I have a confession to make. I still don’t eat my crusts. Yes, I am an adult and I still don’t like or very often eat my crusts. However, being the frugal and thrifty person I am I don’t like letting them go to waste either. With shops selling out of bread regularly in recent weeks, it’s more important than […]
These slow cooker recipes for leftovers are perfect for using up any bits of Sunday lunch that might be lurking at the back of the fridge!
Melba toast is the perfect accompaniment over the festive season. It can be dipped into molten cheese, served as part of a cheeseboard and served with pate too. You can also use it as a crunchy base for various canapes. Here is how to make Melba Toast.
Wondering what to do with leftover bread crusts? Look no further than these Cinnamon French Toast Bites. They’re super easy to make and even better they use up bread crusts to help save them from being wasted.
Nothing says comfort food quite like my two ingredient cheesy pasta dish. This recipe uses just two ingredients to create a delicious and thrifty pasta dish which is perfect for using up odds and ends of cheese or when you don’t have the time or energy to make a proper sauce from scratch.
This easy chocolate bread and butter pudding recipe is perfect for using bread rolls that might have gone a little stale or just aren’t quite as fresh as you would like.
I love pesto and it can be a great way to use up any odds and ends that you have lying around at the back of the fridge. This is my ‘Chuck It All In’ Basil and Parsley Pesto recipe which can easily be adapted to suit the ingredients you already have or that need using up.
Vegetable stew is a really simple and comforting dish. It’s easy to make, filling and packed with nutrients thanks to all the veggies. This is my recipe vegetable stew recipe which I made using a yellow sticker stew pack I found recently.
Popcorn is one of my favourite thrifty snacks. Making it yourself at home is cheap, quick and easy and it means you can add whichever flavourings you like too. This is my recipe for smoked paprika popcorn.
One thing I’m very keen on is trying to reduce our household food waste. While any food that we don’t eat does always go in the food waste bin, I still want to try and limit what goes in there too. This is my recipe for a super simple curried parsnip peel soup.
Lots of my recipes recently have involved ways to use up bread. This is because bread is one of the most wasted foods in the U.K. We waste around 90,000 tonnes of bread each year as a nation. 36% of that wastage comes from people not eating their crusts – something I am 100% guilty of! Here’s how to make […]
Making breadcrumbs is one of the easiest ways to use up the end of a loaf of bread that has gone a bit stale. I like to add flavour by adding garlic and herbs and plenty of salt and pepper to season. Breadcrumbs make an excellent topping for a multitude of dishes, my favourites being a macaroni cheese. Here’s how […]
If you’re trying to cut back on takeaways to save money, then recreating your favourites at home is a fantastic way to save money. It can also be a much healthier option too. Here is my recipe for homemade lamb doner meat – simply add your favourite salad or veggies and a wrap or pita bread.
These cheap flatbreads are super easy to make, only use three ingredients and are perfect for topping with a multitude of different foods. Because they are so cheap to make and can be used to use up lots of other ingredients they are the perfect thing for any frugal cooks repertoire.
Making bread can often seem like a complicated or difficult process, and while there’s nothing quite like the smell of fresh bread baking in your oven, there is a lot that can go wrong. I like to keep things super simple with these three-ingredient dough sticks that can be made from ingredients you’d typically have in your cupboard and fridge.
Continuing my mission to reduce our food waste, today I bring you a recipe for southern spiced potato peel. According to the Guardian, almost half of potatoes bought in the U.K are thrown away. Producing 15 million tonnes of waste per year costing consumers £230million. So, when potatoes come into my household, I’m making a concerted effort to not let […]
One thing I’m keen to cut down on in our household is food waste. I do try, but there are some areas I could do a bit better on. While a roast dinner is a staple in most British homes, we do tend to eat more Italian and Asian food, so it’s not something I cook particularly often. As there […]
This week we had a slow cooker beef curry which cost just 47p each with enough to feed our toddler too. While this post isn’t a recipe (I used a packet sauce and some sieved tomatoes!) it is a brilliant example of how you can use food from the reduced section, combined with offers from elsewhere – such as the […]
One thing I do a lot on this blog is to talk about my love of buying reduced food. Aside from our weekly shop at Lidl, the majority of the food I buy outside of this is from the reduced section.
I’m a huge fan of Italian food and will often make myself a quick pasta lunch rather than a sandwich when I’m working from home. I love this easy pasta tomato sauce recipe as it’s much quicker than making a full-blown tomato sauce (which I like to leave simmering for a couple of hours!)
In recent months I’ve been trying really hard to limit my food waste – it’s good for the environment as well as being money-saving too. Sometimes we’re left with a situation where we’ve bought an ingredient to make one dish and are left with a fair amount leftover. In this case, it’s tortilla wraps. So, I’ve been looking for ways […]
One of the things I’m really keen to do is completely eliminate food waste in our house. Cutting back on food waste is not only good for the environment but also really good for our wallets. I’ll admit to not always cooking the healthiest recipes but these healthy potato skins are cheap and use up potato skins which might ordinarily […]
If you have a glut of leftovers from Christmas fear not! This post brings you 40+ recipes for using them up and making sure you don’t waste a scrap of food this Christmas.
Baking can be super expensive when you start adding up all the ingredients so I’ve been coming up with ways to get baking with breaking the bank. First up is my 62p peach cake. . .
Hi, I’m Fiona and Savvy in Somerset is my award winning Personal Finance blog where I cover all things money saving, side hustles and getting the most out of the cash you have.
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