by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2023 | All Recipes, Sides
One of the u3a groups that I belong to has a group called Cookalong. In it, we decide on a theme, soups say, Easter bakes or, next month, hearty salads. We all make one, take it along to group, and all taste and talk about the various recipes. One month, we did...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2021 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 2, Sides
Caramelised Onions Post first written in January 2015, refreshed and updated November 2021 In Meal Plan 2, there are 750g of onions left after all the recipes have been made, so I thought I’d use them to make this very useful condiment to use as you wish...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 22, 2021 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories
Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks and Thighs I made these lovely honey soy chicken drumsticks recently, using Aldi chicken thighs instead of drumsticks. I prefer thighs really, I think they are the best cut on a chicken, much more succulent than a breast, and a lot of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2016 | Other, Sides, Things You May Never Need To Make Again
Things you may never need to buy again – mustard Home made mustard? I occasionally buy lovely mustard from local artisans when I go to agricultural fairs and food fairs. I’ve always thought that it looked like it might be easy to make. But, until this month, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 29, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
A kitchen experiment, Pea-Crumb Fritters, 6p Did one of my very favourite things today and had a play in the kitchen and ended up with these pea-crumb fritters. Have been thinking about doing some kind of frittery thing using mushy peas for a while now. Had a little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart, split pea soup. Soup just 13p Couple of use it ups today, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. Use it up meals, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. I was convinced I had blogged the split pea soup recipe before, but after extensive...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 15, 2015 | All Recipes, Other
Auntie Louisa’s Chutney Today’s recipe is from a reader, Tass Smith. Tass generously offered her chutney recipe when I said just how many apples I had picked from our little Fiesta Tree and was wondering what to do with them all. This recipe came from my...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
We had this lovely recipe for dinner this evening. I found the idea on the web, but can’t remember where now. It was a slow cooker recipe, but I just bubbled it on the hob, and I’ve tweaked it, as you do. It’s a strong flavoured sauce, robust and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 13, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
I was sure I had blogged this recipe before, but I can’t find it, so I can’t have done. It is yet another recipe from this months Slimming World – a good haul of recipes I like this time. Their recipe is called Cheesy Lentil Lasagna. They use cottage cheese, just on...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 3, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Transform tomato cannon balls to taste bomb tomatoes Happy Easter! If, after eating all those hot cross buns and chocolate eggs, you feel the need for some vegetables…… I was looking through my recipe folder yesterday and came across this recipe. I thought it was from...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 2
Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad, 24p a pop Dinner this evening were these delicious little drop scones, accompanied by crispy fried onions and a carrot salad with a few raisins sprinkled in and spritzed with lemon juice. I only ate...
