by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 6, 2015 | Saving Money, Valentines Day Ideas
Well here we are again, February 14th and the marketing extravaganza for all things heart shaped, padded red satin and cutesy teddies. Suggested menu this year Raw carrot, apple and cashew soup Tapas of Patatas bravas, spinach dumplings and lemony butter...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
How to Make Farl made with dried mash This is a very overdue recipe from Meal Plan 3. Farl made with dried potato. With many thanks to Miss South who came up with dried mash gnochhi and farl Makes 2 servings Asda dried potato, 120g/28p pk, 12p 90g plain flour,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
This is breakfast on days 3 and 6 for Meal Plan 8. Lovely, crispy, savoury pancakes. Filling, warming and satisfying. 75g white cabbage, 58p/kilo, 5p 100g self raising flour, valu 45p/1.5kg, 3p 15ml veg oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 2p 10g sweet chilli sauce, Asda 150ml/£1,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 3, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
A simple, quick and filling dinner. If you are not following meal plan 8, add any extra veg you would like to and vary the seasonings to give more variations 240g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, £1.13 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 31, 2015 | My Diary
Got these crocus growing on the windowsill. It’s so lovely to see their cheerfulness on such a bleak day. Feels like spring is not far away. DP is hacking bits off our kitchen ceiling as the blighter is still leaking. He has tried two things that he thought would...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 30, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Meal Plan 8
These are from meal plan 8. Use them whenever you need the calories. 200g self raising flour, value 1.5kg/45p, 6p 200g sugar, Asda 1kg/59p, 12p 100g vegetable oil, 1 litre/£1.25, 12p 80g creamed coconut, chopped up fine 200g/76p, 30p for 24 biscuits from the batch, 3p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 29, 2015 | My Diary
Yeurgh – it’s snowing here, right now. I hate the blimmin’ stuff. Got two things I’m supposed to be doing tomorrow, if it’s still around, they’ll get cancelled Mum is down from Northampton and staying with my brother. They came over today and Mum bought us all a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 28, 2015 | Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
Peanut butter and coconut pancakes with sweet chilli Serves 2 100g value self raising flour, 1.5kg/45p, 3p 40g peanut butter, Asda 340g/62p, 7p 10g coconut cream, KTC 200g/76p, 4p 15ml oil to fry with, litre/£1.25, 2p 20g sweet chilli sauce Asda 150ml/£1, 13p Total...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 27, 2015 | Lunches, Meal Plan 8
On Monday I went to Tunbridge Wells to use the BBC Radio Kent studio there for a live transmission to BBC Radio Coventry. While I was there, it’s 17 miles from home, I decided to pop into M&S. We use an Amex credit card everywhere they are accepted as they give a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 26, 2015 | Dinners
Recipe today from the lovely Deborah who contacted Thrifty Lesley on Facebook with lots of ideas for haggis. This is one of them. Asda has 454g haggis for just £1.50 right now. So if you want it, now’s your chance. This is Deborah’s recipe for Haggis Lasagne. This...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 25, 2015 | Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Serves 4 120g value plain yogort, 500g/45p, 11p 100g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 5p 50g bean sprouts, Asda 360g/50p, 7p 200g white cabbage, Asda 1kg/58p, 12p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.14, 11p 160g dry weight green lentils, 411g cooked 500g/£1, 32p 60ml oil, 1 litre/£1.25,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 24, 2015 | Dinners, Lunches
I’ve had a little play with the shopping list ingredients, shared them out over the 7 days and this is what I’m thinking of at the moment Breakfast Lunch Dinner day 1 porridge lentil burgers with oriental salad chicken casserole with dumplings day 2 pancakes...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 22, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 14, Meal Plan 8, Meal Plan 9
Made these at tea time. I’ve been working out the recipes for the new meal plan. I need to use up all the groceries on the shopping list, or the people following it wouldn’t have enough calories for the week. I found that I had some oats, oil, onions and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 21, 2015 | My Diary
The diet is going well. I’m going to the gym on Mon/Tues and Thurs/Fri. Yesterday, I procrastinated all day until 7pm, when I finally found the impetus to get my bum out of the door and up the road to the gym. Of course, I felt better once I was there and working...
