by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2014 | Dinners
Using the lamb ragu that was made yesterday, today I made a moussaka. I have actually ended up using half the ragu yesterday and half today. But yesterday, the shepherds pie I made for the boys working hard plastering had enough left over to feed me as well, so that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 26, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Doing lunch today for SIL (who is plastering our ceiling) and DP, using lamb mince from the freezer stash, it occurred to me that I could do something similar to the trio of recipes I did recently using beef mince. I did a beef ragu using a 500g pack of mince and made...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 25, 2014 | Christmas, My Diary
A friend and I went to a startup WI meeting last night. It was proposed that a WI was started up in Heathfield itself. Unfortunately only 5 people turned up, including my friend and I, plus 4 WI advisors. The main person organising it said that it had been well...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2014 | My Diary
The de-humidifier has been running, but the windows were still streaming this morning. It all takes a while to dry out. Walls next! Yesterday, SIL-to-be plastered our ceiling. Not much to look at in a picture, but another big step forward. The de-humidifier has been...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Not so much a recipe today, as almost a serving suggestion. I was supposed to be testing Miss South’s Scotch Broth from her book, Slow Cooked today. <br /> However, I had a lot of various minced meat in the freezer, so decided to use some minced beef...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 18, 2014 | Christmas, My Diary
Had a simple pea soup for lunch today. I used butter in place of the veg oil for a little extra flavour. It was served with a small Sharwoods nan bread from Approved Food, one of several packets that I have in the freezer. I have been serving these as accompaniments...
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 15, 2014 | My Diary
If I said to you I was going to bake a loaf, what would you think of? I would think of mixing flour, water, yeast and salt, giving the dough a good mix, leaving it to prove, knocking it back, shaping it, leaving for a second rise, then baking it in a hot hot oven....
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 14, 2014 | My Diary
I have just been doing my meal planning for the week and this week, I shall be trialling some recipes from Miss South’s book, Slow Cooked. The book is packed with delicious sounding recipes and I’m pretty sure some of them will cost out to our budget, or...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 13, 2014 | My Diary
Several things to report back on today. I have been quiet I know for a week, but I have an excuse Miss! There is a lot of colon cancer in my family, much of my Dad’s family dying from it, so I am monitored on a regular basis. Two years ago they found something that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 5, 2014 | Christmas, My Diary
Saw these cutest of cute little knitted mini Christmas Stockings on Elaine Colliar’s blog, Mortgage Free In Three on Monday. I made the tiny pink one, and will be making a tiny toy to go in it so that DGD can give it to her dolly. How cute is that! Then I thought I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 3, 2014 | My Diary
More lovely family times were had this week. Both daughters, a DGD and a SIL, and myself went off to Dunorlan Park on Saturday night to watch the charity firework display held there every year. I love fireworks, the smell of the gunpowder, the crump that you feel in...