Most UK supermarkets have a no-frills range now in easily identifiable packaging. Since downshifting radically in July 2006 I have become obsessed with how to get maximum value from a minimal household budget especially when doing the weekly supermarket shop). Here is a record of which products are worth buying and which have been a [...]
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For every 1lb of blackberries add 1/2lb of apples for their pectin (setting agent),stew with just enough water so that you can see it between the fruit,strain overnight and then add 1lb of sugar for every 1 pint of juice. Preserving sugar not necessary. Pour into warm dry jars (cold ones will crack). I have a slight wheat intolerance which lead me to discover Pertwee Farm’s organic muesli range a few years ago. At nearly £3 a smallish packet this is no longer a purchase I am prepared to make since saying goodbye to my salary. I now make my own with the following ingredients which is far [...] I’ve managed to make our new home (we are renting a large Victorian country house) more cosy and beautifully furnished by visiting the local charity shops once a week (there are three in the local town) and trawling the weekly car boot sale every time it is on. Some people have an aversion to all [...] I had employed a cleaner for the last decade to come to my house twice a week for a total of 5 hours a week in order to vacuum,iron,scrub toilets,wash baths,floors,windows. I had never lifted a finger in my own home and had no idea how to. After we moved [...] Since we downshifted to rural Worcestershire and I left work to be a fulltime mum I have started to manage the family’s weekly and monthly budget (before this move I just spent). If I saw something I liked I generally bought it. No wonder I ended up with a house full of stuff and no [...] Suddenly it is Autumn and we are no longer able to dress the children in their summer clothes and thin pyjamas but where are their Autumn/Winter ones and how many still fit? Also how many clothes do I actually need for each child? I seem to have oodles thanks to the generosity of grandparents trawling [...] | ||||||
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