Dinners Archives - Thrifty Lesley

Mackerel Pâté & Crudités

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 27, 2023 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches | 2 Comments

Here’s how I made 4 meals for 2 from 1 x 200g pack of smoked mackerel fillets

Mixed vegetable quiche

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 24, 2023 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches | 3 Comments

A mixed vegetable quiche using everyday veggies with lots of possible variations

Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 14, 2022 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches | 3 Comments

Chicken and sun dried tomato sandwich paste made with leftover roast chicken, or cooked especially. Simple, versatile and delicious.

Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 21, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, 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.

Spicy Chicken Pasta Bake – Stretch A Chicken (4)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken | 7 Comments

This recipe is from a series showing how 1 medium chicken can be used to make 7 different frugal chicken recipes and feed your family for a week!

Chicken Pizza with onions and peppers – Stretch A Chicken (3)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 17, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken | 2 Comments

Chicken pizza, with onions and peppers – one of a series of recipes to make one chicken last a family a whole week

Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart – Stretch A Chicken (5)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 17, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Stretch A Chicken | 1 Comment

A delicious tart made with chicken, onion and sweetcorn. Part of a series to see how many many portions I could get from 1 chicken

Chicken and Vegetable Risotto (no wine) – Stretch A Chicken (2)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 17, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Stretch A Chicken | 1 Comment

Chicken and vegetable risotto made from leftover roasted chicken, red pepper, and pak choi. Made without wine

How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 11, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Stretch A Chicken | 17 Comments

How to stretch a chicken to feed the family for the whole week with 7 different budget stretching chicken recipes

Vegan Couscous Salad

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 22, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 2 | 2 Comments

A versatile couscous salad that can use up all kinds of bits and pieces – add some more protein too if you like

Leek Crumble, with fresh and dried cranberries, and walnuts

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 18, 2021 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners | 0 Comments

Decadently extravagant, deliciously creamy and very tasty – but still less than 50p a portion! Creamy leeks with acid pops from cranberries, topped with a walnutty crumble.