by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 5, 2017 | My Diary
Had the U3A cookery group here yesterday. As usual, we fitted in lots of different recipes in our two hours. As well as a couple of made up things, I wanted to try some recipes from a new book. I saw a couple of recipes from Izy Hozzack in the paper and liked the look...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 4, 2017 | All Recipes, Other
Sometimes, I get a bit of this and a bit of that fruit wise. There are lots of things it can be used for. I’ll use it for smoothies, or fruity, oaty crumbles, or a pie, or clafoutis, or a sweet omelette, or baked oats, or even just as it is, maybe with a splash of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 3, 2017 | Budgeting, Saving Money
A quickie for you today. Do you look at Groupon at all? I do, and occasionally I’ll buy something. The Offer Last week I saw that they were offering Cusheen toilet rolls at £11.99 for 60 or £22.99 for 120. They are 3ply (although see the verdict) and 145 sheets...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 29, 2017 | My Diary
I’m sitting on my sofa, back after a couple of days away. Back before Christmas, I noticed somewhere or other that Adele tickets would be on sale for Wembley. Well, I’m a bit of a fan, so I decided to see if I could get any. I was on that site on the dot...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2017 | My Diary
I updated my silk flower arrangement today, to be used for the next three months. This is what it looked like before. A base foliage display, fixed in resin in the vase, white Ranunculus and three different shades of Lilac. Stripped out the Lilac and put them away...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 25, 2017 | Bready Things, Other
A couple of very quick things for you today. Super simple. Do you remember I bought some big bags of wonderful sun dried tomatoes from Healthy Supplies. They taste wonderfully fresh and tangy, the best I’ve had. If you can afford the initial outlay, they are a great...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2017 | Puddings / Desserts
It was the U3A AGM yesterday. We offer tea and biscuits usually, but because it was the AGM we upgraded to cakes. I decided to take some cheesecakes in ramekins. I did a strawberry topped one and this salted caramel using a recipe I’ve used before. The strawberry ones...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2017 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Round Up Post, Sides
I often keep a bowl of bread dough in the fridge. I got the idea from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. He calls it Magic Dough because you can make so many things with it. If I think I might make a loaf sometime soon, I make a larger batch, otherwise, I just keep the bowl...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2017 | My Diary
By heck it was hot today. Mike wanted to go for a walk, as he did yesterday. There was NO WAY I was walking in a squillion degrees! It was too hot to do very much until this evening, when the temperature dropped from 31 to a mere 26. I took a few pictures around the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 12, 2017 | My Diary
Well, my weekend activities were fab! TEDx talks On Saturday, I went to an all day event at Tunbridge Wells. It’s an independently organised TED talks event, TEDx. The talks this time were a mixed bunch, some talks I enjoyed more than others, the speakers for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 6, 2017 | All Recipes, My Diary
It was the U3A cooking group today. We had a new lady joining us at the cooking group today, so with the people who came today, that was 5, plus me. A nice amount for standing around in my kitchen and getting hands on with some recipes. Today, we explored some oaty...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 5, 2017 | My Diary
I went to an exhibition by a local quilting group on Saturday. The talent being displayed was pretty awesome. This first quilt was made by a friend who actually prefers to embroider. So she embroidered the panels with the most beautiful flowers. Apparently, the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 3, 2017 | My Diary
Had a lovely outing on Thursday. A friend who was bereaved six months ago was experiencing her first birthday without her much loved husband. All those firsts are always especially difficult. She decided that she wanted to celebrate that birthday well, and then forget...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 31, 2017 | My Diary
I love this gorgeous time of year! Everything is hurling itself out of the ground and I’ve taken a few snaps of what’s happening in my garden. The Iris Ensata are loving our damp, clay soil and are blooming in profusion right now. The bees love them,...
