by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 4, 2016 | My Diary
On Bank Holiday Monday this week, I went to Groombridge Place with my eldest, her husband and daughter. Their special event was the Wizard of Oz. There were character actors in several different places. I want that huge greenhouse! We walked miles. Playing in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
This is a new recipe I tried today, in our ongoing mission to have more purple portions – beetroot burgers. Packed full of veg and all the goodness that implies, and if it is of interest to you, it is vegetarian, vegan if you leave out the egg, and gluten free too...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 28, 2016 | My Diary
It was the Heathfield Agricultural Show today. True to form, the rain belted down overnight and was tipping it down when I got up this morning. The forecast was for sun later on, so fingers were crossed. The show is a big deal in the community, attracting thousands of...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 24, 2016 | My Diary
Freeze Dried I’ve been enjoying many different ways of using the dried vegetables and fruit. I’ve bought some onion powder, which has a pretty intense flavour, and I’m enjoying the idea of getting to grips with that, and topped up supplies of beetroot (I only had a...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 20, 2016 | All Recipes, Other
I have been on a journey that began with Google and ended with kitchen experiments, and you know how much I love those! I have been making mueslis and granolas for a while now and one day a few weeks ago, I took a fancy to adding some of those dried raspberries you...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 17, 2016 | All Recipes, Lunches, My Diary
We had a guest last night and had a roast chicken. I picked all the rest of the meat off this morning and the carcass is simmering as we speak. I did some roast cauliflower and carrots to go with the chicken. The veg were drizzled with oil and sprinkled with tandoori...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 5, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 14
The budget cookery group for the U3A were here Tuesday afternoon and one of the things we made was fish cakes. We did one version using a tin of sardines in tomato sauce, and another using a tin of tuna canned in oil. Sardines in Tomato Sauce Fish Cakes Tin of...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Round Up Post
Apparently, it is Meat Free May this month. Friends of the Earth started this campaign to raise awareness of what a diet that is heavy in meat and fish can do to the planet. We are being advised to eat less meat and fish for all sorts of reasons – health,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 30, 2016 | My Diary
Not much to report going on here. Just all the usual stuff.Actually got out in the garden this afternoon. It flipping needs it. It’s got to the stage now where I go out to do some tidying up, get overwhelmed by the sheer hugeness of the task, don’t know where to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 22, 2016 | My Diary
Went to U3A book group yesterday. I sort of enjoyed the book we read, but it was a bit of a ghost story and I’m not too keen on those. I did, however, buy a new science fantasy book in Waterstones when we were in Newcastle and am enjoying it hugely. It’s a new author...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 17, 2016 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Other
Made the carrot soup for Mike’s lunch today (I’m back on the diet and had something different), and some tomato flavoured rolls to go with it using the sparkling water loaf recipe from a few days ago. This time I used the same ingredients as for the stripped back loaf...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 16, 2016 | My Diary
We’re back from our break today and back to the real world. Back to the gym tomorrow too, and it will be interesting seeing what’s happened weight wise over the last week. I’m actually looking forward to getting back to the rhythm of gym and diet and have spent a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 12, 2016 | My Diary
We’re away for a few days, well, a week in fact. First stop was my Mums on Saturday for her 89th birthday. She’s doing really well (hello Mum – waves), and lives with my sister in a little village near Northampton. Then Sunday we drove 20 or so miles northwards to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 8, 2016 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes
I was looking round the Internet last week, as you do, and came across lentil flour. What’s that, thought I, sounds intriguing. I started off with lentil flour and ended up with a loaf made with fizzy water! What I hear you say? That’s what I thought too....
