by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9
Had this for my lunch today, mmmm, very yummy serves 2 130g cheese Asda 350g/£1.55, 58p 200g potatoes, Asda 59p/kg, 12p 40g ham, Asda 400g/£1.49, 15p 60g olives Asda drained weight 180g/£1.29, 43p Total cost £1.28, 64p per portion Slice up the potatoes, no need to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 28, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
I made a recipe from this months Slimming World magazine yesterday. A classic Greek dish, Pastitsio. It’s supposed to feed four, but when I went to layer it up in a four portion dish, the dish was nowhere near big enough. I had to decant it and it made ten, yes, ten,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 27, 2015 | My Diary
A friend sent me these tips for dieting under stress. I thought they were so useful, I would pass them on. 10 Rules On How To Combine A Successful Diet, With Life As A Normal Human Being 1. If you eat something, and no one sees you, then the food has no calories 2....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 26, 2015 | My Diary
Phew, busy day today. I decided the bedroom was well overdue a thorough clean. Vacuumed all inside the sliding door wardrobe. My goodness, where on earth does all that crud and dust come from. I keep my numerous shoes in boxes in an effort to keep them dust free and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
As we have no power on this, the No Power Plan, to refrigerate, wrap the cheese in a damp tea towel to keep it as fresh as possible, and keep it in as cool a place as you can. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 250g Cheshire cheese, Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 24, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
As we have no power on this, the no power plan, to refrigerate, have this meat product on the first day. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 200g haslet, Asda 250g/75p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.18, 12p Half a tin of value sweet corn, drained, 35p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 23, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners
Tea this evening was one of the Quinoa and Chickpea burgers from yesterday. I got some wholemeal rolls from the local Spar, on our way back from a day out. Definitely not frugal, £1.50 for 4! I made some hoummous using a tin of chickpeas, the remains of a jar of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
Did you miss me? Goodness, where did that week go. Things have been extra manic here this last week, with every minute crammed full and no time left to blog. I’ve missed our chats and have had lots of things to write about and absolutely no time to do it. But back...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2015 | No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
This is dinner on 2 days on the No Power Meal Plan. Use this same amount on both days, using the tin of blackeye beans on one day and the kidney beans on the other. Serves 2 half a tin hotdogs, Asda 49p, 25p 30ml oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 4p 100g carrot, Asda £1.18/2kg,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 12, 2015 | My Diary
Well Wimbledon is finished for another year. I have seen some exciting tennis and been on the edge of my seat lots of times. I love this tournament and watch as much of it as I can. It’s strange tho, I don’t watch tennis at any other time, it’s just...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 10, 2015 | Lunches, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
I know sandwiches are hardly a recipe, but I wanted to go through the quantities and prep, just to be clear. For the hoummous and carrot sandwiches Serves 2 Tin of chickpeas, drained, use half the tin. Asda 4 for £1, 12p 100g carrots, grated, no need to peel, Asda,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 9, 2015 | Breakfast, Recipes Using No Power
This lovely Bircher muesli is from Rose Elliot’s book, Vegetarian Cookery, which I’ve had for ever. I use lots of recipes from it and it was one of my standby books when we were both vegetarian. The muesli is wonderfully delicious. Rose recommends having it with...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 8, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast
Had a lovely day yesterday afternoon. The U3A budget cookery group came round and we did some puddings. We started off with Delia’s Chocolate Roulade, then Oaty Apple Crumble, Easy Cheesecakes and Chocolate Ice Cream. With a detour via making garlicky Boursin using...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Picked lots and lots of raspberries and loganberries from the canes in the garden this afternoon, they’re doing really well. Lots more to come yet. So, you know what I’m going to say now don’t you! Yes, I made some raspberry ice cream! It thickened up so nicely in the...