I am trying to eat more beetroot. I know it is good for me, especially  to lower blood pressure. However, I hate beetroot. It tastes like mud to me!  Usually I make a beetroot chocolate [...]

This is a recipe that I have made for over 50 years. I think it might have originally been from a Margarette Pattern baking book for kids. I even made it in my O'level 'home [...]

I probably make a chilli in the slow cooker twice a month. It is one of our favourite meals. Sometimes it has meat in it (I brown the mince first before putting in the slow [...]

During the summer I dehydrated  different herbs, fruit, and wild ingredients to make herbal teas.  Herbal teas are a fairly new thing in my life, but a way I have found useful to add more [...]

A cold snap is upon us. It seems extra cold now as it has been a mild winter. We limit the amount of time that the heating is on due to cost. My children and [...]

Christmas shepherds pie is a great meal to make on Boxing day, or later if you have frozen the leftovers from your Christmas meal. There are no quantaties as you use what you have. We [...]

Over the last 10 years I have been working at improving my skills to help me thrive in my simple, frugal life. This has  helped me adapt, stopped life feeling tougher as prices have increased, [...]

Someone in my private group had used  an 'intention bingo' card last year, and so a lot of us are making one this year. It is a great way of motivating yourself to take actions [...]