by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 7, 2017 | My Diary
Fresh flowers, and silk ones I like to have fresh flowers in the house. Not many, just the odd bunch. Last year, I bought a lovely display from Bloom, which makes high quality silk flowers. They are so realistic, that, to start with, I felt compelled to say ‘you do...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 4, 2017 | Budgeting, My Diary
My first shower Earlier this week, the hard working plumbers changed our boilers over and I had the first shower using the new boiler. Well! The old shower was a mere dribble, I am invariably the second one to use the shower in the morning, and the heat had definitely...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 2, 2017 | My Diary
Lumps and bumps Last Wednesday, I went to WI garden group. I gave another woman a lift and as we were the first to arrive, I parked up tight against the garage to leave maximum room for others to park. We had a good and lively meeting as usual and at the end, one of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2017 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Lunches, Other
Cutting back on sugars I’m trying hard to cut right down on sugars in my diet, even those in fruit. So I’ve not been having much fruit lately, replaced fruit with (even) more veg. Now, masses of fruit, with a generous dollop of thick Greek yogurt is one of my favorite...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 28, 2017 | My Diary
I’m sorry I haven’t been around much during February, life has got in the way, as it has a habit of doing. I am cutting back on activities as Mike loves to go for a 5 mile walk, then lunch in the pub. I really like that too, but I need to create free days to do it in!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 18, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners
I absolutely love the walnut butter I first tried making recently, either honey smoked, as in the original, or plain. Convinced it would make a lovely pasta sauce, I had a little play. Asda don’t sell sun dried tomatoes, so I’ve priced it at Tesco Creamy Walnut Pasta...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 17, 2017 | All Recipes, Other
Obesity Crisis After reading Jason Fungs book, the Obesity Crisis, and bearing in mind his warning about the consumption of sugar, I’m feeling a bit guilty about telling you about Tutti Frutti Spread. I will anyway, and you can decide whether you have any or not. I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 16, 2017 | My Diary
Blooming fat demo’s? Well not quite! I’ve got three separate things to report and I was just playing with the title Long lasting poinsettia In the middle of December, Mike and I were walking in Eastbourne. We had a little browse round the Christmas market there, along...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 9, 2017 | Budgeting, Other
The Thrifty Lesley U3A cookery group met on Tuesday. We made Spinach & Ricotta Pasta, Green Lentil Shepherds Pie and Carrot and Sesame Burgers. Comparing Two Tins of Tomatoes I also thought it would be an interesting exercise to directly compare two tins of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2017 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Darkness and Light January and February are such dark and gloomy months. I like to get outside whenever I can to get some daylight on my face. Can’t say sunshine as there probably wont be any! Yesterday, Mike had cabin fever and was pacing the house, it was dark,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 29, 2017 | All Recipes, Lunches
I posted a little while ago about the recipes we cooked at the last U3A cooking group, including a gorgeous Pad Thai, and this creamy leek and cheese toasty. I was sure I had also posted the recipe for the toasty, but apparently not! So here it is. Creamy Leek And...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 27, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
This is the pasta dish I spoke about last time. Its seriously good and with a little tweaking it comes in at an acceptable price for this blog. Spinach & Ricotta Pasta Priced at Asda using mySupermarket.com in January 2019 85g frozen spinach, £1.69/1.3kg, 11p 35g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 24, 2017 | My Diary
It’s still germ central here. I had a hacking cough, a week off, then a head cold. Now Mike has a cold. I’m hoping it isn’t different to the one I had, or I might get that one. On the other hand, I was at my daughters on Sunday and during a vigorous...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 17, 2017 | Saving Money
Goodness, where did all those days go since I last posted! Well, some of those have been feeling ill. Again! I had a hacking cough that started on the 18th December when I went up to Northampton to see family at Christmas. That lasted a good two weeks. Then, after a...
