by admin | Jul 16, 2014 | My Diary, Saving Money
I used to wear makeup every day when I went to work in an office, plus heels and huge Pat Butcher earrings. I don’t wear any of those much now. The most I wear in the makeup line is a slick of tinted moisturiser, a teeny bit of eye shadow and a little mascara...
by admin | Jul 14, 2014 | My Diary
These are some of the Brandywine beefsteak tomatoes in the greenhouse. An old fashioned variety and with a superb flavour These are ordinary tomato size in a variety called Tigerella. They were recommended by a friend for their flavour, and they are very fine and...
by admin | Jul 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Inspired by yesterday’s salady success, I had another one today. This one was 80g dried butter beans, soaked and cooked, Asda Great Scott 375g/£1.18, 25p I think this is the equivalent of a tin? Some lettuce and rocket from the garden Half a red pepper, very finely...
by admin | Jul 11, 2014 | My Diary
I was out all day yesteday, from early until 9:30, and no time to do a post. We caught a coach from Chiddingly, organised by their Horticultural Society. They have an annual outing, on a coach, to two gardens of interest. One of my friends from WI lives in Chiddingly,...
by admin | Jul 9, 2014 | My Diary
Had a lovely afternoon at our annual WI garden party. This was our tea table. I had just prepped 7 kilos of strawberries. Took me AGES! The reddy looking scones are our tomato scones, made small, and with some black olives from Approved Foods added. The sandwich end...
by admin | Jul 8, 2014 | My Diary
At half past four this afternoon, a builder pal of DP’s and his four labouring lads piled into the house. They hoisted the lintel up into place in a trice. At one point one of the lads, a skinny youngster, looked no more than 17, had the entire weight of the lintel,...
by admin | Jul 7, 2014 | My Diary
Had a fasting day today, so am starving. Really looking forward to breakfast tomorrow. Spent the afternoon at a friends. She has a garden that is big enough for a small holding and asks me round to pick blackcurrants because she doesn’t get round to using them...
by admin | Jul 6, 2014 | My Diary
Following on from yesterdays post about bread, I dug out some focaccia from the freezer, made on the course. It was the broad bean and blue cheese one. In a frying pan, I put some scraps of cooking bacon and rendered them down for a bit, then added the focaccia,...
by admin | Jul 5, 2014 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Round Up Post
I posted this yesterday afternoon, and it didn’t go! Drat. Having another go now I have a lot of bread in the freezer from our bread making course, much of it not in slices or a state of freshness to use as toast or sandwiches. So I thought I would have a little...
by admin | Jul 3, 2014 | Lunches
Snatched a very quick lunch today amongst the grit and grime. DP had bought a crispy baquette up the paper shop. He ‘goes to buy a paper’ every day, first thing, and he can be gone for an hour or more. He has a conversation with everyone he sees and comes back with...
by admin | Jul 2, 2014 | My Diary
I am covered in filth! Brick dust in my hair and clothes, I’m sweaty, I have cobwebs and plaster and those weed things that stick to you everywhere. This is what the kitchen and extension look like now. You can see the acrow props holding up the roof, and right...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
Had a scrummy dinner this evening. One of those made up things, but similar to the Spring Green Breakfast Pancakes. This time, I chopped up the inner, paler, leaves of a head of spring greens. Sliced up a couple of onions and sauted them until soft, added the...
