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Raisin Biscuits

Raisin Biscuits

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...
How to make a cake with just 3 ingredients, or maybe even 2! For when the SHTF?

How to make a cake with just 3 ingredients, or maybe even 2! For when the SHTF?

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 21, 2017 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes

How to make a cake with just 3 ingredients, or maybe even 2! For when the SHTF? This is the recipe for the three ingredient cake I talked about recently on Facebook. It’s quite a thing around the internet although I’ve only just come across it. There are different...
Really good home made Eccles cakes, 15p each

Really good home made Eccles cakes, 15p each

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 14, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes

Really good home made Eccles cakes, 15p each One of Mikes most favourite things is a good Eccles cake. Note the adjective, just any old Eccles isn’t good enough. It has to be a good one. He knows what he likes does Mike. For ages, I’ve been meaning to have a go at...

Semi Freddo Red Berry Yogort, 26p a generous portion

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 3, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes

I have 3 under counter sized fridges, 2 of which are supposed to be overflow ones, and not turned on most of the time. Such is my lack of discipline, that until recently all 3 of them were packed to bursting. I have now managed to reduce the third one down to a third...
Egg, Lentil, Raisin, Puy & Curry Sandwich

Egg, Lentil, Raisin, Puy & Curry Sandwich

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches

Lunch today was a sandwich I discovered on one of Hugh Fearnley-Whiitingstall’s programmes and in one of his books, Veg Every Day What is a lentil sandwich like? It sounds a very odd combination, (well it did to me anyway, much as I use lentils, in a...
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