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Do you remember my mum’s old cook book? Well, I’ve decided that I’ll try one recipe from it every week. And will tell you about it. You see, I reckon that there isn’t more frugal than people in less wealthy countries (and Bulgaria after WWII fits the bill perfectly). Tasty…
Do you know what the only number I need to be able to tell you whether you are financial failure or prosperity superstar is? No, I don’t want to know how much you earn: I know too many people who earn over £100,000 and have twice as much consumer debt….
Vegetarian our household is not; and it’s very unlikely to be. This dish – oven baked tuna is a suffered compromise between a protein eating enthusiastic teen (my youngest son) and a reformed health eating obsessive (me). I used to be vegetarian. I was strict with it for about five…
You are either already thinking that this sounds delicious and you’d tried it this coming weekend or that it is absolutely ‘yak’ and reading further is a nausea inducing waste of time. If you belong to the former camp please go on reading; if you belong to the latter…
‘Change is the only constant in this world”! I know that is a favorite phrase with many and they often keep on touting it. Unfortunately, these are the same folks who never want to change their priorities and philosophy despite getting no expected benefits from their current financial strategy. Both…
Look at these strawberries! Look yummy, don’t they? Today I’ll tell you how to turn strawberries into scrummy homemade jam in less than 15 minutes. You know, in slightly longer than the time it takes you to read a post on The Money Principle, you could wind up with delicious,…
“You’ll pay for this when I can cook it better?” You should have seen the look the lady behind the counter awarded me. I did keep it down after that: what I said was unforgivably rude. It was also true. This happened twenty four year ago and I was…
Spenish paella is a dish to impress. It is tasty, it is fast and easy to cook and it is cheap. After all, it is a traditional dish for poor folk originating in Valencia, Spain. Over the years, paella has become for Spain, what risotto is for Italy: a way…
Yesterday I was training with my personal trainer. Great lad! We got talking. I told him that my strength to weight ratio has gone completely the wrong way because of my writing. You see, the more I write, the less I move; the less I move the heavier and less…
Where do you stand on ‘one-pot’ dishes? I used to sniff at one-pot dishes. I used to be like Sally in ‘When Harry Met Sally’ – liked things ‘on the side’. Now, simplifying cooking and minimising preparation time (without loss of quality) is a matter of survival. How otherwise can…
When was the last time you tried to buy Quince Jam? Okay, if you really don’t know that, let me try something easier: do you know what is a quince? For the ones amongst you who have not come across quince, take a good look at the fruit on the…
Most people are preoccupied with getting ready for Christmas and don’t want to think about whether they need insurance. I’m finished with these preparations. So, I’m sitting here making an inventory of our insurance arrangements. Yep, I was right: our car and house insurance need to be renewed in…