Thrifty Lesley

Free Berries From A Good Friend

Aug 4, 2013 | 2 Comments

So went to my friends house today and picked some berries. Came away with 3 boxes of blackcurrants and 2 of red currants. There are lots more there, but I don’t have any freezer space!

Monsoon Bargain

Aug 3, 2013 | 4 Comments

No frugal food at all today, so thought I’d share my day. It was my birthday this week, and today my eldest daughter took me out.

Mackerel Kedgeree, 43p a serving

Jul 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

Smoked mackerel fillet, with curried rice and egg quarters. Delicious hot or cold

Smoked Mackerel and Roasted Beetroot Salad, 47p a serving

Jul 30, 2013 | 0 Comments

smoked mackerel tossed with potatoes and roasted beetroot, all in a lemony dressing

Mackerel Pate & Pasta – 45p a serving

Jul 30, 2013 | 8 Comments

Make a bowl of deliciousness (Mackerel Pate) using half a mackerel fillet, and stir it through 200g cooked pasta for a delicious dinner or lunch for 2

An experiment yesterday with a recipe I cooked all last summer from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s book Three Good Things. . He slow cooks courgettes in olive oil and garlic, then mixes them with mozzarella and pasta, tops them with parmesan and bakes them in the oven....

Beetroot & Feta Tart. As good cold in a packed lunch as it is hot for dinner

Jul 20, 2013 | 4 Comments

Beetroot, feta, onion and crunchy little bits of rosemary in a tart case – very yum!

Spaghetti with Beef & Tomato Pasta Sauce – 29p a portion

Jul 18, 2013 | 4 Comments

I was inspired yesterday by Jack Monroe’s ingenious use of fish paste to make a pasta sauce, it isn’t an ingredient I have ever given a passing thought to and had a look on mysupermarket.co.uk to see what other varieties were available. At that price there were...

Massive Tomatoes @ Tiny Price

Jul 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

Ooh, Ooh, I am so excited! I bagged a HUGE carrier bag of beef steak tomatoes for 20p a pound!! In my travels around Heathfield, where I live, I popped into the greengrocers. They have a cheapy box there for stuff they need to sell quickly, super cheap – and there...

Stuffed Beefsteak Tomato 51p each

Jul 14, 2013 | 0 Comments

I stuffed one of the tomatoes I got cheap at the green grocers with a few puy lentils, a bit of feta and a few black olives from a big jar I got from Morrisons.