About ME!

HELLO!!

I'm Christine. I'm a busy mum to 5 year old twins, Robin and Evie and wife to Ian. I also run a property management company. We live in a small village in beautiful, rural Northumberland. I love spending time at home with my family, running and exercising and socialising with my fabulous friends.

When I'm not busy with work, family or friends, my favourite pastimes are cooking and eating (often a combination of family/friends and food). I particularly get so much (too much?!) pleasure from making healthy, nutritious meals from nothing (well, whatever I've got in the house!), making leftovers exciting and not wasting a thing. I HATE waste. I've wanted to start a blog for a few years but time just hasn't allowed it. But I'm very excited about getting it going now and sharing my passion for food with the world!!

I'm very health conscious and want to feed my family good food, on a budget. As you can imagine, time is not something that I have a lot of so my cooking has to fit in with my busy life. Weekday cooking has to be fuss-free and speedy but I still want it to feel indulgent.

I am also a keen vegetable gardener. There is little better than creating a whole meal from produce that you raised with your own fair hands. And in the British weather, it's not always easy. It makes you appreciate it even more though! I would urge anyone to have a go at growing their own. Even if it's just a few of your favourites in pots or some herbs on the windowsill. Do it!

I'm going to try and share some of the recipes that I create and any tips that I have along with general ramblings about food and the good life!

Don't expect fine dining, just homemade, tasty, healthy and wholesome food. Always on a budget! Maybe with the odd flashy, entertaining number thrown in for good measure. The budget won't go out the window though.

I'm very new to this so please bear with me until I find my feet!!

I hope you enjoy it. All feedback very much appreciated!!

Thanks y'all!

Sunday, 27 April 2014

Frugal cleaning!

I ran out of rinse aid a few weeks ago and I've been trying to save money on cleaning products too so I poured some cheap-as-chips, bog standard malt vinegar into the rinse aid drawer of the dishwasher and it worked! 

Since then, I've been trying out alternative cleaning products elsewhere too. 

I've got loads of bottles of the cheapest vinegar that you can get because I make chutneys so I've been using it all over the house now! It's fabulous! 

Uses so far:

Pour some in your washing machine drum and powder and softener drawer and put it on a normal cycle to clean the machine. 

Use it instead of fabric conditioner in the washing machine. 

Clean your windows with it. 

Use it to clean greasy cookers and splash backs. 

Top up your washing up liquid bottle with some vinegar and it'll go much further. 

Pour it in your loo and leave overnight to give the bowl a good clean. 

I'll add more to this list as and when i find more uses! 

I'm now challenging myself to find a cheap alternative for all my cleaning needs!! 

I'm going to try and make a dishwasher detergent next..

Something else that I've done in the past is pour a bottle of the cheapest cola you can find down the loo and leave overnight.  Sparkling loo to follow! 

I've also been all round the house with a cheapy bottle of bleach and a toothbrush. God it is seriously satisfying!! Sad, I know!

Bicarbonate of soda is next on my list to find lots of uses for... Watch this space..
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