by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 2
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 for masses of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I’ve rewritten this post a bit, and taken some new pictures. Panzanella is gorgeous with very ripe, full flavoured summer tomatoes. In 2013, I tried Panzanella for the first time. I was looking through one of Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s books for inspiration for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches, Other
This recipe was given to me by a friend, although, I must admit, she didn’t call it Dead Good Old Tarts. The name just popped into my head when I was wondering what to call them, so Dead Good Old Tarts it is 🙂 I have been looking at ways of using up bread for a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 19, 2015 | Bready Things, Dinners, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches, Round Up Post
Went to a U3A meeting this morning on Science. One of our number talked about Astronomy. We discussed the immense distances involved and moved on to the possibility of life elsewhere. The presenter is a chemist, so we had a very interesting discussion around why...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 8, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This is lunch on Day 1 of Meal Plan 4. 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g carrots, Asda 1kg/ 57p, 11p 300g potatoes Asda 2.5kg/£1.69, 20p 150g peas Asda 1kg/98p,15p 75g dried butter beans Asda 500g/£1.09, 16p 30g veg oil £1.25/litre, 4p Total cost 74p, serves 2, 37p...
