by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 23, 2019 | Budgeting, Meal Plans, Saving Money
Generic weekly meal plans As many budgeters know, there are certain generic meals that can be endlessly modified, as well as all the wonderful recipes for these generic recipes, they will swallow whatever you have available, help in the weekly fridge clean out and use...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 17, 2019
Weekly Meal Plan TwelveFor this, our twelfth weekly meal plan for 2 adults and 2 children (up to around 10 needing 1700 calories each), we base it around a whole chicken, bacon, sausage and lots of vegetables.As at 16th February 2019, you will need £37 in your purse...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 13, 2019
Weekly Meal Plan Eleven For this, our eleventh weekly meal plan for 2 adults, we base it around a whole chicken, bacon and lots of vegetables. As at 11th February 2019, you will need £20.28 in your purse at the checkout, but the amount of food actually consumed (if...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 16, 2016 | Christmas
On Wednesday, we had our annual WI Christmas party. It was lovely! We all brought a plate of food to share. I was asked to hold a list of what people were bringing, as several years ago, we had far too many offerings with smoked salmon. Lovely as it is, there is such...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 4, 2016
Meal Plan Eleven The Eleventh Meal Plan – wow, that’s nearly three months worth! Plus all the celebration and 5 day ones! This one, as per usual shows 3 meals a day, plus some cakey extras to fill any gaps, for 7 days, for 2 adults, and this time, two 15...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 2, 2016 | My Diary
Back at the gym Had my three week review at the gym this morning. I had lost 1lb on the scales up there. Wasn’t even expecting that to be honest. Alex, my coach, went through everything. He examined in great detail the report I had printed off from myFitnessPal...
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 | Dec 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Productive day today. Had a rummage in the loft for Reverse Advent, made a loaf, some soup and an apple cake. So going today are; a surplus masala tin; several more cardboard boxes that held appliances that won’t need the box any more; an old sewing project that...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 27, 2015 | Meal Plan 10, Meal Plans
Very protracted journey home on Monday due to the closure of the A27, the A358 and the usual delays on the M25. Took us hours to get home – exhausting Tuesday was unpacking, washing, sorting the pile of post and all the usual jobs after a holiday. In the morning, the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 27, 2015
Meal Plan Ten The Tenth Meal Plan – we’re in double figures! The usual caveats apply, it shows 3 meals a day, plus some cakey extras to fill any gaps, for 7 days, for 2 adults. Change the meals around to suit yourself, combine the shopping list of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 11, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans
This is dinner on day 2 and 5 of Meal Plan 9 Pasta & Tomato Sauce serves 2 60g cheddar, grated,Asda 350g/£1.55, 27p 100g onion, Asda 1kg/59p, 6p 300g tinned tomatoes – NB, not a whole tin, 23p 150g value pasta, 500g/29p, 9p 20g veg oil, Asda litre/89p, 2p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans
I have been a lady who lunches this week. I know I am anyway, but it was even more this week. On Wednesday, it was a good friends 70th and we went to hers for a bit of a party. Lots of talk, laughs and giggles. Lovely. On Thursday, I was taken out for an Italian by...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plan 9
This delicious pie is from Meal Plan 9. The Meal Plan is for 2 people, providing everything needed for the week except drinks. I tried to update the prices today, but mySupermarket isn’t showing Aldi and the Aldi site itself is showing a limited selection of what they...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2015 | Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans
We had a power cut this morning, which was a pain as I wanted to test a couple of recipes. It went off in the small hours for an hour or so, making the phone by our bed bleep very loudly every now and then to tell us it was running out of charge. Then it came on for a...
