Category: Kitchen Talk

The new Just Essentials range of basic grocery items, at lower prices, has been launched at Asda (June 2022). This has new, bright yellow, branding, but if you

Having bought a pack of lean diced beef and cooked it, it no longer looked half as much, so I wondered what was the weight of raw beef

We are all trying to save money these days, to find bargains, to hunt out exciting finds – or, sometimes, to eat what’s already been in the house

Supermarket pre-packaged cheese! Any supermarket, any best value cheese! This isn’t about one store, or another, just an observation. It’s just a small thing, but can really lift

When toasted sandwich bags don’t fit the toaster it’s frustrating! If your toaster is a regular toaster and you buy toaster bags so you can make toasted sandwiches

Did you know you should freeze your flour? It’s rarer these days, but flour can contain tiny weevils – and it’s disappointing to open the bag and see

Find out how out of date food warehouses can save you money – and learn how you still have to keep your wits about you! What is an

Tesco have been doing an Aldi Price Match since March 2021, starting with a range of the Aldi basics products, the essentials, then adding more! How Do You

When I’m asked how I make my Chinese curry sauce I always say “I make Mayflower curry”, using the powder to make the curry sauce. I’m then usually

If you’ve got sprouting potatoes, but aren’t ready to eat them yet, if you put a little bit of effort in now you can keep them stored, ready

I make individual pastry sheets from a roll of ready rolled pastry so that I can use them individually to make a savoury slice or pie. They are

These Poundland oval baking dishes aren’t on their website, but I spotted them and my immediate thought was that they would be the right size for a “serves