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 | Oct 1, 2015 | Lunches
Having made the curry yesterday using chickpeas, I had some cooked ones left. I didn’t measure them when I was pouring them into the saucepan as I wanted some leftovers. Well today, I decided to use those leftover chickpeas to make a hummus, but not a plain one, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 11, 2015 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9
This is dinner on day 2 and 5 of Meal Plan 9 Pasta & Tomato Sauce serves 2 60g cheddar, grated,Asda 350g/£1.55, 27p 100g onion, Asda 1kg/59p, 6p 300g tinned tomatoes – NB, not a whole tin, 23p 150g value pasta, 500g/29p, 9p 20g veg oil, Asda litre/89p, 2p...
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 | Sep 13, 2014 | Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes
Pizza for dinner tonight. Oops, forgot to take any pictures, the picture was taken after dark and is the last remaining portion. Remember the magic dough kept in the fridge? When we got back from the bread course we went to at River Cottage, I made a bread mix. I...
by admin | Jul 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Inspired by yesterday’s salady success, I had another one today. This one was 80g dried butter beans, soaked and cooked, Asda Great Scott 375g/£1.18, 25p I think this is the equivalent of a tin? Some lettuce and rocket from the garden Half a red pepper, very finely...
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 | Aug 4, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
I still have some of the soft cheese from the Mackerel Pate left in the fridge and have been wondering what to do with it. It tastes really nice, doesn’t cost too much and seems to go a long way. How to make a garlicky Boursin sandwich I really love garlicky Boursin,...