by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 9, 2024 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
Baguette – crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, and with a lovely texture that’s chewy and delicious. Would you like a foolproof baguette recipe? And what’s more, it’s an incredible 9p per baguette. Weekend Baguette Recipe I’ve called it a weekend...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 7, 2024 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Poaching A Whole Chicken
These chicken and roasted pumpkin tarts are quick to assemble once you have roasted the pumpkin or butternut squash. A tasty dinner with a little salad of whatever you have handy, and you can have any extra ones in your lunchbox the next day. The chicken and pesto...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
All the recipes on Thrifty Lesley that are 500 calories or less per portion Split Pea Soup - a 3 ingredient soup recipe Cheese and Onion Sandwich Filling - how to copy a deli filling, much cheaper! Three Bean Salad Chicken and Sweetcorn Sandwich - how to copy a deli...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized
Want to see any vegetarian recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are Super simple frozen mixed veg soup Split Pea Soup - a 3 ingredient soup recipe Meal Plan 4 - butter beans, oats and parsnips Quick Banana Bread Muffins made with mincemeat and oats Christmas...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
Want to see any vegan recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are Super simple frozen mixed veg soup Split Pea Soup - a 3 ingredient soup recipe Muffins made with mincemeat and oats Christmas Coronation Sandwich Frozen Pea Soup Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
If you like following along with the bits from my life that I share – they’re all here! More slaps round the chops from life Free groceries from Marks and Spencer The final update It's nearly Christmas! This Weeks Catch Up Where We Are This Week A Hard...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 25, 2024 | Dinners, Poaching A Whole Chicken
How to poach a whole chicken to use for multiple meals Why poach a chicken? Two main reasons. Poaching means that your chicken meat will be beautifully moist, much more so than a roasted one, and with little effort on your behalf. And secondly, much less fuel is used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 19, 2024 | My Diary
We have a Marks and Spencer credit card that I use for absolutely everything to accumulate vouchers that I then use to buy lots of lovely M&S food. I had to go to Tunbridge Wells today, so I took the vouchers along and popped in the shop to use them. I got a meal...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2024 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken
How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week Do I need to buy a whole chicken? Buying a whole chicken and jointing it yourself is cheaper than buying ready jointed chicken pieces. If you are going to roast a chicken, then a whole one is much nicer to present at the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 13, 2024 | Dinners
A very tasty chicken and chorizo casserole that doesn’t take very long to make. Freezes and reheats beautifully too. I first made this with my daughter, in her kitchen in Paddock Wood, where she was living at that time. We were playing and having fun. We...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2024 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches
This easy sweetcorn soup only needs 5 ingredients, is ready in under 15 minutes and costs around £1 for four servings. Ideal for lunches at home, or in a flask at work, this super easy sweetcorn soup recipe is nutritious, warming, filling and inexpensive. Good for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 2, 2024 | My Diary
This is a final update about my daughter Tracey. She is being cremated on Wednesday 3rd Jan. It’s a pure cremation, so there is no ceremony. It will be very strange knowing that that is going on, and not being there. It’s what she wanted. I hated the idea...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 18, 2023 | My Diary
About 10 days ago This picture was taken about 10 days ago Tracey is moving along her journey and some of it is extremely painful to watch. We are hoping she will make Christmas as she loves it so much. If I could do it for her I would, I think many parents would for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 3, 2023 | My Diary
I took my daughter to see Nutcracker last Saturday at an Eastbourne theatre and it wasn’t what I was expecting at all. It was done by a very enthusiastic, but not very skilled, local dance company which seemed to consist mainly of little girls. On Tuesday when I...
