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Where's the food Froogs?
Hello Dear Reader,Where's the food Froogs? The beginning of term has been busy, we've been painting and my joint pain has made me grimace! In the middle of all that, I don't feel like either cooking or...
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Fifteen minute meal and cakes for Macmillan.
Hello Dear Reader,Back on form! Two recipes for you today! Everyone had a 'go to' quick and easy supper. Mine is a stack of steamed vegetables with a veggie stew flavoured with...
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Beef and quinoa, wrapped in cabbage and cooked in tomato sauce.
Hello Dear Reader,Not the greatest photograph but a fantastic supper that goes a very long way. The meatballs are lean beef, with quinoa, wrapped in cabbage leaves and cooked in...
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Chickpea, carrot and courgette fritters
Hello Dear Reader,We've been so good recently and stuck to our healthy eating habits and tonight it as time to have something snacky and fried. Normally, we stick to a spray of...
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I feel no need to spend money at the weekend
Hello Dear Reader,I've had, just as I usually do, a lovely weekend. As you can imagine, I have a vice like grip on the finances at the moment. I'm paying for the carpets this week, £750 to have...
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Prep saves me money and temptation
Hello Dear Reader,Life is picking up a pace here, autumn is a busy time for everyone. We all have busy jobs, family life and hobbies. On Tuesdays, I get home, park the car and...
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Busy, busy, busy
Hello Dear Reader,Sorry for my absence, my head has been full of house buying issues. Surveys are done. Trades people have been organised for our half term to meet us at the house and give us...
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Keeping wood heating costs down
Hello Dear Reader,Everone's a winner! Our neighbour's tree shadows our garden and neighbour's gardens on either side as well. We asked our immediate neighbour if we...
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Thrifty renovations
Hello Dear Reader,We spent the day in Plymouth yesterday whilst our dogs had the coats clipped. We left them at midday and picked them up at five. We walked for miles, around the Barbican and the Hoe,...
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All hail the Hake
Hello Dear Reader,I paid a very high price for not following a healthy eating plan for a week. For a week, I thought sod it, ate any old thing, potatoes, carbs and so on. I put...
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Long distance renovations and a posh supper
Hello Dear Reader,Thank goodness for the Internet! So far, I've organised double glazers, chimney sweep and wood burner fitter, tree surgeons and now electricians to bring the...
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Vegetable chilli and wild rice for 70p per portion
Hello Dear Reader,I'm trying very hard to eat healthily, stick to a budget and not get bored to tears with what we're eating. Here's today's offering which we actually love and...
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Moving money without losing any
Hello Dear Reader,We've started to watch the currency markets with the nervous apprehension of an expectant father outside the labour ward! Sterling is up and down like the proverbial pair of knickers...
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I love risotto
Hello Dear Reader,Went off to meet a friend for a pot of tea and a chat at our local Waitrose today, handed over my loyalty card and had my free drink. I thought they stopped that...
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Feed me quickly, without fuss!
Hello Dear Reader,Quick recipe for stuffed mushrooms. More assembly than cooking. Perfect for when you can be bothered to cook and I can't be bothered this weekend.5 portobello...
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A week in Huelgoat
Hello Dear Reader,I'm still here! Life has been all autumnal, soupy, stewy and heated by the wood stove with cool morning dog walks and quiet evenings. I'm off on my cheap...
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France with Love
Hello Dear Reader,This is the happy look of a couple of thrifters on a cheap week away. We watch our finances, keep our bills low, check our expenditure so we can do more with our...
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In a gite, no wild boar!
Hello Dear Reader,I'm five miles north of Huelgoat in Tredudon le Moine which is a tiny hamlet in the national park. No street lights, no passing cars and so far no one but us...
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Huelgoat forest and free range children
Hello Dear Reader,I love odd things about France.Open air launderettes in supermarket car parks. All saints day. Families visit the family graves and de orate them...
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Renovating a house in Brittany
Hello Dear Reader,We've spent today at the house. It's not ours yet but we had permission to go in. We did some clandestine gardening as we cut a whole tonne of ivy and vines...
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