by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
I have had this a few times, I have a clipping in my little brown book from where I cut it out from somewhere. It is extremely tasty and amazingly quick, you need to prepare the nan in advance, otherwise it just takes a few minutes. Toasted Nan & Dahl tblsp medium...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 9, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Just been having a little experiment in the kitchen. Due to budgetry constraints on our plans I have been musing about baking without eggs. I used to do it years and years ago but had completely forgotten what I did, except that it involved a little vinegar. On...
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 | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans, Puddings / Desserts
Sunday Lunch DP and I often have a Sunday lunch at, erm, lunchtime, then in the evening we have a pudding, often a fruit crumble with custard or evaporated milk. I always used to make custard using dried powder and UHT milk. Then one day, having spotted value custard,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2013 | All Recipes, Other
Piccallili – around 84p a jar I made some Piccallili this week. I made some last year and found that the men in particular amongst my aquaintance liked it, and it was received with pleasure as a hostess gift too. So as it is coming up to that time of year when...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
This was supper last night. Haven’t had stir fry for a while, and saw some bean sprouts in Sainsbury’s, so that’s what we had. If you like stir fries and have them fairly often, it is really worth getting a little bottle of sesame oil. You may even have some already....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
On my travels round the market town where I live, I popped in the greengrocer and amongst other things, bought a huge Savoy cabbage from the cheapy box for 50p. Looking up cabbage recipes, I came across Savoy Cabbage with Lentils at Abel & Cole – lots more...
