by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 28, 2016 | All Recipes
Went to Glyndebourne yesterday, with the friend I go to see the live transmissions with. No, not the posh, picnic in the garden type. Very expensive! We went to see the youth group do a modern opera called Nothing. It was distinctively modern. The singing was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 21, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Sides
Had a little play in the kitchen today. I have a great many cook books and I’m always looking through them. Sometimes, as I did last night, I’ll take one down from the book shelf and go through from cover to cover, making a note as I go of any recipe I fancy the look...
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 | Dec 3, 2015 | Love Your Leftovers
I was interested in this post yesterday from Hugh’s War on Waste. He says, and I’ve read similar things before from eg WRAP, that the top five most wasted food items are bread, milk, potatoes, cheese and apples (and soft drinks, but I can’t really get worked up about...
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 | Nov 4, 2015 | Dinners
The fish is obviously the expensive ingredient here, and the thing that we need to search around for to make a healthy fish pie recipe that is delicious and as cheap as we can get it. It took a while, but I think I’ve done it alright, plus at the end of the post are...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 3, 2015 | My Diary
Had the U3A budget cookery group round this afternoon. We did some mackerel things. I showed how you can make 8 portions of lunches and dinners from a pack of two smoked mackerel fillets, each portion being less than 50p. Each recipe makes 2 portions. We made mackerel...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 31, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plans
Had this for lunch today. It’s a dinner from Meal Plan 10. I used a potato rather than frozen chips, as on the plan, as that is what I had. I chopped it up into chips, skin and all and dusted it with a pinch of garlic powder and tandoori spice, my favourite. You...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 5, 2015 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
When I was last in Aldi, I picked up a tin of their pink salmon. Wondering which of lots of things that can be done, I wondered what to do with it. I thought it could well price up to make fish cakes, which I love! So I had a little look at what I would need, and yes,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2015 | Dinners
A friend left on Monday for a month long cruise round Canada, lucky her! I keep an eye on the house for her while she is away (she is very generous and has already given me a massive golden chrysanthemum, and always brings me back edible goodies from wherever she...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
This is dinner on day 3 of Meal Plan 9. It is a naturally vegan recipe if that is of interest to you (natural in that no substitution of anything is needed) Serves 2 150g carrots, Asda 49p/kg, 7p 200g potatoes, Asda 59p/kg, 12p 200g tomatoes (half a tin), 31p a tin,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans
I have been a lady who lunches this week. I know I am anyway, but it was even more this week. On Wednesday, it was a good friends 70th and we went to hers for a bit of a party. Lots of talk, laughs and giggles. Lovely. On Thursday, I was taken out for an Italian by...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9
Had this for my lunch today, mmmm, very yummy serves 2 130g cheese Asda 350g/£1.55, 58p 200g potatoes, Asda 59p/kg, 12p 40g ham, Asda 400g/£1.49, 15p 60g olives Asda drained weight 180g/£1.29, 43p Total cost £1.28, 64p per portion Slice up the potatoes, no need to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
As we have no power on this, the No Power Plan, to refrigerate, wrap the cheese in a damp tea towel to keep it as fresh as possible, and keep it in as cool a place as you can. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 250g Cheshire cheese, Asda...