by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 10, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
This recipe is the 2nd one from Vera George. I was on holiday in Greece in September and Vera, who is of Greek heritage, has kindly offered some of her Greek food recipes. I love exploring recipes from other places. Kounoupidi means cauliflower and is pronounced...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 25, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
Jacket Potato Fillings Jacket potatoes, or perhaps you know them as baked potatoes, are a very popular lunch or dinner. Properly frugal, very versatile, filling, a good dieting meal if you want it to be and can be prepared in advance for convenience. What do you have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2018 | All Recipes, Other, Round Up Post
Have you, like me, been making wonderfully fresh and delicious home made jam from all the fantastic produce available in the summer, perhaps from garden or allotment? I simply love loading up the cupboards with jars of jewel coloured preserves. Home Made Jam Recently,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 7, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories
I have been following Slimming World for a few weeks now in my ongoing attempts to lose weight. I cant stand boring or bland food, so am constantly looking for nice things to eat that are allowed. I’ve written before about how delicious overnight oats are, and can be...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 28, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
I knocked this up for tea this week. I was looking for something slimming world friendly that involved lots of vegetables and remembered the three bags of mixed veg in the freezer. Aha, frittata, thought I. This was incredibly easy to make,...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Round Up Post
One of the most wasted food items are bags of salad leaves. They are packed in a protective atmosphere and often wilt very quickly once the pack is opened. But, leftover salad ? What on earth can you do with that! Home Grown So you’ve grown some beautiful lettuce or...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 19, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
There is a Facebook group set up for people expressing an interest for extremely cheap meals, not a £1 a day, but an even more frugal 50p a day. So if you’re saving really hard for a house deposit, a special holiday, a new car perhaps, or maybe illness, redundancy,...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
A long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p Well phew, what a busy weekend. And you should see my diary for the next fortnight! I have one of those diaries that show 2 weeks at a time and there are scribblings of appointments all...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2018 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 12
What are brownies like? Brownies are meant to be crisp on the outside and soft and fudgy on the inside. Should brownies be gooey in the middle? That’s how I like them, so that’s how I make them! Get the batter right, and this is achieved through the length...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 7, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Two very yummy meals today. First up was breakfast after Fitstep class, so I was pretty hungry. Crisped up some focaccia from the freezer in a frying pan, with a couple of chorizo slices and had that with scrambled egg and tomato. Yum Then at lunchtime I tried one of...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners
This post was last revisited, repriced and updated in April 2018 Inspired by the Great British Budget Menu, I thought I would have a look at the Carbonara sauce recipe I use and see how much it costs. One of my favourite recipe books, and I have a few! is the Italian...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
Earlier in the month, I posted about some really good brownies. Last week, I took it into my head to make some blondies. I used the exact same recipe, but using white chocolate instead of plain. I have started going to a rock and gospel choir called Cake and Wine. So...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories
I had some using up to do today. There was a half used bottle of maple syrup that wouldn’t last much longer and I have lots of almonds that I need to use. So I thought I’d combine the two in a maple syrup and toasted almond granola. I don’t have any pecans which would...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 6, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I bought 2 packs of yellow sticker pork mince recently. There was a post on the Facebook group talking about some meatballs from Waitrose which had added vegetables and pearl barley. I thought these sounded lovely, so decided to use some of the mince to experiment....
