by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches, Other
This recipe was given to me by a friend, although, I must admit, she didn’t call it Dead Good Old Tarts. The name just popped into my head when I was wondering what to call them, so Dead Good Old Tarts it is 🙂 I have been looking at ways of using up bread for a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 29, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 12
Did one of my very favourite things today and had a play in the kitchen and ended up with these pea-crumb fritters. Have been thinking about doing some kind of frittery thing using mushy peas for a while now. Had a little Google and a look around t’internet....
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 25, 2016 | My Diary
It was a beautiful sunny day this morning, so Mike and I went off to the coast for a walk. We parked up at the swimming pool end of the Eastbourne front and walked all the way to the other end. If you don’t know Eastbourne, that’s a flipping long way, several miles!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 23, 2016 | Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes
Chapatti To make a batch of chapatti, I used the recipe from the back of the sack of flour. Mix 300g of chapatti or wholemeal flour with enough cold water to make a stiff dough. They didn’t say to add any salt, so I didn’t. Knead for 3 or 4 minutes, place...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 22, 2016 | My Diary
chapatti Had a lovely play in the kitchen yesterday. Made some chapatti using some Approved Food flour – do you remember those huge, massive, giant bags I got ages ago? Yes, I’m still using them. Chapatti made with chapatti flour rather than wholemeal...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 19, 2016 | My Diary
fascinating Having dropped off a decluttered bag of items in what is my favourite charity shop, I was having a little look around and spotted this wedding hat. My niece has invited us to her wedding at the end of April, so I thought it would be lovely for that....
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 14, 2016 | My Diary
Did my weekly weigh in and measure this morning. I did say to my coach that I wouldn’t weigh, but I feel out on a limb if I don’t know what that number is. It helps to keep me on track, even if it does throw my mood sometimes too. hang the bunting out!...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2016 | Dinners, Lunches
going through my cook books I have been looking through a few of my (far too many really! ) cook books recently. I do this every now and again, and note down any recipes I like the look of. One of the books I looked through was The Vegetable Bible by Sophie...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 9, 2016 | Competitions
UK Money Bloggers & an Easter Competition For the last few months, I have been a member of UK Money Bloggers. It’s an interesting community of people who blog about money – clue is in the name! Andy, the guy who runs it, is keen and has had some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 7, 2016 | Breakfast, Lunches
I’ve had mushrooms on toast for breakfast a couple of times recently. But it’s really filling and I think it would also make a great lunch or simple supper dish. Perfect for one. Very quick and super simple. Only 220 calories, but keeps me going until lunch, may be...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 5, 2016 | My Diary
Yesterday, the Money Advice Service challenged us to work out what the best deals were from a selection of typical examples. I’m not bad at mental arithmetic, but I needed to resort to my calculator several times to get the price per 100g, or for each egg. If the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 4, 2016 | Saving Money
Something a bit different today. A post in collaboration with The Money Advice Service who have come up with a nice infographic to remind us all of simple ways to avoid overspending when in a supermarket. Supermarkets are extremely skilled at getting us to spend more...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
the budget cookery group Had the budget cookery group round this afternoon. We had our usual laugh, then made some Carrot and Tahini Hummus, a Mixed Nut and Seed Butter, then a glorious Goan Fish Curry. It was gorgeous! The recipe is adapted from the Indian book I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 28, 2016 | All Recipes
Went to Glyndebourne yesterday, with the friend I go to see the live transmissions with. No, not the posh, picnic in the garden type. Very expensive! We went to see the youth group do a modern opera called Nothing. It was distinctively modern. The singing was...
