by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
Home made sloe and apple jam From September onwards in the UK, the hedgerow plant blackthorn (Prunus spinosa), or sloe, produces fruit in abundance. Known as drupes, the deep purple fruit have stones that are large for the size of the fruit. When sloes are cooked,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
Home made blackcurrant jam Blackcurrants are incredibly good for us, very rich in vitamin C and polyphemols when eaten raw, e.g. In a classic summer pudding like this wonderful looking example from Delia Smith They are easy to grow, not needing much looking after and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2018 | All Recipes, Other
More uses for your wonderful home made jam Have you, like me, been making wonderfully fresh and delicious home made jam from all the fantastic produce available in the summer, perhaps from garden or allotment? I simply love loading up the cupboards with jars of jewel...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 4, 2017 | All Recipes, Other
Using up bits and pieces of fruit to make a lovely fresh Summer Berry jam Sometimes, I get a bit of this and a bit of that fruit wise. There are lots of things it can be used for. I’ll use it for smoothies, or fruity, oaty crumbles, or a pie, or clafoutis, or a sweet...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 11, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Bed time ice cream? Dinner with friends and family last night was lovely, of course! Lots of chat and laughter. Got home very late and slept only fitfully, so am pretty tired today. It seems to be that if I miss what my system considers to be my sleeping ‘slot’, it...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Other, Round Up Post
Cranberry Curd, £1.18 a jar, and lots and lots of other variations, including savoury ones I made this today. Had a pack of cranberries in the fridge and I love a good curd, so decided to make a cranberry curd with them. I looked at various recipes on the net. Many...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Crumpets and pikelets, savoury and sweet A little experiment today with the fridge dwelling Magic Dough. I thought I could almost certainly make crumpets with it. So I put a little in a bowl and beat in some water, so it looked like a Yorkshire pudding batter, greased...
by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | My Diary
Some freebie fruit, lucky me Had a fasting day today, so am starving. Really looking forward to breakfast tomorrow. Spent the afternoon at a friends. She has a garden that is big enough for a small holding and asks me round to pick blackcurrants because she doesn’t...
