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You could swap out the pumpkin for any other vegetable you want to use. So potato and mushroom, or carrot for instance. This would freeze well, so if you are a singleton, or won’t use all 4 portions within a day or so, pop it into the freezer, ready for a lovely homemade convenience meal.
This is for Meal Plan 10 and is a version of the Cheesy Bean Lasagna. I can't use the same ingredients as they aren't all available on this plan. So it's a tweak of a tweaked recipe. The bean sauce layer 2 onions, chopped, Asda 2kg/£1.07, 10p 2 garlic cloves, Asda...
Use any herbs you have to hand, fresh are nicer than dried if you can get them. If you want to, and have any available, many additions can be made to an omelette. A few fried mushrooms, a sprinkle of cheddar, a couple of oven dried tomatoes, 3 or 4 prawns, a crispy rasher of bacon, a few shreds of chicken. Have a look and see what you have got in those little dishes in the fridge – you do keep your leftover bits and pieces – don’t you?
My curry used up loads of what I had available. But if you have green tomatoes you want to use for something other than the usual suggestions of chutney and fried ones, this is delicious, and a good place to start.
We had this lovely recipe for dinner this evening. I found the idea on the web, but can't remember where now. It was a slow cooker recipe, but I just bubbled it on the hob, and I've tweaked it, as you do. It's a strong flavoured sauce, robust and delicious. A little...
I was sure I had blogged this recipe before, but I can’t find it, so I can’t have done. It is yet another recipe from this months Slimming World – a good haul of recipes I like this time. Their recipe is called Cheesy Lentil Lasagna. They use cottage cheese, just on...
Something interesting popped up in my Bloglovin feed yesterday. Ham and Cheddar Waffle Bread from our ourbestbites.com I thought it would cost up for a lunch or dinner on ThriftyLesley, so I had a go at lunchtime today. I do have a waffle iron and used a little mix in...
Simmered down a little more, you can use this as a pizza base, or over a plate of steamed veg, or with rice. Or tip it over your pasta, with or without any extra veg, and put it in an oven proof dish and bake it in the oven for a pasta bake. A tin of value tuna stirred through before baking is extra nice.I think this sauce is much nicer than the bought ones, and nearly as quick.
I have been a lady who lunches this week. I know I am anyway, but it was even more this week. On Wednesday, it was a good friends 70th and we went to hers for a bit of a party. Lots of talk, laughs and giggles. Lovely. On Thursday, I was taken out for an Italian by...
Had this for my lunch today, mmmm, very yummy. The lunch is from Meal Plan 9, based around tuna, ham and cheese What do I need make this deli platter serves 2 - priced at Aldi.co.uk July 2024 130g cheese - any cheese that you like. I used mature cheddar 200g potatoes...
I made a recipe from this months Slimming World magazine yesterday. A classic Greek dish, Pastitsio. It’s supposed to feed four, but when I went to layer it up in a four portion dish, the dish was nowhere near big enough. I had to decant it and it made ten, yes, ten,...
As we have no power on this, the No Power Plan, to refrigerate, wrap the cheese in a damp tea towel to keep it as fresh as possible, and keep it in as cool a place as you can. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 250g Cheshire cheese, Asda...