by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
Did you miss me? Goodness, where did that week go. Things have been extra manic here this last week, with every minute crammed full and no time left to blog. I’ve missed our chats and have had lots of things to write about and absolutely no time to do it. But back...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 7, 2015 | My Diary
Another lovely parcel today. My Mother of the Bride dress arrived from China and looks beautiful. I got it from eBay. I shan’t look quite as slim as the lovely model here in it. They are very reasonable prices, and made to measure too. I have got them to make it calf...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 26, 2015 | All Meal Plans, My Diary
Has the poop hit the fan? Do you need to feed people for less than £1 a day? Crucial question, do you have a larder?If you do, then these recipes may help. There are no exotic ingredients, just ordinary things like carrots, onions, flour, rapeseed oil, oats, sugar,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
This is a variation of Tomato Dahl, just replacing the tomatoes with spinach. I’ve used individual spices here, but you could use the equivalent amount of any curry powder or any curry paste. Make sure you sizzle the spices/paste in the oil. The tomatoes/spinach can...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Had not one, but two Boxing Day classics today. I know it’s not actually Boxing Day, but it still feels like it! Plus I found this great graphic and I want to use it 😉 I dismantled the remains of the turkey this morning and slowly simmered the carcass in a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2014 | Bready Things, Dinners, Lunches
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 some rings and poured a little batter...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 25, 2014 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches
A variation on Percy Pumpkin soup today. We don’t really ‘do’ Halloween, so after the fun of yesterday, Percy was roasted off in the oven this morning, peeled and turned into soup. Forgot to weigh him, but he was a small one. I used 200g red lentils, twice as much...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 4, 2014 | Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 14
Yesterday, I made Roasted Parsnip & Apple Salad from Hugh’s latest book. Ooh, nom, nom, nom. The dressing really makes this salad. Both sharp and sweet at the same time, the lemon juice is essential, the sweetening could be varied, as could the mustard. I made two...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
Had a scrummy dinner this evening. One of those made up things, but similar to the Spring Green Breakfast Pancakes. This time, I chopped up the inner, paler, leaves of a head of spring greens. Sliced up a couple of onions and sauted them until soft, added the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 5, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
We had an oldie but goodie for tea this evening. Thai green curry. I used a mix of carrots, a red and green pepper, Savoy cabbage, tomatoes and an onion. The protein part was paneer, and we had it with brown basmati. I tried costing it, but it came out to 98p, and...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 20, 2014 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Breakfast, Lunches
Couple of successful experiments today. First up were these bubble and squeak pancakes this morning. I had made a curry a few days previously, including a side dish of some spring greens swooshed up with a few spices, tomato, garlic and ginger. They were lovely by the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 12
Here is another dahl recipe, a coconutty one this time. I like to use brown basmati rice with most things, if you wanted to use value rice, it would reduce the cost to just 17p a portion. This is a very quick meal, from packet to table in 20 minutes, and most of that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 4, 2013 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 4
This recipe is one I have had in my recipe book for a very long time. As is the case with many curries, it is very variable. You can change the vegetables around pretty much to whatever you want for 4 servings, you will need 175g dried butter beans, 500g/£1.09, 38p 3...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 2
A super simple filled pitta bread, filled with a mixture of grated carrot, lemon zest and juice and soft cheese. It is very tasty and would work without the lemon if you don’t have any, but it really does make a big difference to the flavour, especially the zest. What...
