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Old Socks – again, and Fabric Yarn, especially from T-Shirts
I have been reading the posts that Jen Gale has been making this week with extra interest. I always enjoy Jen's writing and this week she has been writing about wasting less and living more and it has been even more interesting. As a result, I have been musing this...
WI garden group, giant tomatoes and unreliable broadband
Had a great day at WI garden group today. I spoke about how to grow watercress, showed some growing plants and gave a few rooted cuttings. Then gave out pieces of one of my very precious Brandywine tomatoes for people to taste. There is nothing like a Brandywine,...
Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each
This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable.The portions are pretty generous, so if you don’t want that much, divide it up however you like. We generally have it with some kind of green veg, even if only a few peas.
Loving leftovers, sock bouquets and using plastic bottles to make boxes
More kitchen stuff today. While we were busy, I took out a couple of meals from the freezer for dinner. So we had mango, coconut and chickpea curry. At lunchtime, I 'loved our leftovers' as they say. There was a tea cup of Thai curry in the fridge, along with a...
Oranges, Lemons & St. Clements
Enjoyed one of these for my lunch today. And this time, I added a piece of preserved lemon, cut up very small. It gave an added dimension of flavour. I already like this sandwich. A lot. And with the addition of a little tangy lemon under flavour, humming away in...
Kitchen happenings and a possible Christmas Thrifty Lesley in the media
Lots of progress today. The oven was disconnected and moved out of the way. The new oven housing was put in place, the oven fitted, and connected. The microwave is in the housing above. Eventually, I will replace that with a flat bed combi oven that fits the space...
Posh puds, what to cook with no hob and getting to grips with Pinterest
I’m afraid I can’t tell you how to make this delectable pudding, called Our Currant Tart. Three friends and I have taken to trying different restaurants, and this week, we were on a mission to go somewhere that did lovely vegetarian food and we went to Terre a Terre...
Nans, Drawers and Wedding Cakes
Having this for lunch today, Toasted Nan and Dahl. I will be using dried chickpeas from my store, some of the coconut milk powder that I have masses of and I shall make a nan using the magic dough in the fridge. For the squeeze of lemon, I shall use a few drops of...
Hips, Haws and Hangovers
I have a migraine hangover headache this week, which means that after the migraine on Friday, for the rest of this week, I will wake up feeling pretty crappy, off-colour and with a sore head, until about 10am. I'll feel increasingly well through the day. Then at about...
Using magic bread dough to make pizza
Pizza for dinner tonight. Oops, forgot to take any pictures, the picture was taken after dark and is the last remaining portion. Remember the magic dough kept in the fridge? When we got back from the bread course we went to at River Cottage, I made a bread mix. I...
A waste of a day
Yeurgh, woke up this morning with a burgeoning migraine, and after getting up really early, soon had to go back to bed having popped an Imigran. It's now almost 6pm and although almost all the pain has gone, every muscle aches. What a waste of a day Was...
Inaccurate mySupermarket totals, a shock in Sainsbugs and a kitchen update
I have now updated the 4th meal plan with current prices. A couple of things have come up while I was doing this and the other ones. mySupermarket totals are inaccurate! I had no idea, did you? I only noticed because I was creating the shopping list simultaneously...