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Bacon & ketchup paste, BLT on the cheap!

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 13, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories | 2 Comments

Cooking bacon needed using up. It occurred to me that a bacon paste would be really good. I thought I would tweak it and use the flavours of a classic bacon sandwich by substituting tomato ketchup for the sun dried tomatoes

Can 1 sausage can make 2 sandwiches? Plus a sublime fruit and nut case paste

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 19, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, My Diary, Other | 5 Comments

Sausage paste is gorgeous! One sausage could be stretched in this way to make 2 sandwiches which would make it very cheap. I simply love the fruit & nut case paste!

Home made sausages

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 16, 2016 | Breakfast, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 12 | 9 Comments

I have been fancying for a while having a go at making sausages, and this week, I did just that. They were glorious!

Sardine and Tomato Fish Cakes, and Tuna Fish Cakes

by Thrifty Lesley | May 5, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 14 | 2 Comments

We made fish cakes! One version using a tin of sardines in tomato sauce, and another using a tin of tuna canned in oil.

5:2 Salmon Fish Cakes, 39p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 5, 2015 | Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 4 Comments

4 substantial easy to make fish cakes. Great for the family, or if it’s just you, they freeze brilliantly

Herby Scones, 2p a scone – Meal Plan 10

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 6, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 10 | 0 Comments

Delicious little herb flavoured savoury scones from meal plan 10

Vegan bean and spicy katjan sauce sandwich paste, 12p a sandwich, LOADS of variations

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 5, 2015 | Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 4 Comments

Having tried draining and rinsing a can of beans recently for the sardine sandwich paste, I thought I could make lots of different variations of a beany sandwich filler with that same type of bean.

Spinach & Coconut Dahl

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories | 4 Comments

The tomatoes/spinach can be replaced with any other veg too. I shall try carrots, probably roasted, ditto parsnips, maybe leeks, fennel, it might work with dark green veg, spring greens or kale.

Meal Plan 4 – Flapjacks, 3p a piece

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 19, 2015 | Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4 | 1 Comment

Flapjacks, part of the weekly meal plan, number 4. sticky, sweet and great for hungry moments, packed lunches, when the kids get in from school etc

Beef and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste, 9p/13p a sandwich

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 18, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 2 Comments

After the successful experiment with chicken and sun dried tomato paste, I couldn’t resist having a go with some beef.
We had had a beef joint recently and the leftovers were sliced and frozen for another day. So out came some of that and I used the same proportions.

Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4 | 5 Comments

This didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit hungry. It tasted really good with the carrots. A tasty lunch from the simplest of simple ingredients.