by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 11, 2020 | My Diary
I haven’t done a book review for a while so thought I’d write about just a few of the many many books I have read over the last few months. I always read a lot, but lockdown really ramped that up, and I for one was not complaining! Biography Claire North...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 2, 2020 | All Recipes, Charity
What is a reverse advent Instead of opening a little window and perhaps enjoying a little chocolate each day in December, for 25 days in November, each day I will be donating an item for a local foodbank. I won’t be going over to the foodbank every day!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
It’s October at the time of writing and anyone who has been growing tomatoes over the summer will be bringing the last of them indoors as they will struggle to ripen outdoors now, even in a greenhouse. The days are too short, and the sun is not hot enough Now,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
Our little apple trees are usually very generous and I give lots of them away. We have a Discovery, a very early variety, that doesn’t keep and indeed should be picked and eaten still standing by the tree to enjoy it at its best. It’s a huge cropper and I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 7, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
What is falafel? Wiki says that falafel is a common dish eaten throughout the Middle East. The fritters are now found around the world as a replacement for meat and as a form of street food. Wiki talks about the chickpeas not being cooked before making falafel, which...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
From September onwards in the UK, the hedgerow plant blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), or sloe, produces fruit in abundance. Known as drupes, the deep purple fruit have stones that are large for the size of the fruit. When sloes are cooked, they have a deeply plummy...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 2, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
This recipe started off as a savoury pancake recipe using a cauliflower. I made it, and warmed it in the oven with the sauce already on it, and it really didn’t work at all. It was dry and I’d managed to kill much of the flavour. Very disappointing What...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2020 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
This is a very simple loaf to make that just happens to be a vegan bread recipe. Just mix everything together and leave for the gluten to develop, then shape, prove and bake. No kneading required If you like, you can mix everything together and leave, covered, in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 17, 2020 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Other, Sides
I made some lovely caramelised red onion chutney yesterday and I’m really pleased with it. The only problem is, I don’t know whether to call it red onion marmalade or red onion chutney! I’ve been looking at various recipes and descriptions to try and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2020 | My Diary
Insomnia It’s almost 1am and I can’t sleep, so I thought I’d come on here and chat to you. I have a fan on in the bedroom and it isn’t quite as ferociously hot as it has been – a mere 28.2 degrees in the sitting room. It’s just one...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 9, 2020 | My Diary
This Weeks Meal Plan Monday – Halloumi deep fried in batter, with some root chips that I bought frozen. A local pub does veggie fish and chips by deep frying halloumi, so I thought I’d give it a go Tuesday – Cabbage & Potato Subji, with...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 9, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Jacket potatoes filled with cheese are one of the most popular ways to eat a baked potato. When I was a child, we had cheesy jacket potatoes quite often, where the soft, fluffy inside had been scooped out, mashed with cheese, put back in the skin, and baked until...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2020 | My Diary
This Weeks Meal Plan Monday – Bean Burgers, Root Chips and Red Cabbage Coleslaw. The root chips are frozen ones that I splashed out on. My husband particularly likes these burgers. Tuesday – Miso Crispy Topped Veg, I thought I’d posted that recipe,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 27, 2020 | My Diary
This Weeks Meal Plan Monday – Punjabi Cabbage, Split Peas, Matar Paneer and Nan. I’ll write up the Punjabi Cabbage and Matar Paneer recipes Tuesday – Mushroom & Olive Bake. Yes, I’m trying that mushroom and olive bake again, might even get...
