by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 22, 2020 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Puddings / Desserts
Easy Poached Pears Without Alcohol I made these rather wonderful easy poached pears without wine today when we had guests for lunch. I thought I’d see if I could frugalise the recipe. I have described these as with no alcohol, although I realise that the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2016 | Breakfast, Round Up Post
Overnight Oats – squillions of ideas I am a new convert to overnight oats, and I’m loving them. These are wonderful if you are time stretched. You can make up dishes ready to be topped, or a big bowl that can be used over several days, or directly in...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2016 | All Recipes, Other
60% fat and vanilla extract First day of my new workouts today. I thought if I started the week on a Sunday, I might even get to do those five sessions that my coach asked. It was very intense, very hard work, and took 2.5 hours, and I felt amazing afterwards. Weight...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 10, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Busy, busy and banana cake I’m pretty tired right now. I’m doing the catering for the WI AGM lunch tomorrow for 40 people. Chicken casserole with mushrooms, carrots, onions and tomato, served with green beans and new potatoes. Followed by lemon pot, with fancy little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 30, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Meal Plan 8
These are from meal plan 8. Use them whenever you need the calories. 200g self raising flour, value 1.5kg/45p, 6p 200g sugar, Asda 1kg/59p, 12p 100g vegetable oil, 1 litre/£1.25, 12p 80g creamed coconut, chopped up fine 200g/76p, 30p for 24 biscuits from the batch, 3p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 15, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Puddings / Desserts
A few friends are coming to dinner tomorrow, so this evening, I am making a pudding. Delia Smith’s Chocolate Squidgy Log, something I’ve made lots and lots of times. This is another recipe from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course This is a quality pudding, that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 17, 2014 | My Diary
Had a pitta stuffed with soft cheese, carrot and lemon zest for lunch, along with a bit of leftover coleslaw from yesterday. Followed by a handful of grapes and a pear. So super healthy lunch today. I have taken to doing coleslaw dressing the Slimming World way as I...
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...
