by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2014 | Dinners
A recipe tonight. This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable. The portions are pretty generous, so if you don’t want that much, divide it up...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 31, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Stretch A Chicken
A couple of days ago, I made a variation of the pie using oil pastry. This is in fact, more or less, the original pie where I first made oil pastry on cheap family recipes, although we steamed it as a pudding there. When I made it it was evening, so I thought I would...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 28, 2013 | My Diary
Went to my WI Garden Group Christmas Supper Party last night. It was a lovely relaxed evening. There were about 25 or so of us (the garden group is very popular!) and we had it in a hall that was just about the right size. We hired a speaker to talk to us who...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
One day this week, I did a variation of the bacon and sweetcorn pie. I used a tin of corned beef that was in the cupboard to make a corned beef pie. The pie only used half the tin, for a 4 portion pie. I used the other half to make 4 portions of beef hash which I’ll...
