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 | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Had not one, but two Boxing Day classics today. I know it’s not actually Boxing Day, but it still feels like it! Plus I found this great graphic and I want to use it 😉 I dismantled the remains of the turkey this morning and slowly simmered the carcass in a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 13, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes
The lunching lady theme continued right through last week, right up to yesterday! I have been out for seven days on the trot, I can’t tell you just how much I need to catch up on. I was going to say I have a much less sociable diary this week until I glanced at it....
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 | Sep 2, 2014 | Cakes and Bakes
Migraines If you have been reading my ramblings for long, you will know that sometimes I get a migraine. I have had them for as long as I can remember and they are triggered by many things. Coffee, chocolate and alcohol are the food ones, then there is not enough, or...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2014 | Dinners, Meal Plan 11
Here is the recipe I promised you yesterday pastry 150g self raising flour, value flour 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75ml vegetable oil, £1.25 litre 9p filling 130g chicken, priced as in this post 99p 160g carrots, Asda SP £1.18p/2kg 9p 100g onion, Asda £1.08/2kg, 5p 3 eggs, Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 27, 2014 | Breakfast, Lunches
Here is another recipe from the CFR site, a delicious nut butter. Use it on toast for breakfast, or in sandwiches for lunch, maybe with a sliced tomato, or thick coins of cucumber in it too. A smear of jam would be a variation of the classic peanut butter and jam. You...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave them quite a different texture, more short than...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
Did some lovely muffins this afternoon. Mike kept looking hopefully in the tin and saying he wanted some biscuits. So I had a look in the cupboard to see what we have….lots! I have had two packets of coconut powder in there for a while, which is why we ended up with...
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, Meal Plan 12
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 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
Spiced parsnip soup is mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch, filling, warming and tasty. On meal plan 4, we have 2 soups during the week, this one and a green pea soup. To serve with them we have either herb bread or tomato scones. It is your choice...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 4, 2013 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 4
This recipe is one I have had in my recipe book for a very long time. As is the case with many curries, it is very variable. You can change the vegetables around pretty much to whatever you want for 4 servings, you will need 175g dried butter beans, 500g/£1.09, 38p 3...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 31, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I tried Jack’s recipe for Kale Pesto this week. I didn’t have any kale, but I did have some spring greens that needed using, so in they went. Jack used the soft cheese that has become one of my favourite ingredients, and crispy crumbs on top, which sounds delicious,...
