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Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s

Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 7, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Christmas Meal Plan 4, Meal Plans

Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s Christmas Meal Plan If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. Happily, you can enjoy a delicious festive meal, and eat well for...
Christmas Leftovers – part 2. Clementine salad; Preserved Clementine’s; Turkey, Brie & Cranberry pie; Welsh Rarebit

Christmas Leftovers – part 2. Clementine salad; Preserved Clementine’s; Turkey, Brie & Cranberry pie; Welsh Rarebit

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers

Christmas Leftovers – part 2. Clementine salad; Preserved Clementine’s; Turkey, Brie & Cranberry pie; Welsh Rarebit So after yesterday’s attack on the Christmas leftovers, and the ideas on the guest post at Skint Dad, we’re having another go at them...
Vegetarian Christmas

Vegetarian Christmas

by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Meal Plans, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan

Vegetarian Christmas If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. No need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious vegetarian Christmas festive meal, without spending...
Christmas Meal Plan – Stilton Jackets with Clementines & Yogort for pudding, 73p each

Christmas Meal Plan – Stilton Jackets with Clementines & Yogort for pudding, 73p each

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas

Christmas Meal Plan – Stilton Jackets with Clementines & Yogort for pudding, 73p each Busy, busy day today. Had to move loads of DP’s stuff out of the way and clean up loads of grit and grime in preparation for the photographers visit. And that was before...

Asparagus, redundant pear trees, clementines and mandarin ice cream, 14p

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 16, 2014 | All Recipes, My Diary

Asparagus, redundant pear trees, clementines and mandarin ice cream, 14p Even more achey today, if aching muscles are anything to go by, I should have buns of steel by next week!  More of the same as yesterday today. Cut down a very old pear tree that only produced a...

Muscovado and Red Fruit Cheesecake, 50p a serving with the fruit, 33p without

by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts

Muscovado and Red Fruit Cheesecake, 50p a serving with the fruit, 33p without Inspired by Masterchef, I wanted to make a muscovado cheesecake. One of the chefs did one on there, and it sounded seriously good.  I had a little Google for a base recipe and came across...
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