by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Lunches
Do you have cheese sandwiches for lunch? Are you a little tired of them, or maybe wanting to ring the changes a little? How about making a potted cheese. I have lots of little bits and pieces of cheese stashed away in the freezer, things left over from various events,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 8, 2016 | All Recipes, Lunches, Round Up Post
The brand new school year is upon us and every parents dream job starts up again – the packed lunch – nooooooo! Yes, that post title is a rhetorical question. I could hardly write a post on making a packed lunch and answer it with a No now could I !...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 21, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 10
First of all, apologies for the recent lack of posts. I have been well and truly bugged over the last 10 days or so. Where I am, there has been a virulent virus doing the rounds that basically wipes you out for two weeks. It feels much more like flu than anything else...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 17, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
After yesterdays flavoured and potted cheeses, todays sandwich filler is a chicken and sun dried tomato paste. Simple and delicious. My sun dried tomatoes came from a big container of them with a best before date of 2010!! But they look, smell and taste...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2014 | My Diary
I am an active member at my local WI and, can you guess? I do the catering at our lunches. Were you surprised 😉 I recently saw a Freegle post offering 30 Gu ramekins, which I picked up. I thought they would be perfect for WI lunches, I have asked our members for some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 3, 2019 | Round Up Post
Lunches Cost per portionCalories FatProteinCarbsVeg/Vegan Broad Bean & Feta Wrap Sardine & Tomato Sandwich Paste10p Tzatziki & Lettuce Sandwich14pveg/not vegan Welsh Rarebit Chestnut Soup - Nigella Lawson Parsnip Soup, with scone & mince pie -...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 2, 2019 | Round Up Post
Breakfasts Cost per portionCalories FatProteinCarbsVegetarian VeganGluten Free Cooked Muesli Overnight Oatsveg/vegan with appropriate subsuse gf oatssquillions of variations Plummy Oatsveg/vegan with appropriate subsuse gf flourlots of different flavours Bacon...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 6, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
So there you are, a few days after Christmas Day. Don’t know about you, but I’m drawing breath right about now and sticking my head in the fridge wondering what I’m going to make with all those wonderful Christmas Leftovers a few turkey bones Last...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2017 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Lunches, Round Up Post
I have made lots of different sandwich pastes and toast toppers. This round up post gathers together 8 of them. I’ve really liked each of them. They are quick and cheap to make, freeze well and can be used as sandwich fillers, toast toppers, jacket potato...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 20, 2017 | My Diary
Getting lost 3 miles from home I forgot to say last time, that I had a frustrating thing happen on Monday. I was supposed to go to the U3A committee meeting. It wasn’t at the usual venue, as that person was on holiday. I had been to this other house 3 or 4 times...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 24, 2017 | My Diary
It’s still germ central here. I had a hacking cough, a week off, then a head cold. Now Mike has a cold. I’m hoping it isn’t different to the one I had, or I might get that one. On the other hand, I was at my daughters on Sunday and during a vigorous...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 15, 2016 | My Diary
today On this day, last year, Mike and I got married after 38 years together. So today is our first anniversary – everybody go aaah 😊 💑 And it also means that next year it will be 40 years together. We need to organise something special to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 24, 2015 | My Diary
I’ve bought a hat 😄 In actual fact….. I bought two 😮 This week has been extra manic, with lots going on, too much really, but in a good way. Monday saw me trying to catch up with paperwork, so much has piled up during the six weeks I have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes, Bakes and Puddings, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans
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,...
