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...
Meal Plans
Deli Platter – Meal Plan 9, 64p
Had this for my lunch today, mmmm, very yummy serves 2 130g cheese Asda 350g/£1.55, 58p 200g potatoes, Asda 59p/kg, 12p 40g ham, Asda 400g/£1.49, 15p 60g olives Asda drained weight 180g/£1.29, 43p Total cost £1.28, 64p per portion Slice up the potatoes, no need to...
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw – No Power Plan
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...
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan
As we have no power on this, the no power plan, to refrigerate, have this meat product on the first day. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 200g haslet, Asda 250g/75p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.18, 12p Half a tin of value sweet corn, drained, 35p...
Hotdog & Blackeye Bean Salad Bowl, 41p – No Power Meal Plan
This is dinner on 2 days on the No Power Meal Plan. Use this same amount on both days, using the tin of blackeye beans on one day and the kidney beans on the other. Serves 2 half a tin hotdogs, Asda 49p, 25p 30ml oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 4p 100g carrot, Asda £1.18/2kg,...
No Power Plan sandwiches
Hummus and carrot sandwich. My girls loved these in their school lunch boxes!
No Power Meal Plan – Couscous Salad 50p a serving
Well this first recipe tested ok, good start. It has quite a lot of oil in it to get the calories in. If you don’t need that, you could cut the oil down quite a bit. If you have it, you could use olive oil here. There are 2 servings of fresh vegetables per person. It...
Tuna and Pasta Salad with black olives, Meal Plan 9, 30p a serving
This was my tea tonight, the tuna pasta salad from Meal Plan 9. On the meal plan, this salad is used as a lunch, but it could just as easily be a dinner, and in fact, it was
Tuna and onion pie, Meal Plan 9, 24p a serving, with sides
Tuna & Onion Pie from Meal Plan 9 uses delicious oil pastry
Bannock Digestives, Meal Plan 9, 26p for 30 bannocks
Oaty bannocks, sweetened so they are like digestives – works really well!
A simple Chicken Stir Fry, Meal Plan 8, 81p a serving
Finally, the last recipe for Meal Plan 8, a simple stir fry. This plan has taken months to finish. I have another one lined up ready to go, just need to check the nutrition What you need 120g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 57p 200g egg...
An Eighth Day using Meal Plan 1 leftovers
Using the leftovers from Meal Plan 1, I squeezed another days eating from them, making the week even cheaper!