by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 31, 2014 | My Diary
We went to the boot fair at Polegate this morning. First time I’ve been for ages. I was on a mission to score some more purple themed fabric for the quilt I am making, I had decided I needed some more variety. Within a few minutes, I had found 5 fat quarters and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2014 | Dinners
Here is the recipe I promised you yesterday pastry 150g self raising flour, value flour 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75ml vegetable oil, £1.25 litre 9p filling 130g chicken, priced as in this post 99p 160g carrots, Asda SP £1.18p/2kg 9p 100g onion, Asda £1.08/2kg, 5p 3 eggs, Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 28, 2014 | All Meal Plans, Meal Plan 1
For lunch today, I made the smelliest hoummous sandwich I have ever done! I purposely cooked extra chick peas last night so I could make hoummous today. I put the chickpeas in the food processor with a large tblsp of garlic/ginger paste, 2 tblsps of mustard oil...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 27, 2014 | My Diary
Spotted these little fellas having a team bath this morning and took this picture of them through the window. Didn’t dare move in case I scared them off. DP has been working hard over the last two days getting the old tiles and hardboard off the kitchen floor....
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 26, 2014 | My Diary
There are still a few teething problems with the changeover of the blog to a new host. The subscriber widget on the right is one of them, it seems to be refusing to sign people up for some reason. I’m also not sure that the new posts are being emailed to people...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 25, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
This recipe uses the third, and last, portion of the ragu made earlier. The picture shows my portion, which is a quarter of the finished dish, not a half. One third of the ragu mix £1.02 400ml skimmed milk, 2.27 litres/£1, 18p 100g + 50g flour, 45p/1.5kg, 5p Total...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 24, 2014 | Dinners, Meal Plan 7
This is a dinner on Meal Plan 7, served on Day 4. 100g bacon, 75p/500g, 15p 100g onion, £1.08/2kg, 5p 100g carrots, £1.18/2kg, 6p 100g white cabbage, 52p/900g, 6p half a tin of tomatoes, 31p/tin, 16p 90g red lentils, 20p/100g, 18p 50g soft cheese, 88p/200g, 22p tblsp...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2014 | My Diary
In addition to the soup post today, I thought I would give a bit of an update on the kitchen, and other things. As you can see from the picture, there was some ‘dobbing’ and ‘dabbing’ going on today as DP and SIL to be lined the new part of the kitchen with...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2014 | All Meal Plans, Lunches, Meal Plan 7
This is a lunchtime soup used on 2 days on Meal Plan 7. 100g onion, chopped, Asda, 2kg/£1.08, 5p 100g white cabbage, Asda, 6p/100g, 6p 100g carrots, Asda, 2kg/£1.18, 6p 50g spaghetti, value 20p/500g, 2p 50g red lentils, 20p/100g, 10p tbslp oil, 1p? makes 2...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 19, 2014 | All Meal Plans, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
In meal plan 7 we have a cottage pie, a lasagna and spaghetti bolognese. All three recipes use the same ragu as a base. Beef Ragu used 3 ways 500g mince, £1.99 Asda 60g bacon pieces, chopped small, 500g/75p Asda, 9p 300g onions, chopped, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 16p 450g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 17, 2014 | My Diary
Yesterday morning, we set out to watch the Eastbourne Airbourne. It is 17 miles, but we allowed extra time as it would be busy. Several roads were shut for resurfacing and the traffic was horrendous. DP made one mistake by not parking in the park and ride, he wanted...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2014 | My Diary
We are still waiting for the porting to the new host to be completed, nearly there now. It’s been ages since we spoke and I couldn’t wait any longer! There have been lots of things going on that I wanted to talk to you about and couldn’t. One of the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 5, 2014 | My Diary
Lovely girly day with DD2 today. We did some more of the wedding invitations, I’ll be able to show you the completed article soon. They’re looking really really good, and of course totally unique. Wonder how much you’d have to pay for a printer to do...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 4, 2014 | My Diary
After a day of this and that, I had done less than 1500 steps, so at 8pm, I took myself off for a walk. I was determined to hit that target! Within two minutes I was looking at this view, how lucky am I. Within a few more minutes, I spotted these early...