grocery savings Archives

tip tuesday – frugal pantry organisation

Organise your pantry the frugal way with recycled jars and containers. Here’s my pantry – an organisational work in progress.

how much cash are you flushing down the toilet? a frank look at saving money on toilet paper

In this article I get to the bottom of how to save money on the toilet paper. Did you know that the average person uses 20,805 sheets of loo paper per year? Someone had to work that one out.

tip tuesday–making peanut butter and honey more efficient

Make a family favourite that much easier to prepare with this tip. Also, my version of an old classic.

introducing plan cook save – the frugal and thriving ebook

Well today’s the day. It’s finally here. After two years, 240 pages and 65,000 words, I’d like to introduce the first Frugal and Thriving eBook: PLAN COOK SAVE: A busy person’s guide to eating healthy food on a budget. PLAN COOK SAVE is all about eating healthy food on a tight budget and a tight [...]

plan cook save–starting from scratch

This article comes from the eBook PLAN COOK SAVE. I know that many readers have been cooking from scratch for a long time; this post is for those who are just starting out. Maybe you’ve just left home, or maybe you’re wanting to make the switch from processed, convenience foods, to more basic, whole foods. [...]

plan cook save–how to cook anything

Today’s article comes from the eBook PLAN COOK SAVE. There are two ways to approach preparing meals: one is to find a recipe and then buy all the ingredients for that recipe. The other is to create a meal with what you already have on hand. In the second approach, you buy seasonal and inexpensive [...]

plan cook save–shopping tactics for avoiding impulse buys

Today’s article comes from the eBook: PLAN COOK SAVE. So I was in Woolies the other day, and a voice over the loud speaker said: ‘Why not try a steak from our meat department? They’re on special this week at $19 a kilo [ah, yeah, not real cheap]. Grab some vegetables from our fresh produce [...]

plan cook save–save time by using a meal master list

"every minute spent planning is an hour earned." Benjamin Franklin Today’s article comes from the eBook: PLAN COOK SAVE. One of the best way to get a lot more out of your day is to be organised. Being organised means you end up with less ‘wasted’ time and more time to do the things that [...]

plan cook save–eating healthy food on a budget

This week’s posting schedule is a little different from usual. This week the articles will be from the content of the upcoming eBook PLAN COOK SAVE, which will be available from next Monday 27th June. For the average family, the cost of food and other groceries is the third largest expense after the mortgage and [...]

how much do you spend on the groceries–an update

It has been nearly a year and a half since I wrote about how much we spend on the groceries. A lot has changed since then. We now have an extra mouth to feed and an extra bum to keep clean. So I thought it was time for an update. Before I talk about how [...]