Fridays are days when I feel Content.

.. This is because they are my day off from uni, study and work. Yippee :)

Today started with a walk with our puppy nice and early, then home for breakfast, I made some washing powder (recipe here), put a load of washing on, and then did the groceries.

And if you haven't heard of these places - now's the time to pay attention!

Swansea St Markets are around the corner from where I live, and when I discovered this place when we first moved here, it cut out grocery bill IN HALF. We could never get it below $100 shopping at Coles or Woollies; now on our average food shop is $50 a week. Sometimes higher when we buy meat/flour/grains in bulk, some weeks only $20 or $30 when we only need milk and fresh fruit and veg.

The markets do not have a website so I will give you a run down of where you can find them and what you can find there

Address: 176 - 178 Swansea St E, East Victoria Park, WA, 6102

Phone number: 9361 6234

The 'market's consists of

A butcher, selling ALL sorts of products. Goats, crocodile, kangaroo, as well as all your normal animals and cuts, with seafood and choices of some free range as well, which is excellent.

The groceries section is where you can buy bulk bread flour/mix, all baking needs, oats, cereals, beans, rice, spices, nuts, dried fruits.... Pretty much anything you could need. There is also a wide array of tinned and canned products such as vegetables, preserves, sauces, curry pastes, pasta sauces, dried pasta etc. I regularly buy wholemeal bread flour, 12.5 kilos for $25 ($2 per kilo) white bread flour for $1.90 per kilo, oats for $2.50 per kilo. In this section is also your fresh fruit and veg, at brilliant seasonal prices, bread, eggs, dairy, tofu, fresh noodles, gelato ice-cream, etc. All produce is labelled with where it came from which I love, because I love to be able to support local suppliers.

As you leave there is an amazing deli, salads, meats, baguettes, cakes, sweets, pizzas, hot chickens, pies, sausage rolls, etc. Very old fashioned Italian products and friendly service.

This is where we do our weekly food shop and it's my favourite place to go to :)

Another place which  we have recently discovered is Bremmera WA. You can find their information here. They are a family run business with offering deli products, locally produced meat, frozen seafood and fruit, cheese, sauces, eggs, all sorts of delicious things. The best thing is that it is 'wholesale, direct to the public', and the prices sure do reflect this! We go there about once a week for small things like eggs and butter, and grab chicken, pork belly, bacon and beef when it goes on special! Going there is like popping by a friend's house, they are so welcoming and lovely and always willing to help.

So those two places are our 'secret' to being able to eat so well on so little. If you live around Perth, I'd strongly recommend checking them out!


At the moment I have some wholemeal bread dough on the rise, as well as some wholemeal english muffin dough on the rise as well.

My day will include baking those, vacuuming the house, and researching worm farms!

Have a great day everyone,

Catch ya later
Aimee x