by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 25, 2015 | My Diary
It was the WI garden group this afternoon. We were off to Sheffield Park to see the snowdrops. I anxiously looked at the sky all morning, it was overcast, drizzling a bit and generally not very nice. We met at the hall and car shared and as we were driving over, we...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2015 | My Diary
I am fizzing with enthusiasm this morning! I went to Claverham College last evening for the first of a five week course on Cooking Around the World. I was hoping that the tutor would be good as he does loads of different courses there, and he was. He was extremely...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
This is a variation of Tomato Dahl, just replacing the tomatoes with spinach. I’ve used individual spices here, but you could use the equivalent amount of any curry powder or any curry paste. Make sure you sizzle the spices/paste in the oil. The tomatoes/spinach can...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 21, 2015 | My Diary
Got a horrible shock this morning. Got out of bed, looked out of the window, and it was snowing. Really hard! Yuk! It snowed for several hours, piling up on the cars, path and road, then the sun came out and it melted away, then we had hail, followed by rain. We seem...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 20, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Ooh, I am achey this evening. I had my gym re-assessment this morning. They are lovely lads up there, and very encouraging and interested in your progress. I have been given an amended programme, with a couple of new things to do which keeps me interested. He pushed...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 19, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4
Basic Flapjack Recipe This recipe uses some of what we have left on meal plan 4. Usually when I make flapjacks, I would use some golden syrup, which sticks them together and makes them deliciously sticky, but we don’t have any of that. We have just this little...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 18, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
After the successful experiment with chicken and sun dried tomato paste, I couldn’t resist having a go with some beef. We had had a beef joint recently and the leftovers were sliced and frozen for another day. So out came some of that and I used the same...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 14, 2015 | My Diary
Happy Valentines! DP bought me a big bunch of lilies, my favourite flowers. They will be scenting the whole kitchen in a couple of days. We were going to have Avocado, Tomato and Orange Salad today, but when I went to Sainsbugs to get the avocados, they were like...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 13, 2015 | My Diary
On Monday, I did a quick recipe post after a busy, and lovely, day. We had a WI committee lunch. The 11 committee members all brought some food, and we invited 11 of the members who make a special contribution to the success of our WI, the group leaders and such. I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 9, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
If you are following Meal Plan 8, use the chicken stock you made earlier, and the green lentils you cooked earlier in the week. Chicken Noodle Soup 100g onions, Asda 2kg/ £1.08, 5p 100g white cabbage Asda 57p/kg, 6p 100g carrots, Asda 57p/kg, 6p 100g egg noodles Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 8, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This is lunch on Day 1 of Meal Plan 4. 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g carrots, Asda 1kg/ 57p, 11p 300g potatoes Asda 2.5kg/£1.69, 20p 150g peas Asda 1kg/98p,15p 75g dried butter beans Asda 500g/£1.09, 16p 30g veg oil £1.25/litre, 4p Total cost 74p, serves 2, 37p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session. It didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 6, 2015 | Saving Money, Valentines Day Ideas
Well here we are again, February 14th and the marketing extravaganza for all things heart shaped, padded red satin and cutesy teddies. Suggested menu this year Raw carrot, apple and cashew soup Tapas of Patatas bravas, spinach dumplings and lemony butter...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
How to Make Farl made with dried mash This is a very overdue recipe from Meal Plan 3. Farl made with dried potato. With many thanks to Miss South who came up with dried mash gnochhi and farl Makes 2 servings Asda dried potato, 120g/28p pk, 12p 90g plain flour,...
