by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
It’s Shrove Tuesday next week, the traditional day to use up everything that’s left before the arrival of Lent. Pancakes are one of those lovely things that can be paired with all manner of other things to make something delicious. If you have the minimum of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 27, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Just had lunch and made something different. I’ve got some lovely nut butters in the fridge that I got from SousChef.co.uk. I love that site, it’s got masses of lovely cheffy things! I got big 1kg tubs of almond, pistachio and hazelnut. It’s cheaper...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 26, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I had a butternut squash that needed using recently and decided to make soup with it. I thought I’d flavour it with ginger and lime. But in the end I went with some fresh ginger from a jar, the kind that you get in Asian shops. A big jar for less than £3 Then,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 7, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I had the U3A cookery group round recently and we like to make canapes at the December meeting. Amongst other things, we made these Red Pepper, Goats Cheese and Walnut Palmiers, and they were delicious, although they could have done with a little more goats cheese...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 24, 2019 | Guest Posts
I don’t know about you, but I always have a fridge and cupboards stuffed full of Christmas food. Here are loads of ideas on what to use them for 1 Soup, a Turkey & Cranberry Toast Topper, a Cheesy Tart Turkey stock soupTurkey & Cranberry Toast TopperCheese...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Valentines Day Ideas
There was recently a competition exclusively on the Facebook Group. The competition was to create a 3 course celebration meal for 2 people at 80p a head. This proved to be even more challenging than I anticipated, even for our very talented membership, as only 3...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2019 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
I went to a friends recently and she gave me one of these Anzac biscuits. They were really good! Mike loves oaty things so I asked for the recipe and was quite surprised when they turned out to be Anzac biscuits, which I know are very similar to Twinkles Hob Nobs...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 16, 2019 | Christmas
How to make a family photo calendar I have had a little look at Word etc to find a calendar for 2020 and found this one in Excel. If you are au fait with desk top publishers, most of them will have this kind of photo calendar. You can then load digital copies of your...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 14, 2019 | My Diary
Went to the dentist today for a clean and checkup. Afterwards I had a little sally up the high street and spotted a charity shop I hadn’t been in before (this is in a nearby very small town). Found some lovely things, including this rather charming set of a small...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 23, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I was musing about the lovely summer dish that is a tomato panzanella and wondered if anything could be made in another season. Then lo & behold, I was reading the completely glorious book Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat and there was a recipe for just that. This...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2019 | My Diary
The Bookseller My diary is rammed with things I go to and enjoy. The WI main meeting, the WI book group and garden group, the U3A main meetings and the U3A science group, book group and the cookery group I run myself, as well as being membership secretary and web...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 29, 2019 | My Diary
The SHOMO’s I was away on holiday recently with family and whilst we were away, the annual gathering of the UK Money Bloggers took place. So I was unable to go. Which is a shame, as they are a fabulous occasion and I learn masses about blogging and it’s...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, 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 | Aug 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I’ve rewritten this post a bit, and taken some new pictures. Panzanella is gorgeous with very ripe, full flavoured summer tomatoes. In 2013, I tried Panzanella for the first time. I was looking through one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s books for inspiration for...
