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Chocolate Muffins. Quick, easy, great for packups and very cheap
These are beautiful! A soft and springy crumb, with little bits of crispy / chewiness from the cocoa nibs. Keep muffins in the freezer as they stale quickly. Good for popping into a packup, taking on picnics, or for after school. If you’re feeling really decadent, give them a few seconds in the microwave to warm through and serve with cream, ice cream or custard.
Chicken liver parfait
Chicken liver parfait that’s smooth unctuous and rich. Vary it around the amount of ingredients you have, it’s very accommodating
How To Make Beeswax Wraps & A Sandwich Bag for mere pence
How to make reusable beeswax wraps and a sandwich bag, and for just pennies
Weekend Baguette Recipe
Would you like a foolproof baguette recipe? And no kneading either. Crispy on the outside, light and fluffy on the inside, and with a lovely texture that’s chewy and delicious.
Chicken with butternut squash and pesto tart
An easy and adaptable tart using puff pastry. Topped with pesto, butternut squash and chicken. Good cold the next day too as a packed lunch
Less than 500 calories
All the recipes on Thrifty Lesley that are 500 calories or less per portion
Vegetarian Recipes
Want to see any vegetarian recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are
Vegan Recipes
Want to see any vegan recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are
My Diary
If you like following along with the bits from my life that I share - they're all here!
How to poach a chicken and make it last the family a whole week
Why poach a chicken? Two main reasons. Poaching means that your chicken meat will be beautifully moist, much more so than a roasted one, and with little effort on your behalf. And secondly, much less fuel is used to cook it, and little heat is generated, relevant if you are doing this in a kitchen in the summer.
Free groceries from Marks and Spencer
The goodies I bought with Marks and Spencers vouchers
How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week
How to stretch a chicken to feed the family for the whole week with 7 different budget stretching chicken recipes