by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2015 | My Diary
I thought it would be fun to have a go at making haggis seeing as it’s Burns Night in a couple of weeks. So in that spirit, I cruised the interweb looking at recipes. I know that it is made using sheeps pluck and a cows stomach, but I was hoping to find a couple of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 9, 2015 | My Diary
How’s the garden? Mine is very wet with all the rain we have had here. But there are stirrings of life. The daphne will be flowering in a couple of weeks and has some lovely fat flower buds. The clematis is a bit confused and has had the odd flower or two on it for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 8, 2015 | Dinners
Well, I thought I was going to tell you about a recipe variation today, but having searched the blog, I can’t find it. I could have sworn I’d posted this! This recipe is something I discovered when I had 2 hungry girls at home to feed, and I was going out...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 7, 2015 | My Diary
Had a bit of a frustrating day today. I’ve got the 2015 programmes ready to print for my WI. Went down to Heathfield to get a ream of card, having called first to make sure they’d got some. Having got there, the ream they said they had, turned out to be...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 6, 2015 | My Diary
As I sit here aching from the latest session in the gym, I am trying to work out a puzzle. One of my grandchildren wrote it down for me at Christmas, and do you think I can solve it? No! If you want a bit of fun, that may well drive you nuts, have a go at this. Who...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners, Lunches, Other
Yesterday, I was reading a German cook book and came across these unusual looking things. They are made using gnochhi dough, but fried in butter at the end. They would make wonderfully delicious little morsels. Here is a gnocchi recipe using fresh potatoes, and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2015 | Other
I made this today. Had a pack of cranberries in the fridge and I love a good curd, so decided to make a cranberry curd with them. I looked at various recipes on the net. Many used cranberry juice, many used lots of ingredients. So in the end I opted for a Delia Smith...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 1, 2015 | My Diary
Well, that’s day one of the diet done and dusted. Leftover risotto at lunchtime and this at dinner Two thick slices of ham, a crispy jacket potato and a salad. The potatoes were microwaved first, then a tiny bit of oil smeared on the skin and crisped in the oven...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 31, 2014 | My Diary
You off out this evening? I’m not. I’m usually pretty partied out by now, and I am this year too. I struggle with late nights these days as well. Takes me days to catch up, and I am prone to getting a migraine too. Half the fun when I was a youngster was in everyone...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Had not one, but two Boxing Day classics today. I know it’s not actually Boxing Day, but it still feels like it! Plus I found this great graphic and I want to use it 😉 I dismantled the remains of the turkey this morning and slowly simmered the carcass in a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 25, 2014 | Christmas, My Diary
This pops up on my Facebook feed now and then. I have no idea if it is a real nurse that has written it, if they are real comments, or if there is some other agenda going on. But whenever I see it, it always strikes me as a pretty good way to live your life. On this...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 24, 2014 | My Diary
It’s Christmas Eve!! One more sleep! Stockings up this evening, oh how I loved this day as a child. The anticipation, the excitement. I would have carefully chosen gifts for my sister, 2 brothers and parents and bought them from my saved up pocket money, wrapped them...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 23, 2014 | Christmas Meal Plan 2, Dinners, Lunches
Goodness, how December has whizzed past, we’ll be talking leftovers in no time at all. Are you all ready now? I’m off in a bit to wrap a couple more little presents and we’re as good as there. Went up to Hackleton, a little village near Newport...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 19, 2014 | Christmas, Dinners, Lunches
This flavoursome blue cheese quiche is served twice on the Christmas Meal Plan, along with an unusual coleslaw made with red cabbage and mustard. Strong festive flavours Pastry 150g flour, value 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75g Best for Baking, Asda 49p, 15p Filling 100g...
