Pig Tits & Parsley Sauce

After missing the 6am flight to Wellington by about 30 seconds… I finally made it to Avalon to appear on TV One Good Morning. Talking about toothpaste,flowing soap,cloth nappies and the general benefits of making your own stuff. Checkout the link below right to see the video.

Many people have requested more detail on what we actually buy week to week to fulfil our $75 a week grocery budget. Of course we get whatever we want or need – providing the amount spent doesn’t exceed our self imposed limit. I an earlier column I listed a typical week and was amused to [...]

Maree Wrack is a Kiwi living in Australia and she has published this great book about living it up with abundance on less! Check out her website www.champagnelifebeerbudget.com (see link below right). Chapter 6 is all about how my family gets by on a low, low grocery budget! Here’s what Maree has to say about [...]

This is well worth a read – and not just because my website gets a mention. The US has the worst record in the industrialized world for regulating toxic chemicals thanks to the stranglehold powerful corporate lobbies have on Congress, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). It is concerning [...]

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here is a cool story from the Hawkes Bay paper. Reporter Jolene Williams gave me the following list and I slashed it to bits and made it like how we shop, saving about $92 (and I was lenient). Budgeting guru Lyn Webster can preventabig wad of your cash from disappearing into supermarket tills, writes Jolene [...]

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As a thank you for me sponsoring MYM (Movies you Make) – Taranaki’s community opportunity to see your own movies on the big screen at Art House Cinema, Kirsty Richards made this short movie of me promoting make your own toothpaste. Check it out by clicking the link (far) below right.

Since making a conscious decision two years ago to cut the grocery spend right down to $75 a week it is amazing how far we have come. Buying pre –packaged food from the supermarket has become a thing of the past for us and as a result we have become much more financially free. The [...]

One more good thing about making your own stuff is the money you save can be redirected too something else, something cool and something you like. I like ArtHouse Cinema in New Plymouth and with my new found wealth have sponsored MYM (Movies You Make). This is to encourage home grown films from local people [...]