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 Thrifty Lesley | Jul 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
Had a scrummy dinner this evening. One of those made up things, but similar to the Spring Green Breakfast Pancakes. This time, I chopped up the inner, paler, leaves of a head of spring greens. Sliced up a couple of onions and sauted them until soft, added the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 30, 2014 | My Diary, Saving Money
I wanted to pass on a recipe today that I used to make a lot, but do you think I can find it…No! Gah, HOW annoying. Whilst I was looking in vain for the book I KNOW it’s in, I came across one called Extraordinary Uses for Ordinary Things, so I thought I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 29, 2014 | My Diary
Went for a lovely walk today along the Cuckoo Trail. We drove down to Hailsham and set off down the trail towards Polegate, 3 miles away. So a there and back walk would be a goodly amount of 6 miles, just right. Only we went the wrong way and were actually headed back...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Remember this semi-freddo? I was making a cup of coffee earlier and thought, ooh, I fancy some coffee frozen yogort. So I mixed together 250g value Greek yogurt, Aldi 85p/500g, 42p 5g instant coffee granules, value brand in Aldi is £1.79/200g, 5p 30g sugar, 79p/500g,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2014 | My Diary
The last two days have consisted of prolonged periods of bottom sitting. Yesterday, we went to Mottisfont Abbey. It took three hours on the coach each way. My poor bottom was fed up with being sat on by the time we got back. The picture is of the cellarium. The cellar...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2014 | My Diary
Spent the day in Bexhill today with DD2. We did quite a bit towards the wedding invitations. Have I said that we are making them ourselves? The theme colour is purple, so we have fashioned a purple pouch from card, and into that is going several items…the wedding...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2014 | My Diary
Look, Look!!! No door and no window! Can you see? DP took them out today. So exciting. He is working out how to fit the lintel and this is the first stage of doing it. The mess, of course, is horrendous, but temporary. It feels like it is all really happening now....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2014 | All Recipes, Lunches, My Diary
I had Smoked Salmon pasta for lunch today, with a slight variation in the sauce. I sauted the onion, boiled the pasta, adding a handful of green beans towards the end of the cooking time. Then I just mixed everything together, including the salmon trimmings,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 20, 2014 | My Diary
I feel really unfit at the moment, I think I’ve mentioned before. So after getting back from Dorset, proper efforts must be made. I put a step counter on this morning to help motivate me. A regular Friday date is coffee with the girls. You may remember that I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2014 | My Diary
Did you guess that we have been away? When we got back from our trip to Scotland, DP said that he would rather the world and his wife didn’t know the house was empty, and I reluctantly agreed with him. I have hated not being able to share properly what we’ve been up...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2014 | Bready Things, My Diary
I have lots of lovely pictures to show you, but they simply won’t load today. The broadband speed is appalling this evening and everything is taking for ever. So I’ll post this and get the pictures in when I can. Shame about the piccies I’ve updated with the pictures...
