by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 13, 2014 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Obsessing about my remaining vegetables today. Weighed them three times in the morning! There don’t seem to be enough left. The plan says there are, but I sort of don’t believe it. There are 3 little pots of tomato from the tin in the fridge too, but it still doesn’t...
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...
