Less than 500 calories Archives - Page 7 of 10

Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 29, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 7 Comments

Do you have cheese sandwiches for lunch? Are you a little tired of them, or maybe wanting to ring the changes a little?
How about making a potted cheese.

Home made honey smoked walnut butter. Easy, cheap, versatile and super delicious

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 9, 2019 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Other | 4 Comments

All nut butters are easy to make, and this walnut version is no exception.

Quick Banana Bread

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 17, 2019 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

I usually use up soft bananas in smoothies, with an unpeeled apple and a splash of orange juice. But if I want cake, this recipe for a homemade banana bread is super quick to mix up and very tasty.

Tomato & Almond Patè

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 7, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 3 Comments

This vegan Tomato & Almond Patè is deeply savoury and utterly delicious. It would make a great sandwich filler / toast topper / jacket potato topping. Or let it down a little and stir it through pasta

Vegetable Fritters

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 7, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 5 Comments

Delicious vegan spicy vegetable fritters, shallow fried in olive oil. Great for a lunch box or afterschool snack, as well as dinner

A Month of Low Syn Budget Meals. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, the lot

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 21, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 8 Comments

Are you following Slimming World? Or maybe you’d like too, but can’t see how you can because you’re on a tight budget as well? Here’s a months worth of low syn, budget breakfast, lunch and meal ideas

Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 4, 2019 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 3 Comments

This vegan savoury cake is delicious, can be used for dinner with some veg or salad, as a packed lunch, a snack or as a pre dinner nibble when entertaining

Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 30, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 5 Comments

These veggie nut balls are very simple to make, not requiring any complicated method, equipment or skills, although you’ll need to be able to chop the nuts and make breadcrumbs. They can’t really be frozen as they turn to mush, but they don’t take very long

Another Trio of Vegetable Hummus – Beetroot, Parsnip and Swede

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 23, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

I make chickpea hummus and different flavours all the time. This week I found the joys of vegetable hummus. Made using beetroot, parsnip and swede. Many more flavours to try still. Vegan and low Syn too!

A Trio of Vegetable Hummus

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 11 | 4 Comments

I make chickpea hummus and different flavours all the time. This week I found the joys of vegetable hummus. Made using green peas, or butternut squash or sweetcorn. Many more flavours to try still. Vegan and low Syn too!

Couscous Snacky Lunchbox Bites

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2019 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 1 Comment

I’ve been enjoying these Couscous snacky lunchbox bites for a couple of weeks now. I thought I’d explore making them from scratch. You know me, I don’t use ready made stuff if I can avoid it.