family life & travels
If you have set yourself a goal to save money over the next year or so, then where do you start? I have seen different saving sheets that I have given a try to before, as well as doing things like switching bank accounts or putting any coins that I get into a specific bank
I shared a recipe a few days ago for a spicy penne pasta dish that costs just over £1.60 per portion, and tastes so delicious, as well as having plenty of nutritional value. Cooking for yourself can be a great way to save money instead of eating out, and one of the UK’s top choices
January can be a bit of a misery can’t it? The excitement of Christmas and the new year celebrations have been and gone, and it can feel like there is little to be looking forward to in the immediate future; no wonder it is the month that most people look to book a holiday! Plus,
This month marks a year since I have been a vegetarian, after taking part in vegan January last year, and then carrying on not eating meat or fish afterwards. On the whole, I have found eating out pretty easy, but I did notice the lack of variety for vegetarian food when I’d be out and
This Christmas will be my first as a vegetarian. And as we don’t normally have a roast dinner all that often, it has left me wondering what I would have with ‘all the trimmings.’ So I have been looking forward to trying out a few new things for the main dish, instead of the turkey
if you are looking for something a little different for the festive table this year, then a vegan and sugar-free cake could do just the trick. When this recipe is cut up into long rectangles, it can be made into this super healthy Battenberg Cake. Using ingredients like raw beetroot it gives you a cake
How has your weekend been? Mine has been a pretty relaxed one if I’m honest which has been really lovely. If you follow this blog regularly you’ll know that my husband and I started a business together last year, and it has been a long and slow road. But it launched this past week, so
With the cooler temperatures here, there is nothing better than some classic comfort food. And for me, comfort food is anything containing carbs, like pasta and rice dishes. The good news with rice dishes is that there is plenty of protein in there too (and my children love rice much more than that love pasta).
At this time of year a salad isn’t necessarily top of your list of foods. But it has been pretty mild recently, so a salad could well and truly work. Not to mention that it is British Organic Carrot season so, there is nothing better than eating seasonally, in my opinion. And if you’re anything
