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Japanese style pickled watermelon rind

Sometimes it is the little frugal things you do that add up without you realising it. So it was that

This week I almost got by spending just $3. But then I splurged and spent $6 on organic shoyu soy

Happy New Year! Happy Chinese New Year that is – 新年快乐，or the more common 恭喜发财 (congratulations and prosperity).

I arrived back home in Canberra just after a whirlwind tour of Taiwan. What fun! I ate and ate and

Ah, Christmas. How did it sneak up on me this year? One day we were still in November (heaps of

What is it like to live on only $50 a week for grocery items? I thought I would keep a

My housemate begged me to teach her how to make cauliflower gratin. My mum had made it as a side

I am frugal. My purpose in blogging is to share my own financial journey and to encourage others. I don’t

It is hard sometimes to find healthy lunchbox snacks that your kids will eat and that which don’t contain nuts.

At the height of summer it seems like everyone is trying to give away plums. Well, not me because my