This is a yummy dinner on Meal Plan 8. Crispy veg, gorgeous, nutty, creamy sauce, yum yum.
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken and veg with a coconut & peanut butter sauce 45p each
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Spinach & Coconut Dahl
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.
Individual lunchtime pies, a bargainous 20p each. Won’t get these in Greggs 🙂
Ooh, I am achey this evening. I had my gym re-assessment this morning. They are lovely lads up there, and very encouraging and interested in your progress. I have been given an amended programme, with a couple of new things to do which keeps me interested. He pushed...
Meal Plan 3 – Farl (made with dried spud) with sauted veg and salami or chorizo, 39p
Farl made with dried potato with sauted veg and salami or chorizo. When I was testing the recipe today, I tried a bit hot and straight out of the pan with some apricot curd, oh me oh my, it was delicious!
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken & Dumplings 37p
A simple, quick and filling dinner. If you are not following meal plan 8, add any extra veg you would like to and vary the seasonings to give more variations 240g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, £1.13 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g...
Haggis Lasagna
Recipe today from the lovely Deborah who contacted Thrifty Lesley on Facebook with lots of ideas for haggis. This is one of them. Asda has 454g haggis for just £1.50 right now. So if you want it, now’s your chance. This is Deborah’s recipe for Haggis Lasagne. This...
Meal Plan 8 – Lentil salad with soy, 24p
This salad, or indeed the soup, will travel well for a packed lunch, and if you aren’t following meal plan 8, extremely variable. You could use any other pulse or grain, depending on what you have. Pearl barley is cheap at the moment and would make a tasty salad. Add sliced sausage/chorizo/salami, any other veg you fancy. Add some fine chopped parsley, rosemary, sage, basil, thyme or a mixture of whatever you like. If you’ve got any in the cupboard, a drizzle of sweet chilli sauce would go well.
Working up Meal Plan 8 and Haggis & ideas on using it on £1 a day
I’ve had a little play with the shopping list ingredients, shared them out over the 7 days and this is what I’m thinking of at the moment Breakfast Lunch Dinner day 1 porridge lentil burgers with oriental salad chicken casserole with dumplings day 2 pancakes...
Cheese and onion roly poly, 57p/38p a portion
Well, I thought I was going to tell you about a recipe variation today, but having searched the blog, I can't find it. I could have sworn I'd posted this! This recipe is something I discovered when I had 2 hungry girls at home to feed, and I was going out to work...
Finger Dumplings, delicious little butter crisped fingers. Very versatile, savoury or sweet.
Yesterday, I was reading a German cook book and came across these unusual looking things. Â They are made using gnochhi dough, but fried in butter at the end. They would make wonderfully delicious little morsels. Here is a gnocchi recipe using fresh potatoes, and...
Christmas Meal Plan – Gnocchi, pork bits and stuffing, 36p a serving
Goodness, how December has whizzed past, we'll be talking leftovers in no time at all. Are you all ready now? I'm off in a bit to wrap a couple more little presents and we're as good as there. Went up to Hackleton, a little village near Newport Pagnall to see my Mum...
Stilton Quiche with Red Cabbage Coleslaw, 39p
This flavoursome blue cheese quiche is served twice on the Christmas Meal Plan, along with an unusual coleslaw made with red cabbage and mustard. Strong festive flavours Pastry 150g flour, value 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75g Best for Baking, Asda 49p, 15p Filling 100g...