by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 18, 2016 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers
Indian takeaways, Chinese takeaways. We buy them, we eat them. Then there may or may not be leftovers. Our takeaways are usually of the Indian variety and there is often several spoonfuls of sauce left in the container. Any use left in that? And what about all that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 17, 2016 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers
Used Coffee Grounds Coffee grounds – do you do anything with yours once you have enjoyed your lovely fresh coffee? The leftover grounds are coarse and acidic. I usually just chuck them on the compost heap, the worms love the nitrogen in them, or I tip them at the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes
Fancy a bit of baking on this cold and rainy Sunday? How about these Granola Breakfast Bars. They make a handy grab it quick and run out the door type of breakfast. Good for you too, with slow release oats and a bit of fruit in there as well. Mike loves the Sainsbury...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 14, 2016 | All Recipes, Other
This Apple Curd recipe originated from the wonderful cheap family recipes. The original uses oil, but I have substituted butter as I think it works better. I have been using apples in lots of things lately, as I have had quite a few from the garden. I’ve practically...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 13, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories
Had a lovely twiddly play in the kitchen yesterday. Made some more Fruit & Nut Case paste. I had enjoyed the last of the previous batch on a couple of crispbread. Spread generously, and topped with value soft cheese, it was a glorious interval in a busy day. When...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 8, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Although our favourite takeaway is an Indian one, we also like a Chinese now and then. When we do, we invariably get the same things each time, including a plain chow mein. When having a takeaway, we prefer a plain chow mein, but it is very amenable to adding all...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 6, 2016 | Saving Money
The post today is a linky one to all kinds of places with home made cleaning materials for your house or your person. I haven’t yet tried many of these personally, but I am intriqued by many of them, want to, and will do. Most home made cleaners use the same few...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 2, 2016 | My Diary
Walking today Had a lovely walk today. I said to Mike that I was getting a bit tired of the walks we had been doing in Eastbourne and that we needed to find some more pubs to eat in. New Pubs So during the week, he looked on Google and the map and found some. We...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 27, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Walking The walking is going really well lately. Have upped the target to 12,000 steps a day after our Swiss holiday. Still not managing it every day, but more and more days, I do. We walked from The Beachy Head pub to the lighthouse this Sunday, that was almost...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2016 | All Recipes, Lunches, Other
I found a delicious new taste today I am rather a big fan of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. Whenever he brings out a new book, I invariably buy it. Not that I need much of an excuse to buy a cook book. I love Hugh’s approach to most things and I really love a great many...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 19, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, My Diary, Other
A demonstration I did a demo on Friday of Thrifty Lesley food, for 2 hours, to a group of ladies. It was so lovely cooking and chatting, with two other women popping things in and out of the oven, doing things on the stove top under instruction, and washing up and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 15, 2016 | Saving Money
Fancy a ‘Free’ holiday? Stressed? Broke? Need a holiday? Want a free one? Well, who wouldn’t want one or three of those! It seems too good to be true doesn’t it. Infeasible, gimmicky and quite possibly untrue. But woah, hold your horses. The concept is mutual...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2016 | My Diary
Friday What a fabulous day I had on Saturday. Mike and I stayed overnight on Friday in London so we didn’t have too early a start to go to the SHOMO awards on Saturday held at St Katherines docks. The SHOMOS, which stands for Show Me The Money, are a gathering of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 2, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Vegan Green Lentil,White Cabbage & Onion Pie Something old and something new today. I fancied a pie today, so I did us a green lentil, white cabbage and onion one, seasoned with sweet chilli sauce and mustard. This was originally invented for Meal Plan 8. I...
