very close to my heart - or rather my stomach. As an obsessive meal-planner, a menu-board is an essential bit of kit in our home. This is ours: ...
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 I Meal Plan On A Reduced Grocery Budget
Since reducing our grocery spend by 50% meal planning has become even more critical. Also important is keeping an eye on stocks in the cupboard and freezer. Not only am I spending less (considerably less) on food, our food waste is almost non-existent. I thought I'd share how I did it this week. ...
Sticking To A Reduced Grocery Budget When The Honeymoon Period Is Over
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 ...
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 ...