by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2023 | All Recipes, Lunches
This is a very simple soup, made with just 4 ingredients, and saucepan to table in just 30 minutes. It contains a head of broccoli including all the stalk, red lentils, an onion and some seasoning. Change the broccoli to another vegetable and get a completely...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
No Churn Chocolate Ice Cream You don’t need to make an egg custard and you don’t need an ice cream maker to make no churn chocolate ice cream. There isn’t a trace of an ice crystal crunch either. If you leave it to get fully frozen, take it out at least half an hour...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 7, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
Chocolate Scones My husband was desperate for some chocolate, but we were in Covid19 lockdown, so didn’t want to go to the shops for something so frivolous. So I thought I’d bake him something chocolatey as I still had some flour. Hmm, how about some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 10, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Other, Sides
Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what The U3A cooking group met at my house this week. When wondering what to make, I thought, like last December,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 1, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas – Spiced Pot au Chocolat with a Spiced Biscuit This spiced pot au chocolat, little chocolate pots, with a spiced biscuit or two, is from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. It’s even more lovely than I thought it would be! Pot au Chocolat...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2018 | All Recipes, Other
Have you, like me, been making wonderfully fresh and delicious home made jam from all the fantastic produce available in the summer, perhaps from garden or allotment? I simply love loading up the cupboards with jars of jewel coloured preserves. Home Made Jam Recently,...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Busy, busy, busy, plus a long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p A long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p Well phew, what a busy weekend. And you should see my diary for the next...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 7, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing Two very yummy meals today. First up was breakfast after Fitstep class, so I was pretty hungry. Crisped up some focaccia from the freezer in a frying pan, with a couple of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 7, 2017 | All Recipes, Lunches, Things You May Never Need To Make Again
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again – Hummus Here is the 2nd in the series of Things You May Never Need To Make Again. The increasingly popular – hummus Hummus Once you’ve made hummus at home, will you ever want the bought version again? For the smoothest...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 11, 2017 | All Recipes, Lunches, Other
30+ different flavours for baked bean hummus / paté, a LCHF recipe, or fat free! Whilst gardening on Saturday, I was musing about baked bean paté / hummus and what different flavours could be achieved. I came up with over 30 without trying very hard at all! And as I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2017 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Salted caramel cheesecake It was the U3A AGM yesterday. We offer tea and biscuits usually, but because it was the AGM we upgraded to cakes. I decided to take some cheesecakes in ramekins. I did a strawberry topped one and this salted caramel using a recipe I’ve used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 30, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy! Today, we’re talking what to do with that lovely homemade paneer, well, one thing anyway! A delicious paneer curry. I really like this and make it often, usually with shop bought paneer. Maybe not again?...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 17, 2016 | All Recipes, Lunches, My Diary
Leftovers for lunch We had a guest last night and had a roast chicken. I picked all the rest of the meat off this morning and the carcass is simmering as we speak. I did some roast cauliflower and carrots to go with the chicken. The veg were drizzled with oil and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too going through my cook books I have been looking through a few of my (far too many really! ) cook books recently. I do this every now and again, and note down any recipes I like the look of. One of...
