Less than 500 calories Archives - Page 8 of 10

Spiced Broccoli Soup. Delicious with tomato scone or herb bread

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 29, 2018 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

This is a delicious soup. Mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch, filling, warming and tasty. It is exactly the same as the Spiced Parsnip Soup recipe on meal plan 4, except that I have swapped the parsnip for broccoli. Whist enjoying the parsnip version, I thought that it would probably work for all kinds of different veg. So as I had a yellowing head of broccoli to use before it was unusable, broccoli was the first one I tried.

Baked Oats

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 7, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

I’ve written before about how delicious overnight oats are, but I there is something else to do with oats in the morning. Baked Oats and I’m loving them!

Oven Baked Frittata. Takes literally 2 minutes to make, then just bung it in the oven

by Thrifty Lesley | May 28, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 0 Comments

I knocked this up for tea this week. I was looking for something slimming world friendly that involved lots of vegetables and remembered the three bags of mixed veg in the freezer. Aha, frittata, thought I.

Arguably the best chocolate brownies – Ever!

by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2018 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 12 | 2 Comments

This very simple chocolate brownie recipe makes the best chocolate brownies!

Fudgy, gooey, white chocolate blondies

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

Earlier in the month, I posted about some really good brownies. Last week, I took it into my head to make some blondies. I used the exact same recipe, but using white chocolate instead of plain, and oh my, were they good!

Maple Syrup, Toasted Almond & Cranberry Granola

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories | 0 Comments

This granola is just as I wanted it. Warm and smooth from the maple syrup, with hits of sharpness from the cranberries and extra crunch from the almonds. Delicious!

8 Sandwich Pastes for super cheap sandwiches and toast toppers

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2017 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Round Up Post | 5 Comments

I have made lots of different sandwich pastes and toast toppers. This round up post gathers together 8 of them. I’ve really liked each of them. They are quick and cheap to make, freeze well and can be used as sandwich fillers, toast toppers, jacket potato fillings and even with pasta if let down with some liquid.

Stuffed potato cakes

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 3, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 12, Sides | 9 Comments

The U3A cookery group came round today. We did 3 recipes this time, including this one, stuffed potato cake. 2 potato cakes is the recommended portion size. It isn't many calories, but 2 really is enough The recipe uses a potato dough and it has spiced vegetables...

OMG! These are AMAZING! Gingery soy sharp apples

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 14, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Sides | 1 Comment

Sharp apples baked with butter, ginger and soy. Must be firm apples, not Bramleys. Amazingly good. Will work equally as well with pears

Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce)

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Sides | 1 Comment

A wonderful side dish, or try making just the sauce for use in Chinese style recipes. Cipolline is pronounced chip-oh-LEE-nay and is a flat type of onion used in Italy for this dish.