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 | Dec 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Productive day today. Had a rummage in the loft for Reverse Advent, made a loaf, some soup and an apple cake. So going today are; a surplus masala tin; several more cardboard boxes that held appliances that won’t need the box any more; an old sewing project that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2015 | Breakfast
Tried something new at breakfast this morning. I have watched a couple of Jamie Oliver’s new TV programme, Everyday Super Food, and there a few things that I liked the look of, and I ended up getting the book. I know, I know, I’m supposed to be getting rid...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session. It didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Inspired by Masterchef, I wanted to make a muscovado cheesecake. One of the chefs did one on there, and it sounded seriously good. I had a little Google for a base recipe and came across this Nigella Lawson one for Cherry Cheesecake, it is from Nigella...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 1, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 4
Made some granola this evening. The whole place now smells of vanilla, a delicious smell. The granola is for the 4th meal plan (will be loading it tomorrow) and the entire huge box of it is available for use during the week if required. I shall be having some tomorrow...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 25, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast
I had a little play with me breakfast this morning. Because of the plums and apples in the garden, I have been having them every day. I didn’t fancy compote again today, so I was wondering what else to do and came up with this. Now I appreciate that Greg Wallace...
