by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 31, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I tried Jack’s recipe for Kale Pesto this week. I didn’t have any kale, but I did have some spring greens that needed using, so in they went. Jack used the soft cheese that has become one of my favourite ingredients, and crispy crumbs on top, which sounds delicious,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Had some bread going rock hard, so made some bread pudding today. Could have been a bit of a disaster, as when the cooking time was nearly up, I remembered that I hadn’t put the fat in – argh. But actually, it was fine. Didn’t even notice! So now I won’t bother to put...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Puddings / Desserts
I did an apple sponge pudding for my husband yesterday using a basic sponge recipe. He went for seconds, so it worked well, even tho I cooked it in the microwave and it looked a bit pasty. At this time of year, I’m constantly on the look out for things to make...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2013 | All Recipes, My Diary
I picked the last apple tree clean just now. It’s a Fiesta, which is a green, crisp apple with a lovely juicy bite and a clean, appley, Cox like flavour. Ken Muir, the grower, says that the season is October to December, and as you might expect from that, they weren’t...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
I have been experimenting today with various things, including these delicious stuffed pancakes. The youngest of my two daughters is a busy community nurse and has asked me if I would do some lunches for her. Of course I would! You know how I love to twiddle in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans, Puddings / Desserts
Sunday Lunch DP and I often have a Sunday lunch at, erm, lunchtime, then in the evening we have a pudding, often a fruit crumble with custard or evaporated milk. I always used to make custard using dried powder and UHT milk. Then one day, having spotted value custard,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2013 | All Recipes, Other
Preserved lemons, 70p a jar, or 37p if you can get Asda SP lemons I bought 5 lemons yesterday and tried the preserved lemons recipe from H F-W’s new book, Fruit Everyday. It was extremely simple and only took a couple of minutes.For each jam jar you want to fill, you...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2013 | All Recipes, Other
Piccallili – around 84p a jar I made some Piccallili this week. I made some last year and found that the men in particular amongst my aquaintance liked it, and it was received with pleasure as a hostess gift too. So as it is coming up to that time of year when...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plans
I have a very long list of recipes to try, price and post and one of those recipes was gnocchi. Miss South over on northsouthfood.com posted a recipe for just that, but using instant mashed potato. I was very surprised by that to say the least, I associate dried mash...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 3, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3
These vegan oat bars are delicious, a flapjack with a jam layer. A raspberry flapjack is my favourite, with homemade raspberry jam. They obviously are sweet, but maybe not as sweet as the name suggests. I have updated the quantity of sugar in line with current...