Category Archives: Seasonal store cupboards

Frugal February

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Louise

January, it seems, is not quite long enough. At least not long enough for me to share all the frugal tips that I seem to be learning. Focusing on my store cupboard, on what I have rather than what I … Continue reading →

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Cupboard love

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Louise

Happy New Year! I hope that your festive season, if it was festive, was full of good food and drink, lovely people and no nasty lurgies. As ever, I ate, drank and spent too much and although I have no … Continue reading →

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Rib-sticking, warming and filling leek, potato and bacon bake

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Louise

The oven is your friend I wrote yesterday, even when the washing machine is not. This time last year my roof terrace was being ripped up and replaced to stop it leaking into my neighbours’ kitchen (it started the day, … Continue reading →

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Party and Christmas food: Sardine rillettes

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Louise

Christmas is coming, I’m going to get fat…or rather I am probably going to eat more than is strictly necessary. That is usually because I start to think about what are commonly known as ‘nibbles’ (horrid word) and ‘dips’ (not … Continue reading →

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September store cupboard

Posted on September 1, 2011 by Louise

September has dawned, sunny and beautiful. And with it comes that sense of a new start, the ‘back-to-school’ feeling of a return to normal patterns of behaviour, after holidays, the silly season and, to my mind anyway, the horrors of … Continue reading →

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