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Raisin Sandwich

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1 | 0 Comments

Raisins in a sandwich and pan fried? Ooh, yum! Yes please. A super simple anytime snack

An Easy Fruit Loaf

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 21, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1 | 7 Comments

A lovely, slicing, easy to make fruit loaf. Use any dried fruit you have. Cuts into 12 slices at 8p a slice

Potato, Sweetcorn & Onion Cakes

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2021 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1 | 6 Comments

Delicious little patties with crispy bacon and ketchup. Or could be eaten cold in a lunch box, or use the same ingredients to make a soup

Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks and Thighs

by Thrifty Lesley | May 22, 2021 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

This easy sticky chicken recipe of honey soy chicken drumsticks or thighs is super tasty, quick to make and fits most budgets

Spiced lentil balls

by Thrifty Lesley | May 12, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

These little lentil balls are very tasty and could be used much like falafel. Very many flavour variations are possible

Chocolate Scones

by Thrifty Lesley | May 7, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories | 4 Comments

Chocolate scones are a bit different and very delicious. We had one with thick cream and bottled dark cherries. Rock on Black Forest revival!

Cauliflower leaves – what do you do with them?

by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2021 | Less than 500 calories, Love Your Leftovers, Sides | 7 Comments

Cauliflower leaves and stems. Do you use them? Use as a vegetable, put in curries, stews and casseroles. Or I’ve found finely shredding them using the food processor gives me loads of ways to use them up.

Vegetable Muffins

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 19, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories | 11 Comments

These vegetable muffins are very light and taste delicious. Would be lovely tucked into a lunchbox, or enjoyed alongside a bowl of delicious soup

An everyday curry base

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 21, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 2 Comments

This curry base recipe is a very useful one to have in your repertoire. Endlessly versatile, you can add pretty much any protein to it.

Crispy Topped Miso Vegetables

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 16, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories | 6 Comments

This recipe is naturally vegan with no adaptions required. But if you aren’t vegan, and I’m not, this is just a delicious main meal that is super easy to make, and very adaptable, using up any firm vegetables that you have available.

Apple Bread

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

I like a banana bread, but today, I was looking at my fruit bowl and wondered if other fruit could be used in place of the bananas. How about apple bread I thought? Ooh, or spiced apple bread?