by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 15, 2023 | Christmas, Meal Plans, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. No need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious vegetarian Christmas festive meal, without spending a fortune. Re-Priced...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 18, 2021 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners
I was watching a programme on cranberries and what to do with them and one of the chefs talked about a creamy base of leeks, topped with a crumble mix. I thought it sounded really nice, but they hadn’t put that recipe on the internet for that programme, so I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 1
Chickpea Crumble This post was first published in June 2013 and updated and republished in June 2021 Chickpeas are incredibly nutritious, packed full of protein and complex carbohydrates. They have been grown for 1000’s of years and in 2019, the world grew 19...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches
Christmas leftovers – part 4. Chestnut Soup; Fruit Crumble Toppings; Mixed Nut Butter; Turkey Zombie Burgers Part 4 of our attack on those Christmas leftovers. Chestnuts, and no stuffing Don’t know about you, but I always buy several packs of ready to eat...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base and walnuts in the topping. One of the recipes from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. Savoury Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble Base mixture Priced at Asda December 2018 100g red cabbage, chopped not in the shops...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 3, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners
We had a roast chicken on Friday, so I had lots of lovely leftovers to do something with. This is the first thing I did, a lovely buttery leek base, along with the chicken, in a white sauce, and topped with an oaty savoury crumble with a hint of stuffing. The topping...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2017 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Darkness and Light January and February are such dark and gloomy months. I like to get outside whenever I can to get some daylight on my face. Can’t say sunshine as there probably wont be any! Yesterday, Mike had cabin fever and was pacing the house, it was dark,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, My Diary
low carb soup Still on my quest for nice things to eat on this high fat, now even more low carb, diet my coach has put me on, I thought I’d do some soup. I love soup and have it often. It suddenly occurred to me today that if I didn’t put in my usual scoop...
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 | Apr 26, 2015 | Meal Plans, My Diary
Has the poop hit the fan? Do you need to feed people for less than £1 a day? Crucial question, do you have a larder?If you do, then these recipes may help. There are no exotic ingredients, just ordinary things like carrots, onions, flour, rapeseed oil, oats, sugar,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 3, 2014 | My Diary
Went to Beachy Head today for a walk around and to get my daily step count up to the 10,000 mark. What magnificent views there are from up there. Just enough of a breeze to blow the cobwebs away, lovely. Lots and lots of people all doing the same thing. Many of which...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
A damp bank holiday What a very damp Bank Holiday that was! And it’s set to be much the same all through this half term week. I am looking out of the windows at the front and the back of the house and there are big weeds that need uprooting, but I don’t enjoy...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 12, 2014 | My Diary
Have been sat at my desk a lot lately, and just couldn’t face more pc time to do any posts. Been stuck there again today and have been taking breaks to do things like the ironing! Comes to something when the ironing is a break! Still, was determined to get some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans, Puddings / Desserts
Sunday Lunch DP and I often have a Sunday lunch at, erm, lunchtime, then in the evening we have a pudding, often a fruit crumble with custard or evaporated milk. I always used to make custard using dried powder and UHT milk. Then one day, having spotted value custard,...
