101 ideas for dinners. Most are fairly easy, all are very inexpensive, and everything is something I’ve made and eaten for dinner. Hope you find something useful.
Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food
Aubergine (Eggplant) Risotto with winter squash or pumpkin
Beetroot Ragu Lasagna
Peanut Oat Cakes with Roasted Onions and Green Pea Hummus
Chicken and mango salad
Sweet corn fritters
Vegan Couscous Salad
Mushroom Ragu Lasagna
Tomato Risotto - Risotto Pomodoro
Easy Green Tomato Pasta Sauce
Easy Red Lentil Nuggets / Patties / Fritters
Chicken & Onion Pie
Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste
Coronation chicken jacket potato
Red cabbage and Chicken Waldorf Salad
Peperonata
Mixed Vegetable Roulade
Punjabi Cabbage
Chicken with butternut squash and pesto tart
How to poach a chicken and make it last the family a whole week
How to stretch a chicken to last the whole week
Chicken and Chorizo Casserole
Sicilian Spaghetti Recipe with chicken, olives, sun-dried tomatoes, raisins and almonds
Brown Rice Chicken Salad
Chicken and Mushroom Crumble
Aubergine Ragu - Eggplant Ragu - Melanzane a Funghetto
Swede Mash (Rutabaga) with ginger, nutmeg and a little cream
Wild Garlic Pesto
Mackerel Pâté & Crudités
Mixed vegetable quiche
Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7)
Spicy Chicken Pasta Bake - Stretch A Chicken (4)
Chicken Pizza with onions and peppers - Stretch A Chicken (3)
Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart - Stretch A Chicken (5)
Chicken and Vegetable Risotto (no wine) - Stretch A Chicken (2)
Leek Crumble, with fresh and dried cranberries, and walnuts
Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese
Simple Vegan Red Lentil Tomato Dahl
Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad - warm or cold
Soufflé Croûton Slice
Barley, Mushroom & Spinach Risotto
Cream Cheese Pizza
Falafel with carrot salad
Vegan Broccoli Pesto
Chickpea Crumble
Chole Masala & Nan
Honey Soy Chicken Drumsticks and Thighs
Spiced lentil balls
BBQ Pizza - Stretch A Chicken (6)
Spiced Carrot Tart
An everyday curry base
Cheese and Onion Tart
Crispy Topped Miso Vegetables
Bacon and leek pie
Pea Tart
Christmas Leftovers - part 6. Ten ways to use up that surplus bag of Brussels sprouts lurking in the fridge
Lamb Ragu Pasta
Falafel & Sun Dried Tomato Hummus
Broccoli and Almond Stuffed Pancakes
Red Pepper & Onion Loaf
Cheesy Jacket Potatoes
Home Made Pitta Bread
Puchka tart. What's that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that's what
Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan
Faggots and gravy
Bacon & Sweetcorn Pie
Onion Bhajis
Bean Burgers
Pancakes and not quite 101 ideas, sweet and savoury to fill them
Hazelnut Butter Vegetable Bake - GF, DF & Vegan
Butternut Squash, Ginger & Coconut Soup - GF, NF, DF & Vegan
Red Pepper & Walnut Tart with Winter Coleslaw
3 Course Celebration Menu's to enjoy with your best beloved for Less Than A Quid Each!
An Autumn Panzanella
Panzanella with lovely sun ripened tomatoes.
A Vegan Vegetable Bake - Celery, Swede & Chickpea
A gorgeous Chickpea, Mango and Coconut Curry
Vegetable Fritters
Green Pea Hummus Lasagna
A Month of Low Syn Budget Meals. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, the lot
Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake
Bacon, Olive and Cheese Loaf Cake
Something different to do as side dishes with everyday vegetables
Tomato Lasagna
I say Lasagna you say Lasagne
Lentil Ragu Lasagna
Vegan Valentine Meal
Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce
Cabbage, sultana and nut pasta bake
Lentil ragu with spaghetti
Bacony tomatoey pasta
Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan - Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble
Kounoupidi tiganitó or Greek Fried Cauliflower
Jacket Potato Fillings
Oven Baked Frittata. Takes literally 2 minutes to make, then just bung it in the oven
Do you need, or want, extremely cheap meals, to eat for 50p a day for a bit, or even longer?
Busy, busy, busy, plus a long lasting Tzatziki. Make a sandwich with it for lunch, with lettuce, for 14p
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing
Spaghetti Carbonara - 41p a portion
Pork meatballs with added veg and barley
Basics ....... How To Make Soup
Lentil nut loaf vegan, versatile & rather delicious
Vegetable and hummus pie
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Fish Cakes
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Pesto
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Pasta Sauce
Gajar Matar. Everyday vegetables wearing a sari
Something I've been making for decades - Sweet Bean Curry
Bean and Quinoa, Lemon and Herb Salad
Chicken, Quinoa and Apple Burgers
Stuffed potato cakes
Chicken and leek crumble
Barley Salad, 59p. Versatile, delicious and very easy to make
Creamy Walnut pasta sauce - LCHF if you want it to be
Spinach and ricotta pasta
A main course soup - mulligatawny, 46p a big bowl
A gorgeous home made Pad Thai
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy!
A delicious Sag Aloo that really hits the spot.
Chow mein - just like the takeaway?
Rocket, watercress, basil and sunflower seed pesto. Nut and gluten free
Sage, lemon and pumpkin seed pesto £2.99 for a huge jar
Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p
Insomnia, a good read and Halloumi for dinner
Home made sausages
Beetroot burgers, 41p
Sardine and Tomato Fish Cakes, and Tuna Fish Cakes
A kitchen experiment, Pea-Crumb Fritters, 6p
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too
Goan Fish Curry, made with chicken, 56p. Plus the original fish recipe
Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart, split pea soup. Soup just 13p
Fishless kedgeree, 64p, or use it as vegetable rice, 25p
Using breadcrumbs for dinner
Spanish Omelette 46p, we had ours with sweet potato chips and kale crisps
Fish Pie, on a budget
Meal plan 10 - Pea fritters and chips, vegan
5:2 Salmon Fish Cakes, 39p a serving
Home grown pumpkin curry, 77p if you buy it all
Veggie Lasagna 43p a serving - Meal Plan 10
Herby Omelette, chips and peas 31p - Meal Plan 10
Green Tomato Curry, vegan and using up LOADS of what I have
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track
Cheesy Bean Lasagna, based on a SW recipe, 60p a servi g
Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, Ham and Cheese Pancakes, 23p
Pasta & Tomato Sauce, Meal Plan 9, 33p
Aldi Pizza & Chips - Meal Plan 9, 60p each
Deli Platter - Meal Plan 9, 89p
A frugalised version of a Slimming World Pastitisio, 56p
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw - No Power Plan
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan
Now we're talking! An extremely yummy quinoa burger version, and some raspberry muffins
Protein packed Quinoa burgers, 32p for a 2 burger portion
Roasted Vegetables in the Hole, 43p
Tuna and onion pie, Meal Plan 9, 24p a serving, with sides
A simple Chicken Stir Fry, Meal Plan 8, 81p a serving
Melanzane parmigiana
Salsa di Noci e Pasta - walnut sauce & pasta
Yummy, filling and generous portions of Spring green pasta sauce with parmesan, 51p a head
Transform tomato cannon balls to taste bomb tomatoes
Meal plan 8 - Oaty fritters, veg, chilli & yogort
2 sandwiches, 2 toasty breakfasts and 2 pasta dinners from 1 tin of sardines. Just 83p for all 6 meals!!
Meal Plan 8 - Chicken and veg with a coconut & peanut butter sauce 45p each
Spinach & Coconut Dahl
Individual lunchtime pies, a bargainous 20p each. Won't get these in Greggs 🙂
Meal Plan 3 - Farl (made with dried spud) with sauted veg and salami or chorizo, 39p
Meal Plan 8 - Chicken & Dumplings 37p
Haggis Lasagna
Meal Plan 8 - Lentil salad with soy, 24p
Working up Meal Plan 8 and Haggis & ideas on using it on £1 a day
Cheese and onion roly poly, 57p/38p a portion
Finger Dumplings, delicious little butter crisped fingers. Very versatile, savoury or sweet.
Christmas Meal Plan - Gnocchi, pork bits and stuffing, 36p a serving
Stilton Quiche with Red Cabbage Coleslaw, 39p
Christmas Meal Plan Leftovers - Pork, Apple & Stuffing Lasagna, 26p a portion
Christmas Meal Plan - HM pasta, cream, mixed veg, mustard 30p
Christmas Meal Plan - Roast Pork Lunch, 84p
Easy Moussaka Recipe
A big pot of lamb ragu to make 3 dinners
A main course soup, based on Scotch Broth. About 47p for my unreproducible version
Crumpets and pikelets, savoury and sweet
Home made herby chicken goujons, mash and peas, 97p. Plus how to stay on budget for the day
Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad, with Carrot, Raisin & Peanut Salad and Jacket Potato, total of 54p each
Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each
Meal Plan 7 - Scone Based Pizza
Chicken & Vegetable Tart, delicious hot or cold
Meal Plan 7 - Lasagna, 62p a serving, 31p if you stretch it to 4
Meal Plan 7 - casserole of bacon, veg, toms & soft cheese, 45p a serving
Meal plan 7 - Beef Ragu for 3 different dishes
Farewell CFR, Smoked Salmon Pasta, 42p per serving
Broad bean, pea and mint risotto, 53p
Butter bean, pepper and carrot salad, with a lemon juice and coconut dressing, 84p
Balti spring green pancakes for dinner, and one left over for breakfast
Mango, coconut and feta pasta
Green Thai Kidney Bean Curry, 59p
Leftover chicken and vegetable crumble
Novel uses for radishes
Lentil Dumplings, with Tomato Sauce, 20-30p a serving, + green vegetable
Aldi Bargains (3) Feta Stuffed Peppers 64p
Aldi Bargains (2) Mushroom Stroganoff, 70p
Asparagus and Pea Risotto, £1.06 a portion, or frugalised to 75p
Heart & Soul and lots of meat
Fritters, Soup, Gloves and Karen Millen
Spaghetti Bolognese made with an Italian recipe, just 41p
Liver and Onions, mash, carrots and peas, 66p a serving
Avocado, Tomato & Orange Salad, 62p
Demo's and anchovy pizza, 39p
Chicken, Soy, Honey and Sesame with Rice
Anchovy Paste - do you like it, what do you do with it?
Stunning 3 Course Valentines Day Dinner, £1.84 a head
Dahl Sambar 31p a portion, diet ideas, progress today & other kitchen happenings
12 portions of minced beef pasta bake, 34p each
Lemon Dahl from 18p to 24p depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Coconut Dahl, from 17p to 23p a portion depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Toasted Nan & Dahl, 38p a portion
Pasta, soft cheese and tomato purée, 25p a portion
Potato and Onion Layer
Gigantes Plaki and pitta
Butter Bean and Vegetable Curry
Spring Green Pesto
Spinach Stuffed Pancakes with Tomato Sauce & Cheese 51p
Gnocchi made with dried mash! Served with tomato sauce
Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini
Corned Beef Hash
Corned Beef & Mushroom Pie
Meatless Sunday Lunch
Pizza, 32cm, chorizo and roasted vegetable
Chorizo, chickpea and tomato in a flatbread, 47p a serving
Flatbreads, less than 2p each. Versatile and very yummy
Pancakes filled with Carrots, Onions and Peas in Soft Cheese
Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad
Vegetable Stir Fry, 51p a serving
Cauliflower Leaves Pesto
Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving
Variations on a Soft Cheese theme, from 18p sandwiches to 25p dinners
Mackerel Kedgeree, 43p a serving
Smoked Mackerel and Roasted Beetroot Salad, 47p a serving
Mackerel Pate & Pasta - 45p a serving
Courgette Pasta
Beetroot & Feta Tart. As good cold in a packed lunch as it is hot for dinner
Spaghetti with Beef & Tomato Pasta Sauce - 29p a portion
Stuffed Beefsteak Tomato 51p each
Spicy Cabbage, Lentils & Nan
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings
Vegetable Crumble. Root veg in a tomato sauce, topped with oats, cheese and salted peanuts
A lovely variety of meals, with five of us J try to budget shop but we still waste alot of food as I over portion, and need to start meal planning xx