by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 22, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
chapatti Had a lovely play in the kitchen yesterday. Made some chapatti using some Approved Food flour – do you remember those huge, massive, giant bags I got ages ago? Yes, I’m still using them. Chapatti made with chapatti flour rather than wholemeal...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too going through my cook books I have been looking through a few of my (far too many really! ) cook books recently. I do this every now and again, and note down any recipes I like the look of. One of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast
Ever tried cooking your muesli? Tried something new at breakfast this morning. I have watched a couple of Jamie Oliver’s new TV programme, Everyday Super Food, and there a few things that I liked the look of, and I ended up getting the book. I know, I know, I’m...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Glad to get to bed last night after the late one the previous evening. Didn’t go too early as I would just wake up earlier. And when did I wake up? Flipping 3am, that’s when. Gave up and got up at 4:30, still tired, but unable to sleep. Argh. Drooping...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session. It didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit...
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 | Jan 15, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Puddings / Desserts
An outstanding chocolate roulade A few friends are coming to dinner tomorrow, so this evening, I am making a pudding. Delia Smith’s Chocolate Squidgy Log, something I’ve made lots and lots of times. This is another recipe from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners, Lunches, Other
Finger Dumplings, delicious little butter crisped fingers. Very versatile, savoury or sweet. Yesterday, I was reading a German cook book and came across these unusual looking things. <br /> They are made using gnochhi dough, but fried in butter at the end. They...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Coffee semi-freddo, 26p each, and a chocolate version, 37p Remember this semi-freddo? I was making a cup of coffee earlier and thought, ooh, I fancy some coffee frozen yogort. So I mixed together250g value Greek yogurt, Aldi 85p/500g, 42p5g instant coffee granules,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
A reprise on semi-freddo, and lots more flavour ideas Remember this? Instant semi-freddo After dinner this evening, DP announced that he wanted a pudding. He was angling after a crumble, but I really didn’t want to make one. So I dug out a bag of mixed berries from...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
Chocolate, Coconut, Raisin and Chopped Nut Muffins Did some lovely muffins this afternoon. Mike kept looking hopefully in the tin and saying he wanted some biscuits. So I had a look in the cupboard to see what we have….lots! I have had two packets of coconut powder in...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 9, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Apple and Spice Muffins, using no egg and my apples, 4p each, 9p if you buy the apples Just been having a little experiment in the kitchen. Due to budgetry constraints on our plans I have been musing about baking without eggs. I used to do it years and years ago but...
