by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Want to see any vegan recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato Sauce Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food Lentil Soup, my go to lunch time soup Beetroot Ragu Lasagna BBQ Sauce, it's vegan too...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you like following along with the bits from my life that I share – they’re all here! Free groceries from Marks and Spencer The final update It's nearly Christmas! This Weeks Catch Up Where We Are This Week A Hard Post To Write Books, Herons, Celandine...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 25, 2024 | Dinners, Poaching A Whole Chicken
How to poach a whole chicken to use for multiple meals Why poach a chicken? Two main reasons. Poaching means that your chicken meat will be beautifully moist, much more so than a roasted one, and with little effort on your behalf. And secondly, much less fuel is used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 19, 2024 | My Diary
We have a Marks and Spencer credit card that I use for absolutely everything to accumulate vouchers that I then use to buy lots of lovely M&S food. I had to go to Tunbridge Wells today, so I took the vouchers along and popped in the shop to use them. I got a meal...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2024 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken
How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week Do I need to buy a whole chicken? Buying a whole chicken and jointing it yourself is cheaper than buying ready jointed chicken pieces. If you are going to roast a chicken, then a whole one is much nicer to present at the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 13, 2024 | Dinners
A very tasty chicken and chorizo casserole that doesn’t take very long to make. Freezes and reheats beautifully too. I first made this with my daughter, in her kitchen in Paddock Wood, where she was living at that time. We were playing and having fun. We...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2024 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Ideal for lunches at home, or in a flask at work, this super easy sweetcorn soup recipe is nutritious, warming, filling and inexpensive. Good for those of us wanting to shed a few pounds as the average bowl is around 250 calories. Need more calories? I like to have an...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 2, 2024 | My Diary
This is a final update about my daughter Tracey. She is being cremated on Wednesday 3rd Jan. It’s a pure cremation, so there is no ceremony. It will be very strange knowing that that is going on, and not being there. It’s what she wanted. I hated the idea...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 18, 2023 | My Diary
About 10 days ago This picture was taken about 10 days ago Tracey is moving along her journey and some of it is extremely painful to watch. We are hoping she will make Christmas as she loves it so much. If I could do it for her I would, I think many parents would for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 3, 2023 | My Diary
I took my daughter to see Nutcracker last Saturday at an Eastbourne theatre and it wasn’t what I was expecting at all. It was done by a very enthusiastic, but not very skilled, local dance company which seemed to consist mainly of little girls. On Tuesday when I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 15, 2023 | Christmas, Saving Money
I can’t tell you how tired I am of hearing the words ‘Black Friday’! To me it says ‘buy something, buy something, buy something ……. Please, buy something, anything, please’. I have had endless emails all saying it’s Black Friday, spend some money with us. It hardly...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 15, 2023 | All Meal Plans, Celebration Meal Plans, Christmas, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. No need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious vegetarian Christmas festive meal, without spending a fortune. Re-Priced...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 15, 2023 | My Diary
Where we are this week I used Fiver to have my favourite picture of my girls enhanced. They are 11.5 and 9.5 here. Just look at those gorgeous eyes! It’s how I think of them in my head. I have been taking a flask of hot soup to my daughters for my lunch when I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 2, 2023 | My Diary
I haven’t been putting much from my life on here for a while and that’s because some pretty difficult stuff has been going on. My eldest daughter has been having health issues for a few years now – pretty serious ones. Very briefly – she has a...
