Thrifty Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: 50% off at La Tasca

Fancy some cut-price Spanish food? The Daily Telegraph is running an offer for 50 per cent off food at tapas chain La Tasca. The offer runs until 19 April and covers a table of up to four diners. The online … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 April 3, 2009

Thrifty Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Free Marcus Wareing Cookbook

Are you in the UK? If you are, buy tomorrow’s Sunday Telegraph – and get a free hardback cookbook by tip-top Michelin-starred chef Marcus Wareing! Full details of the offer can be found here. The only catch is that you … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty2 February 27, 2009

Thrifty Food, Thrifty Home

(Late) Friday Bargains: Flowers & More from Morrisons

I must apologise for the extremely late running of Friday Bargains. This is because I was out on the razzle when I should have been posting. It’s all come good though: I was moping around Morrisons at the weekend and… … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty2 February 16, 2009

Thrifty Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Free pizza!

Okay, two things: i) Yes, this is my second recent post about Orange. They aren’t paying me (honest, guv!) but they have the Miss Thrifty thumbs up right now. Because I like pizza. ii) The voucher is here. From the … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 February 6, 2009

Thrifty Food

Get your Tesco voucher codes!

This one’s a beauty, so I thought I’d share it. It’s a website called Tesco Voucher Codes, which does what it says on the tin. It has all the current points voucher codes, money off voucher codes and wine codes. … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty3 January 27, 2009

Thrifty Food

Keep cheese soft – a simple tip

You know how, if you leave cheddar or a similar cheese out by accident, it turns hard and waxy? There’s a neat little solution. Soak a clean tea towel or square of muslin in white wine (cheap wine is fine). … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty0 January 16, 2009

Thrifty Food

Using up vegetables: my top thrifty recipe

A week or so before Christmas, a medium-sized cardboard box filled with organic fruit and vegetables landed on the Thrifty Towers doorstep. (I know! Some bloggers have all the luck/freebies.) It was a pre-festive gift from the organic delivery service … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty12 January 12, 2009

Thrifty Christmas, Thrifty Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: In for a Pound

Christmas was a dizzying whirl of visits to relatives and friends in various parts of the South East, and I’m still disorientated. Seriously; I spent this afternoon working while feeling ever so virtuous for beavering away on a Saturday. It … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty1 January 2, 2009

Thrifty Food

Frugal Grandma’s pie and pudding secrets

I asked my Frugal Grandma if she would provide holiday cover while I am away on my Thrifty Roadtrip this week. Frugal Grandma can do anything… When you make fruit pies put the bottom layer of pastry in the tin, … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty1 November 14, 2008

Thrifty Food

Waste not, want not – old school tips

I asked my Frugal Grandma if she would provide holiday cover while I am away on my Thrifty Roadtrip this week. Frugal Grandma can do anything.. Biscuits gone a bit soft? Use them as a crumble topping over fruit, sprinkle … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty5 November 12, 2008

Thrifty Food

Hello Frugal Grandma!

I asked my Frugal Grandma if she would provide holiday cover while I am away on my Thrifty Roadtrip this week. Frugal Grandma can do anything.. Frugal Dinner This recipe is called Beef Collop; it was first made by my … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty3 November 11, 2008

Thrifty Food

FRIDAY BARGAINS: Half-price Ben & Jerry’s

Ben & Jerry’s is half-price at Morrisons right now. It’s £1.80 for one of the larger, 500ml tubs. Sadly, my local Morrisons didn’t have any ‘Cherry Garcia’ in (sniff), but I went for this sorbet one instead. The best part? My husband’s … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty3 October 31, 2008

Thrifty Food

Stop your wooden chopping boards from cracking – in 5 easy steps

  For one reason and another I’ve ended up with nine wooden chopping boards, which works out at four-and-a-half chopping boards per member of my household. I only went out and bought one of them (the first one) but I’m a … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty8 October 29, 2008

Thrifty Food

Herbs for Winter

I’m surprised the mint and parsley have lasted this long, in their big fired pots out on the patio. But as the days get shorter and colder, both herbs have faded. So I have now picked the nicest leaves and put them … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty4 October 9, 2008

Thrifty Food

…Still on supermarkets

Bravo to Frugal Trenches, who has just spent a paltry £12 on her weekly grocery shop. There are some nice things on her list, too. Don’t worry: she isn’t on tap water sandwiches for the rest of the week.

Miss Thrifty1 October 8, 2008

Thrifty Food

Sulky Supermarket Shopper

  Dear Sainsburys, I made the following observations, while walking around your supermarket today:  I like your pouch of fresh hollandaise sauce for 99p. It is freezable, so I can pour the contents into an ice cube tray and it will keep us … Get the lowdown >>

Miss Thrifty5 October 8, 2008