7 days meals for 2, £1 a day each, based on chorizo, chick peas & dried mash

Meal Plan 3 – Farl (made with dried spud) with sauted veg and salami or chorizo, 39p

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3 | 2 Comments

Meal Plan 3 – Farl (made with dried spud) with sauted veg and salami or chorizo, 39p

Oaty Apple Crumble, use foraged fruit and it’s even cheaper

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes, Bakes and Puddings, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans | 7 Comments

Oats are a great addition to any crumble topping. This one is from a 7 day, £1 a day meal plan. Lots of ideas for other flavourings too

Gnocchi made with dried mash! Served with tomato sauce 15p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plans | 9 Comments

I have a very long list of recipes to try, price and post and one of those recipes was gnocchi. Miss South over on northsouthfood.com posted a recipe for just that, but using instant mashed potato. I was very surprised by that to say the least, I associate dried mash...

Jammy Oat Bars, breakfast or a snack. Savoury ones too

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 3, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes, Bakes and Puddings, Meal Plan 3 | 20 Comments

These jammy oat bars are delicious. They are in the week three meal planner as a breakfast and a cake and bake. Just cut them to the size you like.

Salami & Mixed Vegetable Soup with Croutons, 24p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 3 | 0 Comments

This soup is from the third meal planner. It is for 2 people to have twice during the week. If you want to make it vegetarian, just leave out the salami, in which case you might like to add a handful of red lentils 1 salami stick from pack of 4, £1.29, 32p 150g onion,...

Cauliflower and chick pea soup with little dumplings, 40p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 29, 2013 | Lunches, Meal Plan 3 | 3 Comments

This tasty veggie soup makes use of an ingredient that perhaps you haven’t before, the stems and stalks of a cauliflower head. I actually prefer the taste of the stems to the florets!

Meatless Sunday Lunch, 57p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plans | 4 Comments

I tried this experiment yesterday to see what it would be like, and if it would work for our budget. I thought of it because when I was a child, 10 or 11 maybe, we had our usual gargantuan Sunday lunch - piles of roasties, mountains of yorkshires, millions of veggies,...

Pizza, 32cm, chorizo and roasted vegetable, 53p. If it serves 2, 26p each

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3 | 1 Comment

Oh my goodness, this was SO good. Soft roasted vegetables, spicy paprika chorizo, smooth tomato sauce, crispy thin pizza base. Yum YUM This mixture made two 32cm pizzas, you could make both and have one the next day, or freeze one, ready made up to pop in the oven....

Chorizo, chickpea and tomato in a flatbread, 47p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3 | 0 Comments

This is the second thing today, one of the chorizo stick thingies with chickpeas and tomato in a flatbread. It was gorgeous. Serves 2 2 flatbread, 4p 1 stick chorizo, Sainsbury, £1.29/4, 32p tin of chickpeas or equivalent of dried ones, soaked and cooked, Asda, a tin...