Opening Balance $35 - Groceries Purchased Nil - Closing balance $35 We easily survived week one using groceries/food we had on hand. Day One – Breakfast, toast and cup of tea, snacks during day,home made bread bananas,Stevies lunch ham sandwich and fruit. Tea, pizza on home made bread (see free recipes above). Day Two – Breakfast, chocolate [...]
How low can we go? It is just Stevie and me at home now so I have set a new low weekly grocery budget of $35. This will include all food and pharmaceuticals (hopefully not need much). Here is the plan. Starting today I will deposit the $35 into my EFT POS account and use [...]
I am pleased and excited to announce I have a master franchisee launching MAKE Cleaning Products and Cosmetics, books by Vicki Lansky and www.pigtitsandparsleysauce.co.nz in Australia real soon. Franchises will be available for sale on Australia and we expect to see classes popping up all over the place soon, helping Australian families discover there are [...]
Every household should have a Baking Soda book. E-mail pigtitsandparsleysauce@gmail.com to buy 500 Uses for Baking Soda for only $20 + p&p. 400 Uses for Vinegar book is also a big-money saver so you should probably get that too. Click READ MORE for a photo and direct link to e-mail for ordering. These books save you mega-$$$$$$$$ every time [...]
Here’s me and Sarah Bradley (Good Morning TV One) with Matt McLaughlin who kindly allowed me to demonstrate using baking soda as shampoo and White Vinegar as conditioner on TV with spectacular results. Check it out by clicking READ MORE and following the link http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Ftvnz.co.nz%2Fgood-morning%2Fs2011-e181111-webster-video-4548907&h=8AQEIDQGMAQFMhJMYegM2n3G8D8fZC7ErtZAstOQw7_FGZA (or scroll down on the right hand side of the page [...]
Classes in the Wellington region available now. Learn how to make cleaning products at home and save $$$thousands$$$. For $25 you can see common household cleaning products made and demonstrated. Get tips on where to source the ingredients and take home recipes and samples. Enrol now, classes fill up very fast. Click MAKE New Zealand [...]
Don’t be ripped off. We use baking soda for just about everything cleaning around the house and for personal hygiene. Baking soda has replaced toothpaste, shampoo, deodorant and soap in our bathroom as well as being used as an all surface cleaner and odour eater. Bulk stores like Bin Inn are a good option for [...]
Here’s me in the Chatroom, Hawkes Bay TV (scroll down to links and click link below right to see video (Chatroom Interview). Or click READ MORE for a direct link. If you have time to watch this take the 24 minutes… it epitomises exactly how I feel about our low grocery budget and the opportunities [...]
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 [...]
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