by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2020 | All Recipes, Other
Green Tomato Recipes It’s October at the time of writing and anyone who has been growing tomatoes over the summer will be bringing the last of them indoors as they will struggle to ripen outdoors now, even in a greenhouse. The days are too short, and the sun is...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese? Do you have cheese sandwiches for lunch? Are you a little tired of them, or maybe wanting to ring the changes a little? How about making a potted cheese. I have lots of little bits and pieces of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Panzanella with lovely sun ripened tomatoes. I’ve rewritten this post a bit, and taken some new pictures. Panzanella is gorgeous with very ripe, full flavoured summer tomatoes. In 2013, I tried Panzanella for the first time. I was looking through one of Hugh...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 10, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners
Tomato Lasagna Another entry for the library of lasagne – a tomato one. This is one I made a while ago and posted on Facebook, but didn’t write a proper post Tomato Lasagna Serves 4. Priced at Asda March 2019 Ragu layer 1 large onion, finely chopped, 75p/kg,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 30, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce I have been making these rather wonderful nut balls for decades and can’t now remember where I got the original recipe from, I suspect it is a Cranks one. They are very simple to make, not requiring any complicated method,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 17, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Bacony tomatoey pasta This recipe was suggested by Ailsa Jones on the Facebook group. Look in the comments if you’d like to see the original recipe. I forgot the garlic and the smoked paprika mind, and they would both be lovely additions. Bacony tomatoey pasta...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan – Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base and walnuts in the topping. One of the recipes from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. Savoury Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble Base mixture...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 10, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food Having recently been on holiday, and enjoying the local food, I was keen to explore some traditional Greek food recipes when I got back. A reader, Vera George, who is Greek, offered some of her...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Round Up Post
Love your Leftovers – Salad. What you can do with it One of the most wasted food items are bags of salad leaves. They are packed in a protective atmosphere and often wilt very quickly once the pack is opened. But, leftover salad ? What on earth can you do with...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 6, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Things You May Never Need To Make Again
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again – Pasta Sauce I started this series of Things You May Never Need To Buy Again ages ago, here, here and here, but I’ve decided that no one will be able to find them. So I’m redoing them as separate posts and will do lots...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2017 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Round Up Post
8 Sandwich Pastes for super cheap sandwiches and toast toppers I have made lots of different sandwich pastes and toast toppers. This round up post gathers together 8 of them. I’ve really liked each of them. They are quick and cheap to make, freeze well and can be used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2017 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Tomato & Chive Soda Bread Twenty years ago, I was, and still am, a great admirer of the chef Lesley Waters. She used to make a lot of vegetarian recipes, using ordinary ingredients to make lovely tasty things. I bought two of her books way back when, including...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Sides
Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce) Cipolline is pronounced chip-oh-LEE-nay and is a flat type of onion used in Italy for this dish. How to make Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce) Peel some onions, without removing the roots,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 25, 2017 | All Recipes, Other
The easiest sundried tomatoes in olive oil – ever! And use them in instant tomato pan fried focaccia A couple of very quick things for you today. Super simple. Do you remember I bought some big bags of wonderful sun dried tomatoes from Healthy Supplies. They...
