by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 31, 2014 | My Diary
Well yesterday was so full on, I didn’t have a minute to myself! It started at 6:30am and continued like the Energiser bunny until 10:00pm. One of the things we did was a trip to Wilderness Woods in Hadlow Down, a few miles up the road from us. It has a great...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2014 | My Diary
Picked up 6 yr old DGD today for a few days visit. We visited Pevensey Castle and had a good look round there. A nice visit. While we were looking down the oubliette, a nesting bird vented straight down the back of my top. Felt it warm and dribbling while DP was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 28, 2014 | My Diary
Wow, what a weather day. I was hoping for a little gentle summer rain as the garden is either like dust, or in other parts, concrete. The summer sun is gorgeous, and I’m certainly not complaining, but such extreme heat sucks all the moisture out of the soil, and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 27, 2014 | Breakfast, Lunches
Here is another recipe from the CFR site, a delicious nut butter. Use it on toast for breakfast, or in sandwiches for lunch, maybe with a sliced tomato, or thick coins of cucumber in it too. A smear of jam would be a variation of the classic peanut butter and jam. You...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 26, 2014 | Dinners
I am very sad that the site I first got involved in with helping to write cheap family recipes is no more. If you like the recipes on cheap-family-recipes.org.uk, hop on over to here and print any off that you like. I don’t know how much longer it will be there...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2014 | My Diary, Saving Money
Oh dear, I’ve been tempted! Approved Food tempt me every day with mega cheap offers and this week I did an order. I spent £66.97, including delivery, which is quite a bit. We had some of the spelt spaghetti this evening with tomato sauce and Parmesan and a big...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 23, 2014 | Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes
At least one day before you want it, make the dough mixture. 250g strong white bread flour, Asda 1.5kg/80p, 13p 7g yeast, Asda 125g/64p, 4p Half tsp salt 17p for the loaf 35p to run the oven for an hour, a total of 52p Put everything in a medium sized mixing bowl, mix...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 23, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes
I tried the second bread mixture in the fridge today. I took it out of the fridge and added a little flour, just enough to take it from the almost thick batter it was to a loose dough. Then I was going to do a dome shaped loaf on a tray, but it looked like it was...
by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Took a few pictures today of what is in flower in the garden right now. This day lily is a lovely match with the shrub next to it A lacecap hydrangea in its full glory As much as I can get in one shot of the front garden flowers The pot of lilies that are blooming...
by admin | Jul 21, 2014 | My Diary
Edit: How extremely annoying. I posted this last night and WordPress for some reason decided to chop it off right at the beginning, and I can’t access the Revision copies either. So I’ve had to re-write what I could remember. Goodness knows what you...
by admin | Jul 20, 2014 | My Diary
This week, I was cutting out bias strips to edge the quilt my Mum made for me. I was using a double white sheet I got from a charity shop for £1.50. As I was cutting out the strips, I was thinking how soft the fabric was and started wondering if they would make...
by admin | Jul 19, 2014 | My Diary
We went to Wickes today to sort out the kitchen. My goodness, what an expensive proposition that is! We have been umming and aahing for weeks over what the layout should be, all rotating around a walk-in corner larder unit. The layout was finalised today. We will be...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | Dinners
Here is the recipe for the risotto we had yesterday. I halved a recipe that was supposed to serve 5-6 as a starter, but half would actually easily serve 4 as a main I found the recipe in the Guardian. 200g broad beans, Asda frozen ones are £1/750g, or a tin 55p,...
by admin | Jul 17, 2014 | My Diary
Phew, what a scorcher! Went to Eastbourne today to see my grand daughter’s sports day. The race she was dreading the most was the balance a bean bag on the head one. But because she hated it, she had practised it a lot and only won it! Her mum was leaping up and...