by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 31, 2015 | My Diary
Got these crocus growing on the windowsill. It’s so lovely to see their cheerfulness on such a bleak day. Feels like spring is not far away. DP is hacking bits off our kitchen ceiling as the blighter is still leaking. He has tried two things that he thought would...
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 | Jan 29, 2015 | My Diary
Yeurgh – it’s snowing here, right now. I hate the blimmin’ stuff. Got two things I’m supposed to be doing tomorrow, if it’s still around, they’ll get cancelled Mum is down from Northampton and staying with my brother. They came over today and Mum bought us all a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 28, 2015 | Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
Peanut butter and coconut pancakes with sweet chilli Serves 2 100g value self raising flour, 1.5kg/45p, 3p 40g peanut butter, Asda 340g/62p, 7p 10g coconut cream, KTC 200g/76p, 4p 15ml oil to fry with, litre/£1.25, 2p 20g sweet chilli sauce Asda 150ml/£1, 13p Total...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 27, 2015 | Lunches, Meal Plan 8
On Monday I went to Tunbridge Wells to use the BBC Radio Kent studio there for a live transmission to BBC Radio Coventry. While I was there, it’s 17 miles from home, I decided to pop into M&S. We use an Amex credit card everywhere they are accepted as they give a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 26, 2015 | Dinners
Recipe today from the lovely Deborah who contacted Thrifty Lesley on Facebook with lots of ideas for haggis. This is one of them. Asda has 454g haggis for just £1.50 right now. So if you want it, now’s your chance. This is Deborah’s recipe for Haggis Lasagne. This...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 25, 2015 | Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Serves 4 120g value plain yogort, 500g/45p, 11p 100g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 5p 50g bean sprouts, Asda 360g/50p, 7p 200g white cabbage, Asda 1kg/58p, 12p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.14, 11p 160g dry weight green lentils, 411g cooked 500g/£1, 32p 60ml oil, 1 litre/£1.25,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 24, 2015 | Dinners, Lunches
I’ve had a little play with the shopping list ingredients, shared them out over the 7 days and this is what I’m thinking of at the moment Breakfast Lunch Dinner day 1 porridge lentil burgers with oriental salad chicken casserole with dumplings day 2 pancakes...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 22, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 8
Made these at tea time. I’ve been working out the recipes for the new meal plan. I need to use up all the groceries on the shopping list, or the people following it wouldn’t have enough calories for the week. I found that I had some oats, oil, onions and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 21, 2015 | My Diary
The diet is going well. I’m going to the gym on Mon/Tues and Thurs/Fri. Yesterday, I procrastinated all day until 7pm, when I finally found the impetus to get my bum out of the door and up the road to the gym. Of course, I felt better once I was there and working...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 18, 2015 | My Diary
This was breakfast this morning, or rather lunch, as it was noon and I had not felt hungry enough to eat before then. A couple of slices of granary toast. One with Olive and Tomato Curd, the other with Mackerel Pate. Both were scrumptious. Rest of the day was a bit...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 17, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Other
Wondering what to talk about today, I thought I would have a go at a savoury curd, as discussed in the cranberry curd post. I had lots of olives in the fridge, so now was a good time. I mulched them up with a hand blender and mixed them with the eggs and butter and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 15, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Puddings / Desserts
A few friends are coming to dinner tomorrow, so this evening, I am making a pudding. Delia Smith’s Chocolate Squidgy Log, something I’ve made lots and lots of times. This is another recipe from Delia Smith’s Complete Cookery Course This is a quality pudding, that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 14, 2015 | My Diary
Woke up this morning feeling my old self, hooray! Went up the gym and did my new workout. Phew, it was hard! But then it’s supposed to be, and will get easier over the six weeks it will be in place. Lots of lifting weights in this one. After the six weeks, I...