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Wonderful Yorkshire
Hello Dear Reader,I love Whitby!!!! It was an overcast and brooding day but added to the atmosphere of the place. Dearly Beloved took much better photographs than I did and I will add more of those...
View ArticleThat was the month that was!
Hello Dear Reader,What a month!Well we had a thrifty September and October as we had some big saving up to do. We tightened the already tight reins and made it through. We had a mini-break planned and...
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Kippers are not just for breakfast
Hello Dear Reader,In my lifetime, I remember the nearby coastal village of Charlestown, near St. Austell having their own smokehouse. I used to go there to buy smoked fish. Now, no surprise, it's a row...
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Control your chimp!
Hello Dear Reader,Thanks for your letter. You told me how difficult it  is for you to get your spending, food shopping and budgeting under control. You may or may not have heard about the'Chimp...
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Sausage Paella
Hello Dear Reader,This truly is a 1. we're skint and 2. use up what we have meal. I really need to go shopping but as we've got so much to pay for this month, (doesn't that sound like last month!...
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Ox Pasture Hall Hotel Review
Hello Dear Reader,As you may or may not know (what do you mean you don't know, where have you been lovvie?) we recently went to North Yorkshire for a short break. We went at the invite of the Ox Hall...
View ArticleYou don't need to spend much money on children at Christmas
Hello Dear Reader,All over the internet and especially Twitter are an abundance of 'voucher codes' and money off tokens for what, is my opinion a total load of needless rubbish. Remember Dear Reader,...
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British families in fuel poverty
 Hello Dear Reader,Did any of you see last night's 'Tonight' programme. Sadly, so many families have seen their energy bills rise from an average of £600 a year to £1200 and so many families on low...
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Dear Reader, I will do what I can
Hello Dear Reader,You know who you are. You wrote to me two days ago. It's taken a while to get back to you but I promised I would. I'm keeping my promise right now.You are a similar age to me, we are...
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Gluten free Christmas cooking
Hello Dear Reader,I had a busy day away from home yesterday and had plenty to catch up on today. I like to make our own Christmas pudding, cake and mincemeat for mince pie. I like to make everything a...
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Stock cupboard sticky sausages
Hello Dear Reader,Here is the weather report for Cornwall. 40 mph wind, with sideways rain, floods and more rain. Also, we will have that 24 hours a day for the next four days. Oh joy!I don't usually...
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Veggies stew with meaty dumplings - 72p per portion
Hello Dear Reader,I've added some archives in red, have a click and find some recipes that are cheap and warming for this time of year. Dearly Beloved and I have been suffering from lingering chest...
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If its and chips!
Hello Dear Reader,I'm more muddling along than menu planning at the moment. I just keep looking in the fridge, freezer or pantry and trying to use up what I have. I did call into Aldi on my way home...
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Winter money saving
Hello Dear Reader,I love it when the BBC rings me! Tonight I am going to give my ten pence worth on winter money saving and how we can be a little more thrifty at Christmas. This is a really expensive...
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How to make gluten free faggots
Hello Dear Reader,If you search 'Frugal Queen faggots' they are all over the interweb, on countless blog sites, where people have taken the recipe and made it themselves. It really is a cheap and...
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How to roast a chicken.......frugally
Hello Dear Reader,Hi there 'AA', thanks for finding me and thanks for writing. As promised, I will share with you how to roast a chicken and make it go as far as possible. I will, hopefully be sharing...
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Gluten Free Blackberry and Apple pie
Hello Dear Reader,This was our dessert from yesterday but I made you wait another day for it. Sorry about the lighting, and yes, the blackberries turn the inside of the pie pink. The filling is simply,...
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Steak and Kidney Pudding
Hello Dear Reader,This post should be called how to take a cow's guts and ankles and make them totally delicious. If there's something that Europeans love and that's offal. In every cuisine across the...
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Navarin of Lamb with mashed sweet potatoes
Hello Dear Reader,Some of you already know that I'm one of the lucky few who lives close to a really affordable butchers. They are an abbatoir outlet. I buy a lot of something if it's on offer. I had...
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Simple money saving meals
Hello Dear Reader,I will be running another frugal food workshop tomorrow. I have worked with Cornwall One Parent Support for almost a year and I have loved and continue to love every minute of it. To...
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