by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 2
Raisin Biscuits Post originally published October 2013, refreshed and updated November 2021 These little biscuits are fun to make, especially if you make tiny hearts or teeny squares. Spice them up with cinnamon or mixed spice at Christmas time. Or see the variations...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plan 8
Oaty Biscuits. Delicious, very versatile and totally irresistible! This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. A very, very variable recipe, for oaty biscuits. Much, much too moreish – and although they are only 1p a biscuit, could make it not...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 1, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas – Spiced Pot au Chocolat with a Spiced Biscuit This spiced pot au chocolat, little chocolate pots, with a spiced biscuit or two, is from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. It’s even more lovely than I thought it would be! Pot au Chocolat...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2017 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Salted caramel cheesecake It was the U3A AGM yesterday. We offer tea and biscuits usually, but because it was the AGM we upgraded to cakes. I decided to take some cheesecakes in ramekins. I did a strawberry topped one and this salted caramel using a recipe I’ve used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 10, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Busy, busy and banana cake I’m pretty tired right now. I’m doing the catering for the WI AGM lunch tomorrow for 40 people. Chicken casserole with mushrooms, carrots, onions and tomato, served with green beans and new potatoes. Followed by lemon pot, with fancy little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track We had this lovely recipe for dinner this evening. I found the idea on the web, but can’t remember where now. It was a slow cooker recipe, but I just bubbled it on the hob, and I’ve tweaked it, as you do. It’s a...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 19, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
A versatile Peanut mousse that can be sweet or savoury, 7p a serving That delicious looking pudding was what I had yesterday at Galin. Peanut mousse with banana cake and caramel sauce. It was wonderful and inspired me to see if I could recreate the mousse. It was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 26, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Coffee and walnut, no, not cake, biscuits. Getting my strength back, bit by bit. It’s slow going, but I can feel it happening. Did the washing up this morning and the smallest of tidies in the kitchen, then had to have a sit down as I was worn out. On the up side, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Coconut Biscuits, 3p each, or 61p for a 24 biscuit batch These are from meal plan 8. Use them whenever you need the calories. 200g self raising flour, value 1.5kg/45p, 6p200g sugar, Asda 1kg/59p, 12p100g vegetable oil, 1 litre/£1.25, 12p80g creamed...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 13, 2014 | My Diary
Croutons, Oaty Biscuits, Tops that are Dresses and Veg Seeds Other doings in the kitchen so far today include using up the hard leavings of a baquette and the last few slices from a value loaf. I sliced and chopped them into croutons, tossed them with some tandoori...
