by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2023 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 11, Meal Plan 14, Meal Plan 2, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plan 9
This is an idea I first came across on Cheap Family Recipes, I absolutely love them, especially with a strawberry compote with full flavoured summer strawberries The raisins contribute towards your need for a portion of purple each day. I think this is the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2023 | All Recipes, Sides
One of the u3a groups that I belong to has a group called Cookalong. In it, we decide on a theme, soups say, Easter bakes or, next month, hearty salads. We all make one, take it along to group, and all taste and talk about the various recipes. One month, we did...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2023 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Sides
I had a little bit of beef left from a joint and wasn’t sure what to make with it. Decided on topping a couple of jacket potatoes with it, with caramelised onion and mushroom, seasoned with soy sauce. Which just left what to have with it. Decided on a shredded...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2023 | Budgeting, Saving Money
The post Christmas sales have been going a while now, since before Christmas in fact. I am quite wary of sales for several reasons. Are they genuine reductions? I think we all have to have our wits well and truly about us if we are to venture out to the sales. What do...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 12, 2022 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers
Milk is the 2nd most wasted food item in the UK. I was a bit baffled by this one. With the way milk is homogenised in modern times, it stays usable for ages. To try and see in my minds eye, just how much waste we are talking about, I worked out how much we are wasting...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 11, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
I’ve been having a look around for fun things to do over the Christmas holidays. So first off, I thought a quiz might be fun and Googled for a bit and found a couple of Christmas themed ones that should create a few laughs. Can’t tell you the questions or answers as...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
E-Cards from Jacquie Lawson As an update to sending Christmas cards. I completely forgot to mention that I use Jacquie Lawson e-cards through the year for all kinds of greetings cards. They are all created by a team of very creative people with beautiful, and unique,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
At this time of year, thoughts begin to turn to gifts for friends and family. Many people like to make a hamper, personally, I love to receive a hamper containing anything food related. Want to do a homemade Christmas hamper? What a smashing gift to receive Many...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 18, 2022 | Christmas, Saving Money
Christmas Season People are starting to talk about the Christmas season for 2023 now, maybe you are too. If you are struggling to make ends meet, November and December can be a very stressful time. Thoughts may turn to how the hell you are going to be able to afford...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 25, 2022 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Love Your Leftovers, Round Up Post
Bread is the most wasted food item. WRAP says that 240 million slices are thrown away every year. I find that such a huge number, that I had to break it down to something that I could visualise. So I divided it by 22 slices into loaves. Nope still too big. 365 days,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
You don’t need to make an egg custard and you don’t need an ice cream maker to make no churn chocolate ice cream. There isn’t a trace of an ice crystal crunch either. If you leave it to get fully frozen, take it out at least half an hour before you want to eat it and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2022 | All Recipes, Lunches, Round Up Post
Ideas for school packed lunches – many people with school aged children need them. Packing up a lunch box for children or an adult packed lunch is bad enough. It can be boring, tiresome and a real chore to do. You might be lucky and not mind it too much, but...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 21, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 12, Stretch A Chicken
This spicy carrot and lentil soup uses chicken stock made when processing a roast chicken carcass. The stock brings a great deal of flavour to the soup. If you don’t have any home made stock, use a good quality stock cube, or a vegetable one if you’d like...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken
Got a little bit of chicken to use up? Try it in this spicy pasta bake- make it as hot and spicy as you like! What do I need to make Spicy Chicken Pasta To make 4 servings Pasta Bake ▢ 120 g cooked chicken around 150g if using raw chicken ▢ 150 g onion ▢ 2 tsp oil ▢ 1...
