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Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
My heating is on exactly the same setting this year as it was last year & I have definitely used it more, so it must have been colder. Thankfully it hasn't cost more because of the solar so …7 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
My laundry pile is growing - mostly because there's so little sunshine that I'm not getting enough solar to do them and Agile electricity prices are high (although, ironically, the low pric…7 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Me too 😋 Shopping the jar from homes instead of buying a new set of cup measures is definitely MSing.5 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Good Evening MFW'rs Head duly wobbled. The day has ended better than it's 'middling'. No washing achieved, even though we didn't have any of the forecast rain. The breeze was…7 -
Re: Old Style Daily Wednesday 21 January 2026
A quickie from me. Yesterday turned into a longer day than expected. L was in good form and chatted away. I dropped off the POA which was scanned and given back to me and then I was told the doctor w…15 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
This is the beauty of shoving it into chocolate brownies - you wouldn't even know it was there! Much the same as carrots in carrot cake - if you can taste the veg in their own right, the cook h…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Best way of persuading people that they actually do like beetroot that I know is to shove some into brownies, or a cake! As for overly chilli-hot food - a squeeze of lemon juice can help to take the …6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Doesn't sound like a cop out to me, sounds like a perfectly reasonable tea! I had a microwaved baked spud with a dollop of quark and a handful of rocket - in effort terms you could describe it a…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
Hi kayannie - unfortunately not ☹️ Although to be fair, I've not made a beetroot soup - I've only ever tried to get them to eat eg shredded beetroot, or diced beetroot - in a salad, or I th…6 -
Re: From Frugal Foundations to Fortified Family Future
You're right redo - those variety of potatoes are the ones most often in a supermercado 'white potato' 2.5kg bags, and I agree, not always the most flavoursome of tatties. I think LG d…6
