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DIY pancake mix (save your wallet, save the environment)

Make this pancake mix in a jar for your next camping holiday (or any excuse).

Use solar energy by going to bed earlier every night.

You know what it’s like – people are coming over for drinks, or you need to go to a happy

Chocolate cake. Yum. Yum. Yum. It is so evocative. And so decadent. It is something my kids never tire of

Happy Easter! Did you have a good long weekend. Well, we certainly did in the Ms Frugal Ears household. And

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

This week I went shopping. I really went shopping. For the first time in months I used a shopping trolley

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

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