I was on BBC Breakfast news yesterday talking about new bank charges being introduced by the Royal Bank of Scotland and NatWest (owned by RBS) for stupid things including not telling them within two months if you have changed address and buying gift vouchers or betting with your credit card.
These are the kind of sneaky, [...]

Hot Lentil Soup
Ingredients:
1 green pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
400g tinned tomatoes
30g split red lentils
1 veg (or chicken) stock cube
400ml water
1 tsp Tabasco
1 pack fresh coriander, finely chopped
Method:
Chop the tomatoes, if they aren’t already. Put everything in a saucepan and simmer until the lentils are done (about 15 minutes- although as you’re going to puree it, it [...]

Yes, I know it’s still Spring, but it feels like summer, so here is a recipe using blackberries – one of the free gifts of nature in the summer:
Blackberry Crumble:
You can use all blackberries but it might take you a while to gather 1.3kg! The tart apple works well with the sweeter blackberry taste. [...]

Yes, I know it’s still Spring, but it feels like summer, so here is a recipe using blackberries – one of the free gifts of nature in the summer:

Blackberry Crumble:
You can use all blackberries but it might take you a while to gather 1.3kg! The tart apple works well with the sweeter blackberry taste. [...]

Well, the business is taking shape and becoming flesh so to speak, and all in my absence.  Unfortunately, when you start up a business, life has an annoying habit of carrying on regardless and demanding your attention on a regular basis whether you like it or not.
A month ago my brother in law had a [...]

Here are the biggest savings of all! Being a country girl at heart, I love the satisfaction of foraging, and then making delicious food FOR FREE! If you, or your neighbours have an apple tree (or cherry or any other fruit), you can offer to pick up the windfalls and then pay them back with [...]

We don’t really need telling but it’s interesting to hear from number-crunchers that not only are we as individuals massively over-indebted but the Government itself is probably the worst offender!
Ernst & Young’s Item Club Spring forecast says people are "overly relaxed about risk" and are "spending as if it was going out of fashion". [...]

It makes my blood boil – so many properties being bought up by investors and just left empty making it even harder for first-time buyers to find a place. It’s so wrong. I do think that investing is an excellent idea and, of course, it’s human nature to put money into things that we think [...]

Vegetables are the cheapest food – (and fruit) so here’s your chance to get healthy AND save money. A quick look at Tesco’s website shows a carrot costs about 7p, a huge potato 36p, an apple 20p, a banana 15p, and an orange 30p. There’s no excuse! But, they do take a bit of extra [...]

If you buy a car new you lose about 20% of its value as you drive it off the forecourt.
So, you should save money if you buy second-hand. However, you could lose money if you buy a turkey, so go through the options before trying:
From a friend or family member
If you are lucky a [...]