by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 13, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
And here is another suggestion for a basket from Aldi, I’m on a roll now 😉 Cost £4.67, you could use the remaining 33p for flavourings of your choice. A little oil, salt and pepper, garlic maybe Oats 75p Spaghetti 23p Jam 29p 1kg carrots 59p 1kg onions 59p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 13, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Having researched a basket of food with just £5 available at the checkout, I am sort of attuned to it now and I have come up with 2 more, both from Aldi. This is the first one. I wondered if perhaps, other than LBL’ers, it might be useful for people to shop with. What...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 12, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Day 2 of the Live Below The Line challenge and I am really missing hot drinks. I usually have a bucket of tea as soon as I get up, closely followed by a bucket of coffee, all de-caff. Had plain pancakes with jam this morning for breakfast. A very nice start to the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 11, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Well, if I really did only have £5 to spend for the next 5 days, I would have been in trouble today. I had priced my list using mySupermarket at Asda, so off I went to the Asda in Hailsham. First hurdle was getting the quantities of carrots and onions I needed – there...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 10, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Well, I made the decision to do it this year. So the question now is, when. Looking at my crowded diary, the only time I can get 5 consecutive days where I can do it start TOMORROW! Eek! It hardly seems fair as the whole ethos of this site is to live on £1 a day,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 8, 2014 | My Diary
Inspired by the videos on Frugal Queens blog on quilt making, I have been reviewing things. When I trained to be a computer programmer, I had to stay in Guildford during the week for six months, only coming home at weekends. Staying at a B&B, I needed something to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 3, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
I noticed yesterday that the gas meter cupboard door was hanging open. But when I went to close it I found this inside. That would explain the frequent sightings of a robin in the garden then! I tried all day today, on and off, to get a picture of him. But all I have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave them quite a different texture, more short than...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 26, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Stuffed peppers for tea this evening using two of the Aldi peppers. The feta has been in the fridge and had a best before date of October 2013. But because it was sealed in the packet, it is fine. Now I have opened it, I will have to use it up quite quickly. For 2,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 24, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Went to a pub, the Bottle House, very close to where I used to live yesterday for a 60th Birthday Celebration for one of my brothers. It was a lovely family ‘do’. I had started the day with a migraine that was probably kicked off by a late night on the Saturday. The...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 20, 2014 | My Diary
Did a nice dinner a couple of days ago after having a rummage. Found a pack of mixed deli meat in the freezer that I got from Morrisons. It was cheap I know otherwise I wouldn’t have got it to experiment with. But I had taken it out of the box to fit in the freezer...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 18, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Nipped down to Eastbourne this morning to see DD1. Took down a couple of big pots to add to the three already there, and some compost, and we potted up the 5 little fruit trees that were her Christmas present. The plum is already covered in blossom and she should have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Did a lovely risotto yesterday using some asparagus Mike brought home. Used up the last of the Arborio rice, so next time I do one, I’ll try the value rice and form an opinion on using it. Also this time, I used 2 tblsps of lemon juice from a bottle rather than a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
This is part of an experiment I did a while ago and definitely one for the carnivores. Veggies, look away now. I went to one of the two excellent local butchers and ordered some ox cheeks and heart. Goodness, just dug out the receipt and it was 25th September 2013,...
