
Frugal Living in the UK went online in 2003 and has gradually grown into quite a collection of advice and articles. You’ll find recipes, food shopping tips, household savings, advice on cheap days out and holidays, ways to make a few pounds, get freebies and even sales and Frugal Christmas 🙂
Whether you want to reduce your debts, save for a holiday, stay at home with your children, live more simply or just beat the system a little and end up with more cash, we hope you find something here to help. Consider yourself as in a clothes shop – look around, try the ideas on for size, take what’s right for you and leave the rest for someone else.
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Latest articles:
- Growing a Food Forest
- Making Compost, Reducing Waste, Saving Money
- Food Glorious Food: cheapest, fastest, free
- Sourdough Bread for pennies
- The 25p Meal
- Upcycling Pallets
Latest links:
- Low Price Foods – amazing new clearance food outlet with impressive prices across food, drink and household goods.
- TrustedHousesitters connect pet and home owners with reliable sitters. You can register as a sitter or owner on their site.
- Everything5Pounds sell unsold stock from top High st. brands, all detagged, and all £5.
- Swagbucks.com – pays gift cards and cash for things you do online anyway like shopping and taking surveys.
- Graze are offering a first box free, with no obligation to continue past the first box!
Latest recipes:

- Banana Peel Pasta Sauce Recipe
- Potato Broccoli Croquettes
- Golden Turmeric Quinoa Soup
- Apple Chutney with Ginger
- Red Dragon Pie
- Tattie Soup
- Carrot and Butterbean Soup
- Blackcurrant and Lavender Jam
- Sourdough Bread for pennies
- Beer Battered Onion Rings
- Roast Pumpkin and Garlic Pasta