by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2016 | All Recipes, Other
Inspired by the talented Miki Knight on the wonderful Feed Yourself for £1 A Day face book page, I decided to finally get round to making some home made paneer. Following Miki’s method, this is what I did Paneer Priced at Asda using mySupermarket 4 pints/2.27litres...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 29, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Did one of my very favourite things today and had a play in the kitchen and ended up with these pea-crumb fritters. Have been thinking about doing some kind of frittery thing using mushy peas for a while now. Had a little Google and a look around t’internet....
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2016 | Dinners, Lunches
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 the books I looked through was The Vegetable Bible by Sophie...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 7, 2015 | Lunches
Tried the first experiment with reviving dead bread stored as breadcrumbs today. Had a look in the fridge and found a few bits and pieces that I thought would work, got a bag of breadcrumbs out of the freezer and had a play. I have set out below what I used to give...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 23, 2015 | Lunches
Long day today. Had a film crew here all day today from Bold Content Video for the Money Advice Service. They arrived shortly after 9:00am and didn’t leave until nearly 7pm. We worked all day, doing all kinds of shots, stills and video. An unbelievable amount of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 17, 2015 | Dinners, Lunches
Had an old favourite for dinner tonight. It’s another one of those dishes that can be used for all kinds of sundry leftovers. All you need is a tasty mix, that you then pour eggs over and top with cheese if you like. I used some leftover green beans from the WI lunch,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 5, 2015 | Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Having tried draining and rinsing a can of beans recently for the sardine sandwich paste, I thought I could make lots of different variations of a beany sandwich filler with that same type of bean. So first attempt A can of value baked beans 31p Spicy katjan sauce...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 25, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
After doing the corned beef pie recipe recently, I still had half a tin of corned beef remaining to use up. I could have done another 4 portion pie and popped it in the freezer (except the freezer is bulging with fruit at the moment), but instead I made a kind of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
This is the 3rd post in a series of 4 exploring what to make with a pack of mackerel fillets If, like me, you bought a pack of 2 smoked mackerel fillets, and there are 2 of you to feed, you will still have a whole fillet left. So what are we going to use the second...
