by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 31, 2015 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Aren’t antibiotics wonderful! I have had 5 tablets so far and I’m feeling so much better. I’m hoping for a decent nights sleep tonight. In bed, not sitting up in a chair. In fact , I think I shall go and lay down in bed and read some of my latest book and see if I can...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 30, 2015 | My Diary
Went to a U3A committee meeting this morning and hacked away all the way through, goodness only knows what they thought. And one of them is an ex-GP! After that I went off to an appointment at my own GP. He had a listen to my wheezy, bubbly, chest and announced that I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 28, 2015 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK), My Diary
Had to go to Tunbridge Wells today, first time I’ve been out of the house in 2 weeks. I walked up the road to a locksmith, all of 5 minutes away. I went really, really slowly and it was still a bit much for me. Got a bit giddy at one point. Still hacking away and my...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 27, 2015 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK)
LBLUK15 is coming up fast now. It is due to run 27th April to 1st May, although it can be done before that if I wanted to. I have been thinking about what I might buy with the £5 and this is what I am currently thinking of. Asda Aldi kg onions £0.68 £0.59 kg carrots...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 26, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Getting my strength back, bit by bit. It’s slow going, but I can feel it happening. Did the washing up this morning and the smallest of tidies in the kitchen, then had to have a sit down as I was worn out. On the up side, I didn’t have a coughing fit until...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
In the brief period I was on my feet yesterday, I made these. It’s a dinner on Meal Plan 8. There was very little food left to make anything by the time I got to that point on the plan, and I have been dubious about including them. I try and make the meal plans using...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 21, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 10
First of all, apologies for the recent lack of posts. I have been well and truly bugged over the last 10 days or so. Where I am, there has been a virulent virus doing the rounds that basically wipes you out for two weeks. It feels much more like flu than anything else...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 12, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plan 8
This is a yummy dinner on Meal Plan 8. Crispy veg, gorgeous, nutty, creamy sauce, yum yum. 100g chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 47p 100g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 11p 100g white cabbage, Asda 1kg/58p, 6p 100g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.14, 6p 40g peanut...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2015 | My Diary
Are you feeling stressed today, will you have trouble sleeping tonight? I am sensitive to caffeine in tea, coffee, cola etc, and the caffeine and theobromine in chocolate. If I have any, not only am I very likely to get a migraine, but it will probably keep me awake...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 10, 2015 | All Recipes, Other
Went to the third Cooking Around The World class last night. We made Beef Rendang, a spicy Indonesian beef and coconut curry, and Gado Gado, a layered vegetable salad with Katjan sauce, which is a spicy peanut sauce. We’re having the Rendang with some rice this...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 8, 2015 | My Diary
I sorted through my costume jewellery yesterday to see if I could sieve some out, there seemed to be too many. These three are my favourite necklaces. I wear them again and again and again. The blue glass one I got at a craft fair. The seller spends her winters in...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 7, 2015 | My Diary
I’ve tried testing a recipe three times so far and it just won’t go right, so I’ll delay posting it until it does. Went out last night for a birthday celebration to Pilio, a fabulous small Greek bistro in Heathfield. It is extremely popular, so popular in fact, that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 5, 2015 | Live Below The Line UK (LBLUK)
Here on Thrifty Lesley, we explore many ways of eating on £1 a day. And that is quite enough of a challenge for me. I couldn’t even contemplate existing on that £1 for everything. This email pinged into my inbox today and I reproduce it more or less in full as it...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Got a very busy day today. Been catching up on paperwork and doing lots of little jobs – where do they all come from. I’m off to WI committee in a bit, a quick bite round the Presidents house, then we’re off to see Love’s Labour’s Won,...
