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No Waste Tastes Great / Use What You Have

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It's Friday Guys - time for No Waste Tastes Great Click here to find out more about my Friday routine Simply Being Mum's Friday Fridge Okay, so I've stepped it up a gear this week. All there is to use up are the grapes, and they'll be eaten over the weekend. In fact supplies are so low that I have just enough milk left for another coffee this morning ...

Simple Slow Cooked Chicken and Mushroom Pie Recipe Plus a Wedding Photo

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Don't ever presume that the whole of a dish needs to be slow-cooked. There are many recipes that can be part slow-cooked and then finished off in the oven. The laborious part of the dish can be dealt with by your slow cooker as you go about your daily business. As the 'Why Don't You' crew always said 'Go do something less boring instead'. As a fanatical ...

SuperScrimping – Reducing Your Grocery Budget Plus Simple Spaghetti Bolognese

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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 ...