by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 21, 2016 | My Diary
My daughter got married in June 2015, and as part of her wedding gift, I thought it would be nice to make her a quilt with a purple theme, like the wedding theme. I found some dark purple fabric leftover from making a skirt and one of her Dads shirts, and went hunting...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 16, 2016 | My Diary
The last few days This week, the days are whizzing by extra fast! I don’t seem to be doing anything much except go to the gym, eat and digest! I’m being really good and recording every mouthful on myFitnesspal so I know accurately how many calories I’m having. A...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2016 | My Diary
Just had dinner, and I’m still hungry! We had what has become a favourite, peanut butter noodles with loads of veg and a tiny bit of chicken. It was tasty, satisfying, but now, half an hour later, my tummy is rumbling again. I’ve started a 12 week program...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 9, 2016 | Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes
Do you have a savoury flapjacks recipe? I was on the hunt for a savoury flapjacks recipe today. I Googled, as you do, and absolutely every single recipe I found had cheese in it, and carrots. By the tenth recipe, I was thinking s#d this, I’m going to do one without...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2016 | My Diary
Had a lovely day today. It started off early as I woke up at 5:00am. Millions of calories At 8:00 I went off up to the gym for my set up meeting with my new coach for the next 12 weeks. One of the things he did was work out how many calories he wanted me to eat,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Couple of use it ups today, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. Use it up meals, Roquefort tart and split pea soup. I was convinced I had blogged the split pea soup recipe before, but after extensive searching, I can’t find it, so I can’t have. It’s a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 2, 2016 | My Diary
Well, here we are again, another January 1st, and all the usual resolutions apply. The next 12 weeks I’ve signed up at the gym I go to to their new program. In a couple of days, I’ll be going to set up a 12 week program with them. They go through all your...
