Less than 500 calories Archives - Page 3 of 10

Chicken with butternut squash and pesto tart

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 7, 2024 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

An easy and adaptable tart using puff pastry. Topped with pesto, butternut squash and chicken. Good cold the next day too as a packed lunch

Sweetcorn Soup

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2024 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

Ideal for lunches at home, or in a flask at work, this super easy sweetcorn soup recipe is nutritious, warming, filling and inexpensive.

Aubergine Ragu – Eggplant Ragu – Melanzane a Funghetto

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 6, 2023 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Sides | 0 Comments

This is a very simple dish, cooked on the hob, in a single pan. Just aubergine, tomatoes and olive oil, simmered slowly to an unctuous silkiness. Absolutely gorgeous just on its own, hot or room temperature. Stir through pasta, top a jacket potato or use as part of a mezze.

Swede Mash (Rutabaga) with ginger, nutmeg and a little cream

by Thrifty Lesley | May 31, 2023 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Sides | 0 Comments

This easy swede mash can be used a side or a main course. Make it vegan by using a vegan cream. Swede mash is a common side dish, but this has fresh ginger, generous nutmeg and chilli to add extra flavour and a touch of creaminess.
It tastes really good and may even convert small (or large!) veggie phobes!

Easy No-Knead Focaccia

by Thrifty Lesley | May 26, 2023 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Sides | 6 Comments

This vegan focaccia bread is light and fluffy, with a crunchy outside and you can top it with many different things. It goes with almost everything too! It’s a no-knead recipe, so you just need to stir it all together with a spoon and give it a little squish to amalgamate everything.

Raisin Pancakes

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2023 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 11, Meal Plan 14, Meal Plan 2, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plan 9 | 16 Comments

Gorgeous raisiny pancakes. Use whatever dried fruit you have. Super quick, a great hollow leg filler. Vegan too

Shredded Brussel Sprout Salad

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2023 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Sides | 2 Comments

A shredded Brussel sprout salad, with sliced carrot, dried cranberries, walnuts and a cranberry dressing. Light and delicious

Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 21, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 12, Stretch A Chicken | 1 Comment

This spicy carrot and lentil soup uses chicken stock made when processing a roast chicken carcass. The stock brings a great deal of flavour to the soup.