by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2023 | Budgeting, Saving Money
Why I don’t go to the sales The post Christmas sales have been going a while now, since before Christmas in fact. I am quite wary of sales for several reasons. Are they genuine reductions? I think we all have to have our wits well and truly about us if we are to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 14, 2022 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste After yesterdays flavoured and potted cheeses, todays sandwich filler is a chicken and sun dried tomato paste. Simple and delicious. How to make chicken paste My sun dried tomatoes came from a big container of them with a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 12, 2022 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers
What To Do With Spoiled Milk Milk is the 2nd most wasted food item in the UK. I was a bit baffled by this one. With the way milk is homogenised in modern times, it stays usable for ages. To try and see in my minds eye, just how much waste we are talking about, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 11, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
A couple of fun (and free!) things to do over the Christmas holidays I’ve been having a look around for fun things to do over the Christmas holidays. So first off, I thought a quiz might be fun and Googled for a bit and found a couple of Christmas themed ones that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
Jacquie Lawson ecards for year round greetings E-Cards from Jacquie Lawson As an update to sending Christmas cards. I completely forgot to mention that I use Jacquie Lawson e-cards through the year for all kinds of greetings cards. They are all created by a team of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
Home Made Christmas Hampers At this time of year, thoughts begin to turn to gifts for friends and family. Many people like to make a hamper, personally, I love to receive a hamper containing anything food related. Want to do a homemade Christmas hamper? What a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Christmas, Meal Plans, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. No need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious vegetarian Christmas festive meal, without spending...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Christmas Meal Plan 4, Meal Plans
Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s Christmas Meal Plan If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. Happily, you can enjoy a delicious festive meal, and eat well for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 18, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
A budget Christmas? Christmas Season People are starting to talk about the Christmas season for 2022 now, maybe you are too. If you are struggling to make ends meet, November and December can be a very stressful time. Thoughts may turn to how the hell you are going to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 25, 2022 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Round Up Post
What to do with leftover bread Bread is the most wasted food item. WRAP says that 240 million slices are thrown away every year. I find that such a huge number, that I had to break it down to something that I could visualise. So I divided it by 22 slices into loaves....
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
No Churn Chocolate Ice Cream You don’t need to make an egg custard and you don’t need an ice cream maker to make no churn chocolate ice cream. There isn’t a trace of an ice crystal crunch either. If you leave it to get fully frozen, take it out at least half an hour...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2022 | All Recipes, Lunches, Round Up Post
School packed lunches – the dreaded chore! Can you feed a hulking teenager for 30p a head? Ideas for school packed lunches – many people with school aged children need them. Packing up a lunch box for children or an adult packed lunch is bad enough. It can...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 21, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Stretch A Chicken
Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7) This spicy carrot and lentil soup uses chicken stock made when processing a roast chicken carcass. The stock brings a great deal of flavour to the soup. If you don’t have any home made stock, use a good quality stock...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken
Spicy Chicken Pasta Bake – Stretch A Chicken (4) Got a little bit of chicken to use up? Try it in this spicy pasta bake- make it as hot and spicy as you like! How to make Spicy Chicken Pasta Chop the onion and sauté in a little oil until soft. Add garlic,...
