I’ve become more and more conscious of my diet this year especially since completing a recent 4-week food budget challenge. Choosing to eat less meat and focusing on vegetarian options have saved me money and forced me to be more creative when preparing meals. Now I’m exploring where to eat vegetarian food and I’m really enjoying…
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Food Budget Challenge: Week 4
Hi everyone, Apologies for the late post but I’ve been laid up in bed after catching a horrendous cold complete with a wracking cough and feeling very much under the weather. Have only just got my energy back and able to resume participating in life again! The final week of the challenge was not too difficult…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 3
Hi everyone, Really enjoyed this week trying to scour the freezer and pantry for food that we’d forgotten about. The Hairy Bikers have provided us with some inspiration to produce a lovely winter-warming crumble after finding a load of frozen blackberries. I finally got round to using a jar of homemade preserved lemons in a…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 2
Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! Halfway into our challenge, we’ve tried to eat a bigger variety of food this week as well as celebrate Chinese New Year and again cooked in bulk to save money and time. Because we had to spend alot of money on a whole duck and chicken thighs, I made a large…
Food Budget Challenge: Week 1
We survived Week 1 of our food budget challenge! I tried to take a few photos of our food to give you an idea of what we ate but often we had no time to photograph them, especially my other half who’s always famished. Here’s how we got on during Week 1: MONDAY Me Breakfast: 2…
4 Week Food Budget Challenge!
Now that January is over, it’s time to set myself new challenges for the year ahead. Me and my partner have been thinking about saving money on our food bill while managing to still eat a varied and healthy diet. My salary has dropped over the past few years so I thought it would be…
JUST SO RICE 