by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 1
This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021 I love this recipe, chickpeas in a tomato sauce. It can be spiced in any way you like, with whatever you have, and served with fresh cooked, fluffy nan. It won’t be as authentic if you use...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2017 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Round Up Post, Sides
I often keep a bowl of bread dough in the fridge. I got the idea from Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. He calls it Magic Dough because you can make so many things with it. If I think I might make a loaf sometime soon, I make a larger batch, otherwise, I just keep the bowl...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2014 | Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
Made a loaf with the dough I keep in the fridge today. Thought I would try a freefrom one this time. Partly because I wanted to see if I could do one, and that it wouldn’t flatten itself out on the baking sheet. Partly because I wasn’t sure how much to put...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 31, 2014 | My Diary
Well yesterday was so full on, I didn’t have a minute to myself! It started at 6:30am and continued like the Energiser bunny until 10:00pm. One of the things we did was a trip to Wilderness Woods in Hadlow Down, a few miles up the road from us. It has a great...
by admin | Jul 22, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes, My Diary
Took a few pictures today of what is in flower in the garden right now. This day lily is a lovely match with the shrub next to it A lacecap hydrangea in its full glory As much as I can get in one shot of the front garden flowers The pot of lilies that are blooming...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2014 | Bready Things, My Diary
I have lots of lovely pictures to show you, but they simply won’t load today. The broadband speed is appalling this evening and everything is taking for ever. So I’ll post this and get the pictures in when I can. Shame about the piccies I’ve updated with the pictures...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 31, 2014 | All Recipes, Lunches
Tried a wholemeal flour tortilla today at lunchtime, just to see what it would be like, and it was scrummy I used the same ingredients as before, but made 2 larger tortilla, rather than 4 smaller ones. Needed my biggest pans to do it, and they were lapped up the sides...
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 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
I have had this a few times, I have a clipping in my little brown book from where I cut it out from somewhere. It is extremely tasty and amazingly quick, you need to prepare the nan in advance, otherwise it just takes a few minutes. Toasted Nan & Dahl tblsp medium...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
This is the second thing today, one of the chorizo stick thingies with chickpeas and tomato in a flatbread. It was gorgeous. Serves 2 2 flatbread, 4p 1 stick chorizo, Sainsbury, £1.29/4, 32p tin of chickpeas or equivalent of dried ones, soaked and cooked, Asda, a tin...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 7, Sides
Two things today. Firstly, I did some wraps using Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipe from River Cottage, Veg Every Day. Hugh’s recipe uses what he calls the Magic Bread Dough. Magic because you can use the same recipe to make Pizza, Flatbread, Pitta, Breadsticks and...
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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 28, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
I tried these several years ago as my brother is coeliac and these, if you use the gram flour option, are gluten free. They are easy to make, freeze well and taste delicious. This recipe serves 4 adults. Great for kids as it’s easy to portion, they can just have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
On my travels round the market town where I live, I popped in the greengrocer and amongst other things, bought a huge Savoy cabbage from the cheapy box for 50p. Looking up cabbage recipes, I came across Savoy Cabbage with Lentils at Abel & Cole – lots more...
