If you’re looking for a delicious, inexpensive vegetarian meal that you can prepare in no time, then look no further. This recipe for a vegetable and lentil stew is good for your budget as it is for the soul. It’s an ideal recipe for a Meatless Monday meal! What I like most about this recipe […]
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Review: Pakco Chilli Bite Mix
If you’ve been following my blog for a little while now, you’ll know that I normally stay away from ready-made meals (unless they’re on reduced), or ready-to cook or bake premixes as we prefer to cook all our meals from scratch. But the other day as I was doing my month-end shopping at Spar, this […]
Homemade Pizza
If you’re in the mood for a pizza this weekend, but don’t feel like paying for a takeaway, why not make your own? It’s certainly cheaper and it’s also tastier because you have your own choice of toppings and quantities! We always have such fun in the kitchen making our own pizza, or as […]
Cheesy Mushroom & Potato Bake
This cheesy mushrooms & potato bake was such a delicious, meatless Monday dinner for us this week that I thought I’d share the recipe with you. You know how I just love quick and easy suppers which are delicious and also good for your budget. For this recipe, you can also use frozen mushrooms, […]
Curried Baked Beans
This is such a yummy and easy little dish to prepare. Sure, you could simply buy a tin of curried baked beans but trust me, this is much, much tastier! One of my readers was kind enough to share this lovely recipe with me, and my husband and I have been enjoying this little […]
3 Easy & Delicious Braai Salads
The month of September signals the start of the Braai season in our household. While we have our favourite salads and side dishes to compliment the Braai meat, I’m always game for easy and inexpensive Braai salads to try. When it’s Braai day for us, I don’t really like to spend a whole lot […]
Broth with Lamb Bones & Veggie Scraps
Back in February, I mentioned that I would like to try cooking a broth with veggie scraps. Well, I finally got round to it! We’re no strangers to veggie broths by any means as I regularly make chicken broth for us, but while I usually use whole vegetables such as carrots, onions, celery and parsnips, […]
Tomato & Black Beans Salad
On a hot summer’s day there is nothing more refreshing than a delicious salad to cool you down. The Tomato & Black Beans salad is one of our favourites, especially in summer, although we make it all year round – we enjoy it so much! Very often we have the Tomato & Black Beans salad […]
Spicy Chicken Livers
Spicy Chicken Livers may not be everyone’s cup of tea but we love this dish! A small serving of spicy chicken livers is very filling and can be enjoyed with a variety of staples: bread, rice, pasta or even pap. It’s easy to prepare and in less than 30 minutes’ cooking time you too can […]
Sausage Rolls
It’s much, much cheaper to make Sausage Rolls at home, and we often make a batch or two. A Sausage Roll is nice as a meal on its own with some gravy and salad on the side, and they’re also an inexpensive but convenient food to pack for picnics or road trips. Sausage Rolls […]
Chili Con Carne
There are a lot of recipes out there for Chili Con Carne. A lot! And many of those recipes require you to cook the minced meat from scratch, which we normally don’t. If we have a little leftover Bolognaise Sauce for Pasta, which I usually cook in large batches and freeze, that’s what we will […]
Meal Planning Folder Dividers
Once you start Meal Planning around Specials, it’s important to stay organised from one month to the next. That’s why I use a Meal Planning Folder in an A4 arch lever file with printable Weekly Meal Plan pages and Meal Planning Folder Dividers that I can insert as needed. It helps to work with lose […]
Moroccan Shakshuka
This is a guest post by Harjeet Kaur who blogs over at Fire, Water, Food & Travel Harjeet’s blog is filled with delectable and mouth-watering recipes and they are a must for any foodie to try! I’m happy to have Harjeet as a guest on Frugal in SA. Thank you so much Harjeet for […]
Meal Planning Ideas
Meal Planning around Specials can be quite daunting at first, especially if you feel that you wouldn’t know where to start or what meals to plan for! The easiest way to start, though, is to make a list of breakfast, snack, lunch and dinner options that your family likes, and that you know are […]
Millie Meal & Polenta Bread
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 3 of the challenge. This is a recipe I often make. It is fairly inexpensive if made plain but with additional variations (see below) it can cost you a bit more. We like […]
Semolina Cake
This recipe is part of Take the Pantry and Freezer Challenge series on this blog, and I made this in Week 3 of the challenge. There are many reasons why I love Semolina Cake: A slice of this simple, yet moist and fluffy Semolina Cake is very refreshing on a hot summer’s day. […]