by Thrifty Lesley | May 31, 2014 | All Recipes, Lunches
Tried a wholemeal flour tortilla today at lunchtime, just to see what it would be like, and it was scrummy I used the same ingredients as before, but made 2 larger tortilla, rather than 4 smaller ones. Needed my biggest pans to do it, and they were lapped up the sides...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 29, 2014 | My Diary
We finally had some sunshine this afternoon, so I covered over the two cherry trees in the front garden with a shroud of Enviromesh to keep the blackbirds from pinching the cherries when they ripen. They are just beginning to blush pink now. A squirrel is getting into...
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 25, 2014 | My Diary
Oops, thought I had posted this last night! We’ve got a skip outside at the moment, and today we have been busy tipping stuff into it. From early this morning DP and myself have been shovelling spoil from the foundations etc into a wheelbarrow and pushing it round the...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 23, 2014 | My Diary
Had to go to Tunbridge Wells today and ended up walking from one end of the town to the other, had sore feet by the end. I use an M&S credit card for absolutely everything, to collect the points, making sure I pay it off in full every month. Then every now and...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 20, 2014 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Breakfast, Lunches
Couple of successful experiments today. First up were these bubble and squeak pancakes this morning. I had made a curry a few days previously, including a side dish of some spring greens swooshed up with a few spices, tomato, garlic and ginger. They were lovely by the...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 19, 2014 | My Diary
Well, we are robin-less! Yesterday, they were there in the morning, busily flying to and fro, to and fro, to and fro. In the afternoon, I mentioned that I hadn’t seen them for an hour or so, and DP said, no, he hadn’t either. And that was it. They cleared off without...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 15, 2014 | My Diary
Yet another pancake variation this morning. After the WI lunch yesterday, I had some raspberries left over. So this morning, I used self raising flour as usual, but instead of water, I used raspberries. They had been frozen, so were very juicy, and I had added a good...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 14, 2014 | My Diary
Well we definitely have robin chicks. When both birds were out collecting food, I had a quick peep at the nest and what did I see but a little head and beak peeking over the edge. Very excited I rushed to get the picture taking equipment, and by the time I had got...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 13, 2014 | My Diary
Am pretty tired right now. It is the annual Resolutions lunch at the WI tomorrow. It can be one of the duller meetings, so we provide a lunch to lure members into attending. The ploy works well 😉 So I have spent today shopping for and cooking 36 portions of...
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 | May 9, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast
I am a bit frustrated at the moment. The last two meal plans I put up are for 1 person, so I thought it would be interesting to amalgamate the two, and make one weeks plan for 2 people. I envisaged it as a bit of a 5 minute job. But I have fiddled and twiddled trying...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 6, 2014 | My Diary
Well what a lovely Bank Holiday that was. Nice, sunny, warm day. Pity we don’t have anywhere to sit outside yet. What will be our sit ooterie is currently covered in rubble and building supplies. We went out to our favourite Indian on Saturday evening with DD1 and...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I was cruising around the internet last night looking for ways to use radishes, as the box I grew in the greenhouse is now stuffed full of the most perfect specimens. Not a slug bite out of any of them, lovely size, nice and peppery. Gorgeous, the best ones I have...
