by Thrifty Lesley | May 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I was cruising around the internet last night looking for ways to use radishes, as the box I grew in the greenhouse is now stuffed full of the most perfect specimens. Not a slug bite out of any of them, lovely size, nice and peppery. Gorgeous, the best ones I have...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
This recipe is by request. It is from my recent LBL week. On the first day I had planned Lentil dumplings with tomato sauce. I have added more flavourings here than I had available on LBL! I had allocated 100g of flour and 100g lentils, but that was far far too much...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 2, 2014 | All Meal Plans, Meal Plan 6
Week Six Meal Plan – Oats, Pepperoni & EggsAs yesterday, this plan is an extended version (2 more days added) of a Live Below the Line 2014 plan I did for ActionAid. It looked quite nice, so I thought I would add it to our meal plan list. It is harder to do...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 1, 2014 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes
Week Five Meal Planner – Brie, Chicken and Eggs Something a bit different this time. This plan is an extended version (2 more days added) of a Live Below the Line 2014 plan I did for ActionAid. It looked quite nice, so I thought I would add it to our meal plan list....
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 29, 2014 | My Diary
We set off bright and early this morning to drive 300 miles back home. It wasn’t a bad trip at all, we didn’t stop much, just wanted to get home. First thing I did, after picking up the mountain of post on the mat, was check the greenhouse. All looked fine, phew. The...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 28, 2014 | My Diary
First of all, we went to a power station yesterday. It was amazing, there was almost nothing to see from the outside. They had, literally, hollowed out the mountain, Ben Cruachan, and put all the machinery inside and built a dam in a basin on the top of the mountain....
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 27, 2014 | My Diary
Edit, I tried to post this yesterday, but the broadband was even more erratic than usual and I had to give up. So here is yesterday’s post, today. We’re back in Kendall today, so have just driven 200 miles. I’ll tell you about the visit to a power station tomorrow....
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 25, 2014 | My Diary
Portsonachan is very peaceful and lovely, but we wanted to have a look around at something today, so we went off to Inveraray. We had a look around the Jail there and learned all about jails in the 19th century. It is a great attraction, and if you are ever up there,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 24, 2014 | My Diary
What a lot I have seen today. We drove up from Kendal to Portsonachan. On the way I saw thousands of sheep and miles and miles of lovely old dry stone walling all set in the most glorious rolling fells. Very dramatic. We are now at the hotel set right on the banks of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 23, 2014 | My Diary
Had a really lovely day today in Kendal. Yesterday, I had an email from Cumbrian radio to say they were talking about thrifty meals all this week, and would I come on and talk about it. So at 10:30 this morning, that is what I did. They are doing a feature all week on...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 22, 2014 | My Diary
It’s funny isn’t it, how tiring sitting down all day can be. We left at 9am, broke the journey a couple of times to stretch our legs and walk around for a bit, and arrived here in Kendall about 5pm. I have been sitting down all day and I’m really tired! Have had a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 21, 2014 | My Diary
We are due to drive up to Kendall tomorrow, on our way to Scotland, so I have been wandering around the garden reviewing things. The radishes I planted in a large box in the greenhouse are coming along nicely, and will probably be at their best when we are away – a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 19, 2014 | My Diary
Got on really well with the quilt today. I planned to lay it out on the kitchen floor where there is just enough room so I could stick the layers together with temporary sticking spray. I got it all ready, cleared everything out of the way, swept and washed it and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 18, 2014 | My Diary
Well, where did those last three days go – whoosh. Finished the Live Below The Line on Monday which was an interesting few days. Some lovely people have donated to ActionAid. Thank you. Then on Tuesday, I spent the day in Bexhill with DD2. We did some prep for the...
