by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2014 | Dinners
We had these home made chicken goujons this evening. I used 250g chicken, half of a pack. But there was plenty, and a third of a pack would have been fine, so that is what I have priced it at. It works out 92p for the meal per person, which is more than we usually do...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 14, 2014 | My Diary
We had a little visitor tonight. DP had gone to the bathroom and after a small interval, I heard an exclamation, laughter and talking. He had lifted the loo seat and found this little frog tucked into the back and looking back at him! Goodness knows how the little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 13, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes
The lunching lady theme continued right through last week, right up to yesterday! I have been out for seven days on the trot, I can’t tell you just how much I need to catch up on. I was going to say I have a much less sociable diary this week until I glanced at it....
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 7, 2014 | My Diary
I haven’t posted for a few days, but I haven’t disappeared and I hope you don’t feel too neglected. I have been busy working on Thrifty Lesley in the background. I’ve been putting meal plans onto Pinterest and trying to get all the recipes onto...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 4, 2014 | Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 14
Yesterday, I made Roasted Parsnip & Apple Salad from Hugh’s latest book. Ooh, nom, nom, nom. The dressing really makes this salad. Both sharp and sweet at the same time, the lemon juice is essential, the sweetening could be varied, as could the mustard. I made two...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 3, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Marmaduke Scarlet has posted all about what is in season during October, from apples and artichokes, to watercress and wood blewits. A handy guide to what is at its best right now. I’ve noticed over the last couple of weeks that the produce in the local greengrocers...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 30, 2014 | My Diary, Other
I grew one excellent box of radish earlier this year by planting radish seeds in a box in the greenhouse. I have tried several times since to repeat it, with no success at all. The last lot, I sowed in the garden, and they weren’t all that good, and I ended up leaving...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 28, 2014 | My Diary
We have loads of plums in the freezer that I want to use. The challenge is that I am trying not to eat very much sugar at all, so I don’t want to use them in crumbles and pies etc. So, this morning, I got out a little pot of them and whizzed them up with 300ml fridge...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 27, 2014 | Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
I made this soup for lunch today, Raw Carrot & Bramley. It is from Hugh’s latest book, Light & Easy. I’m a bit of a fan, as you know, so I will be doing lots of recipes from here. Mum and my brother came over for a visit yesterday. Mum likes cookery books as...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 26, 2014 | My Diary
I have been reading the posts that Jen Gale has been making this week with extra interest. I always enjoy Jen’s writing and this week she has been writing about wasting less and living more and it has been even more interesting. As a result, I have been musing...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2014 | Dinners
A recipe tonight. This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable. The portions are pretty generous, so if you don’t want that much, divide it up...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 20, 2014 | Love Your Leftovers, My Diary, Saving Money
More kitchen stuff today. While we were busy, I took out a couple of meals from the freezer for dinner. So we had mango, coconut and chickpea curry. At lunchtime, I ‘loved our leftovers’ as they say. There was a tea cup of Thai curry in the fridge, along...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Other
Enjoyed one of these for my lunch today. And this time, I added a piece of preserved lemon, cut up very small. It gave an added dimension of flavour. I already like this sandwich. A lot. And with the addition of a little tangy lemon under flavour, humming away in...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 18, 2014 | My Diary
Lots of progress today. The oven was disconnected and moved out of the way. The new oven housing was put in place, the oven fitted, and connected. The microwave is in the housing above. Eventually, I will replace that with a flat bed combi oven that fits the space...
