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Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?

Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches

Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese? Do you have cheese sandwiches for lunch? Are you a little tired of them, or maybe wanting to ring the changes a little? How about making a potted cheese. I have lots of little bits and pieces of...
Gajar Matar. Everyday vegetables wearing a sari

Gajar Matar. Everyday vegetables wearing a sari

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 22, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Sides

Gajar Matar. Everyday vegetables wearing a sari Many, many years after getting the recipe for the Sweet Bean Curry from my lovely friend, I got this recipe from much the same place. His partner was making this recipe using a book I soon bought, The Food Of India. I...
Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious

Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 21, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Sides

Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious Had a little play in the kitchen today. I have a great many cook books and I’m always looking through them. Sometimes, as I did last night, I’ll take one down from the book shelf and go through from cover to cover, making a note as...
Spicy curried hummus, 60p for a massive pot

Spicy curried hummus, 60p for a massive pot

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches

Spicy curried hummus, 60p for a massive pot Having made the curry yesterday using chickpeas, I had some cooked ones left. I didn’t measure them when I was pouring them into the saucepan as I wanted some leftovers. Well today, I decided to use those leftover chickpeas...
Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini

Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 25, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Sides

Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini Tried this today. Have been reading Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s Veg Every Day, there are lots and lots of lovely recipes in it, including several hummus ones. I am quite a fan of H F-W, I like his ideas and his recipes are often...
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