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So you want to save money? You want to stop spending on takeaways, eating out or buying ready meals? Want to claw back a bit of cash and lead a smoother life? Well you need meal planning. Yes, yes, I know – surely meal planning is only for boring bitches with too much time on…

Have you heard of Approved Food? Prick your ears up petal because this shiz is gonna get good babyeh. Uh yeah. Approved Food is a friend to anyone who likes a fab grocery bargain. It’s a website with more bargains than you can shake a stick out and here’s a quick run down of why…

It is often said that us folk dwelling here on this island struggle to complain about bad service. We look toward Americans, who have full on smiling customer service, who complain if they're greeted with bad service, return food if it is wrong, or talk to a manager if they receive less that an A*…

I love meal planning. I’m a hardcore, nail my colours to the wall meal planner and I always will be. I get a lot of tweets, emails and comments asking me how I make meal planning work for me and my husband weight loss diet plan. Here’s how we make it work. I must stress…

This isn’t finance or thrift related it’s just a plain old rant. Just because I become more and more angry each time I dine out. Stop serving food on chopping boards and in plant pots or in tiny faux deep fat frying pans. If I want to eat food from a slate I will climb…

Me being me I know the times all our local supermarkets price items for reduction and lately, in one particular supermarket I’ve been noticing a heck of a lot of fresh deli olives sitting in pots marked down to almost nothing. I don’t like olives. But actually they’ve always been something I’ve wanted to like.…

In a statement the department store said: ”As we approach our busy Christmas period, we will be reducing the number of hot drink and cake vouchers issued to customers as our cafes and restaurants become extremely busy during this time and we want to make sure our customers experience the high standards of service they…

I know a lot of you are really, really struggling to make ends meet at the best moment and articles about feeding two for a fiver are making your eyes roll so far into the back of your head you could give yourself a brain scan. Sometimes it feels like the only part of our…

There seems to be a myth that scones are hard to make. They're not, in fact I find a scone the easiest of the baked good to knock out at will. Bust the myth today and knock out some scones in under 20 minutes. Here's My Easy Scone Recipe - 450g Self raising flour 4tsp…

Getting the kitchen organised and tidy takes some real time and effort. There are so many bits and bobs to organise it can get a bit muddled and jumbled especially when it comes to food. A lot of people think organising their food is as easy as nipping out to a shop and buying some…