I posted a photo of my dinner tonight on Instagram and facebook and loads of people asked for the recipe, so here it is! Roasted Vegetable Fritatta 2 small brown onions, finely sliced 1 red capsicum, finely sliced 1 large sweet potato, diced 1 cup of baby spinach leaves 1 cup of cooked peas 5 […]
I have had a frugal few weeks thanks to a clever meal plan and a great grocery shop where I spent $175 on mostly fruit and veg which managed to last us ten days! The meals I made during that time included: chicken and veg rice paper rolls with dipping sauce, chicken stirfry, various salads […]
There is lots going on and not much happening at the moment. Its a funny time of year and despite my love of colder weather, I am over winter. Its wet, freezing and restricting me from doing all the things I love right now, like running, taking photographs and hanging out with my children and […]
This one is for you Rosie! I posted this over at my food blog Make your mince up in the way that you prefer. I like to use a kilo of premium mince which I brown, remove from the pan and fry onions, capsicum, garlic and celery until softened. Add back the mince and I […]
So last week I did another shop at the new supermarket and I have some more price comparisons. Old                      New                Diff Dishwasher Powder 1kg            $6.76                    $3.99              $2.77 Rinse Aid                                    $1.67                    $1.49               $0.18 Rice 2kg                                      $4.93                  $2.99                $1.94 Arborio Rice 1kg                        $4.45                   $3.79               $0.66 Nappies                           32pk   $19.33      44pk   $13.99             $5.34 TOTAL:              $10.89 That is huge […]
Anyone who knows me in real life would know that I am a bit cheap, I like a good bargain and not spending money has been my full time job for a while now. Yesterday was my five year anniversary of being a stay-at-home-mum. On the 18th May 2006 I walked out of my job at […]
Wednesday started out a very good day, I dropped a happy and smiling Amy at preschool and was so proud to see her greeted by all her little friends with such joy and excitement. Then I dropped Ron at work and Stella was mumbling away contentedly to herself in the back of the car while Ron and […]
I have a bunch of random photos from my point-and-shoot camera that I will be posting over the next few days. First a selection of vaguely related photos. Above is a sight that makes me very depressed, amazingly I don’t often let the kitchen get into this state, I have discovered the key for a […]
I meant to do a Frugal Sarah Says post yesterday but I just didn’t have enough time. This week’s shopping and budget is a little complicated for a number of reasons, we have friends staying on Wednesday night so I need to do my shopping today but payday is only on Thursday. Then Friday is a […]
This morning’s left over coffee dregs + a few ice cubes + a splash of cold milk = cheap and easy iced coffee. I am turning into Frugal Sarah. By definition this means the following: ———————————————————————– frugal [ˈfruËgÉ™l] adj 1. practising economy; living without waste; thrifty 2. not costly; meagre [from Latin frÅ«gÄlis, from frÅ«gÄ« […]