by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 2, 2022
Meal Plan Two Week Two Meal Planner – soft cheese, red lentils and couscous Meal planning and using a shopping list are a standard way of saving money on groceries. It’s simply astonishing how much we spend on impulse purchases without a list – the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 25, 2024 | Dinners, Poaching A Whole Chicken
How to poach a whole chicken to use for multiple meals Why poach a chicken? Two main reasons. Poaching means that your chicken meat will be beautifully moist, much more so than a roasted one, and with little effort on your behalf. And secondly, much less fuel is used...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 1, 2024 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken
How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week Do I need to buy a whole chicken? Buying a whole chicken and jointing it yourself is cheaper than buying ready jointed chicken pieces. If you are going to roast a chicken, then a whole one is much nicer to present at the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2023
Meal Plan Four Meal Plan 4 As at the time of writing (early October 2023) you will need £23.37 in your purse at the checkout, but the amount of food actually consumed (if you follow the plan fully) comes to £18.38, so £1.31 a day per person, and you still have some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2023
Meal Plan Three Meal Plan 3 And here we have our Third Meal Plan. Based around chorizo/salami, chick peas and, of all things, dried mashed potato. Bear with me here, this idea is from Miss South on NorthSouthFood.com. Miss South is quite a potato connoisseur, so if...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 5, 2023 | All Meal Plans, Meal Plan 2
Meal planning and using a shopping list are a standard way of saving money on groceries. It’s simply astonishing how much we spend on impulse purchases without a list – the supermarkets are super skilled at making that happen! It’s estimated that the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2022 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Christmas Meal Plan 4
Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s Christmas Meal Plan If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. Happily, you can enjoy a delicious festive meal, and eat well for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2022
Want to save a HUGE £3,300 over the next 12 months, without earning a single penny more than you do now? If you are spending the national average on your groceries of £5.50 per day each, and instead you follow this 7 day meal plan for 2 adults, that’s precisely...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 26, 2022
The Meal Plans To continue to the meal plans – click here Budget meal planning This report says that average spend per person per week on food and drink was £38.50 in 2019, or £5.50 per day. This is £2007 a year per person. Spend £1 a day and it is £365 a year...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 30, 2022
Meal Plan One This is a 7 day meal plan for 2 adults, based on red lentils, chick peas and bacon, providing a total of 4500 calories per day. All meals are included, it is assumed nothing is in the cupboard except salt and pepper. As at 25th September 2023 you will...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 9, 2022
Here we have the second Thrifty Lesley weekly meal plan for 2 adults. Halve it if you are on your own, double it if you are a family of 4. Want to save a HUGE £3,300 over the next 12 months, without earning a single penny more than you do now? If you are...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2020 | My Diary
Time for an update, haven’t done one for a while Horrible Jobs We’ve been painting in the new loft conversion for a couple of weeks. There is much to do still, what with wardrobes, multiple shelving and architraves. I loath painting with a passion! I would...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 25, 2020
Meal Plan Thirteen from the Tonight programme on ITV This meal plan came about after ITV approached me and asked if I would like to be involved in making a programme helping a family to save money on their grocery bill. Consequently, the budget is quite a bit higher...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 12, 2019
Thrifty Lesley Meal Plans Meal Plans For 2 People Meal Plan 1 for 2 people Meal Plan 2 for 2 people. Soft cheese, red lentils and couscous Meal Plan 3 for 2 people. Meal Plan 4 for 2 people No Power Meal Plan. Tuna, beans, peanut butter Meal Plan 7 for 2 people....
