Vegetarian Recipes

Vegetarian Recipes

by | Mar 13, 2024 | Uncategorized

Want to see any vegetarian recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are 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 Coronation Sandwich Frozen Pea Soup...
Vegan Recipes

Vegan Recipes

by | Mar 1, 2024 | Uncategorized

Want to see any vegan recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are 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 Sauce Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato...
My Diary

My Diary

by | 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...
Free groceries from Marks and Spencer

Free groceries from Marks and Spencer

by | 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...
Chicken and Chorizo Casserole

Chicken and Chorizo Casserole

by | 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...
Sweetcorn Soup Recipe

Sweetcorn Soup Recipe

by | 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...
The final update

The final update

by | 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...
It’s nearly Christmas!

It’s nearly Christmas!

by | 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...
This Weeks Catch Up

This Weeks Catch Up

by | 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...
Where We Are This Week

Where We Are This Week

by | Nov 15, 2023 | My Diary

Where we are this week I used Fiver to have my favourite picture of my girls enhanced. They are 11.5 and 9.5 here. Just look at those gorgeous eyes! It’s how I think of them in my head. I have been taking a flask of hot soup to my daughters for my lunch when I...
A Hard Post To Write

A Hard Post To Write

by | Nov 2, 2023 | My Diary

I haven’t been putting much from my life on here for a while and that’s because some pretty difficult stuff has been going on. My eldest daughter has been having health issues for a few years now – pretty serious ones. Very briefly – she has a...