Here are all the lunch recipes on Thrifty Lesley, soups and sandwiches, hummus, sandwich pastes/toast toppers and jacket potato filling ideas. Hopefully, you’ll find something you’ll love!
Chicken with butternut squash and pesto tart
Sweetcorn Soup
Wild Garlic Pesto
Broccoli and Lentil Soup
Mackerel Pâté & Crudités
Mixed vegetable quiche
Shredded Brussel Sprout Salad
Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste
School packed lunches - the dreaded chore! Can you feed a hulking teenager for 30p a head?
Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7)
Vegan Couscous Salad
Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich
Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad - warm or cold
Vegan Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Soufflé Croûton Slice
Curried Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
Lentil Soup, my go to lunch time soup
Peanut Oat Cakes with Roasted Onions and Green Pea Hummus
Potato, Sweetcorn & Onion Cakes
Spiced lentil balls
Spiced Carrot Tart
An everyday curry base
Cheese and Onion Tart
Pea Tart
Christmas Leftovers - part 6. Ten ways to use up that surplus bag of Brussels sprouts lurking in the fridge
Christmas leftovers - part 4. Chestnut Soup; Fruit Crumble Toppings; Mixed Nut Butter; Turkey Zombie Burgers
Falafel & Sun Dried Tomato Hummus
Broccoli and Almond Stuffed Pancakes
Red Pepper & Onion Loaf
Cheesy Jacket Potatoes
Punjabi Cabbage
Home Made Pitta Bread
my meal plan for week 13Jul20
Savoury Baked Oats
Cheapy Bread Rolls. An hour from bag to table
Chicken liver parfait
Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan
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
An Autumn Panzanella
Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?
Panzanella with lovely sun ripened tomatoes.
Tomato & Almond Patè
Vegetable Fritters
A Month of Low Syn Budget Meals. Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, the lot
Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake
Bacon, Olive and Cheese Loaf Cake
Lentil Pate
Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce
Cabbage, sultana and nut pasta bake
Another Trio of Vegetable Hummus - Beetroot, Parsnip and Swede
A Trio of Vegetable Hummus
Couscous Snacky Lunchbox Bites
Spiced Broccoli Soup. Delicious with tomato scone or herb bread
Bacony tomatoey pasta
Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food
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
Pork meatballs with added veg and barley
Basics ....... How To Make Soup
Lentil nut loaf vegan, versatile & rather delicious
Lettuce Soup. Perfect to use up that half bag of salad leaves
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Pesto
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Hummus
8 Sandwich Pastes for super cheap sandwiches and toast toppers
Bean and Quinoa, Lemon and Herb Salad
Practically free soup using old veg and peelings stock
30+ different flavours for baked bean hummus / paté, a LCHF recipe, or fat free!
Barley Salad, 59p. Versatile, delicious and very easy to make
Savoury yogurts, yes savoury. Have you ever tried them? It's new to me, and I'm loving it
Creamy Leek & Cheese Toasty
A delicious Sag Aloo that really hits the spot.
I found a delicious new taste today
Can 1 sausage can make 2 sandwiches? Plus a sublime fruit and nut case paste
Sage, lemon and pumpkin seed pesto £2.99 for a huge jar
Home made sausages
Beetroot burgers, 41p
Leftovers for lunch
Sardine and Tomato Fish Cakes, and Tuna Fish Cakes
Dead Good Old Tarts
A kitchen experiment, Pea-Crumb Fritters, 6p
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too
Simple mushrooms on toast. A super simple plate of loveliness for any time of day
Fridge soup that's Paleo, I think, an avocado smoothie and a breadcrumb topped crumble
Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious
Use it up meals, Roquefort tart, split pea soup. Soup just 13p
Mixed veg Dahl that turned into Dahl soup
Zombie burgers using dead bread
Advent, stuff, soup and resolutions
A whole days filming and sundried tomato sandwich filler, 9p
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
5:2 Salmon Fish Cakes, 39p a serving
Spicy curried hummus, 60p for a massive pot
Vegan 5:2 Tom Yum with shredded cabbage, 43p
Herby Pancakes and Poached Egg, 15p - Meal Plan 10
Spinach, tomato, plum and feta salad with crusty bread 71p
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track
Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, Ham and Cheese Pancakes, 23p
Roasted vegetable soup, with a scone and roasted onion topping, 32p
Cheese and Ham Toastie, 18p each
No Power Plan sandwiches
Creamy chicken livers on toast, 58p
Yummy, filling and generous portions of Spring green pasta sauce with parmesan, 51p a head
Vegan bean and spicy katjan sauce sandwich paste, 12p a sandwich, LOADS of variations
Transform tomato cannon balls to taste bomb tomatoes
2 sandwiches, 2 toasty breakfasts and 2 pasta dinners from 1 tin of sardines. Just 83p for all 6 meals!!
Individual lunchtime pies, a bargainous 20p each. Won't get these in Greggs 🙂
Beef and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste, 9p/13p a sandwich
Meal Plan 8 - Chicken Noodle Soup 20p
Meal Plan 4 - Butter Beans with Sauted Mixed Veg, 38p
Meal Plan 4 - a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p
Food vouchers and Meal Plan 8, Lentils, chilli and coconut with salad
Meal Plan 8 - Lentil salad with soy, 24p
Working up Meal Plan 8 and Haggis & ideas on using it on £1 a day
Bannocks with roasted veg hoummous
Olive and tomato savoury curd
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 - HM pasta, cream, mixed veg, mustard 30p
Christmas Meal Plan - Parsnip Soup, Scone & Mince Pie, 37p
Christmas Meal Plan - Roast Pork Lunch, 84p
A main course soup, based on Scotch Broth. About 47p for my unreproducible version
Crumpets and pikelets, savoury and sweet
Percy Pumpkin Soup, version 2, 15p a portion, and top quality singing for the price of an internet connection
Smoked mackerel & creamy soft cheese on granary toast, 63p. 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
Raw Carrot, Apple and Cashew soup, with a Walnut Loaf & butter, 65p per serving. Plus how to stay on budget for the day
Meal Plan 7 - Lentil & Veg Soup, 15p a portion
A freeform loaf and a broad bean & feta wrap
Fresh tomato soup, 10p homegrown, 18p using tinned
Another CFR recipe, walnut & seed butter
Butter bean, pepper and carrot salad, with a lemon juice and coconut dressing, 84p
A quick lunch in the grit and grime
Balti spring green pancakes for dinner, and one left over for breakfast
A Salmon pasta lunch and other things
Sardines on Toast, from 38p, and most of the Omega 3 you will need for a week
Mango, coconut and feta pasta
Fishy Tortilla, 19p plus salady bits
Spring green breakfast pancakes and really good tortillas
Novel uses for radishes
Rubber Chicken (2) Chicken & Onion Pie, 26p a portion. Spicy lentil soup, 18p
Aldi bargains (1) Peperonata, 53p
Anchovy Paste - do you like it, what do you do with it?
Dahl Sambar 31p a portion, diet ideas, progress today & other kitchen happenings
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
Potato and Onion Layer
Herb Bread, 6p a serving
Spiced Parsnip Soup 17p a serving. Serve with tomato scone or herb bread
Spring Green Pesto
Salami & Mixed Vegetable Soup with Croutons
Cauliflower and chick pea soup with little dumplings
Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini
Flatbreads, less than 2p each. Versatile and very yummy
Pancakes filled with Carrots, Onions and Peas in Soft Cheese
Filled Pitta Breads, with Carrot, Lemon & Soft Cheese
Cauliflower Leaves Pesto
Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving
Variations on a Soft Cheese theme, from 18p sandwiches to 25p dinners
Egg, Lentil, Raisin, Puy & Curry Sandwich
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
Stuffed Beefsteak Tomato 51p each
Potato and Onion Hash
Pea Soup, from Meal Plan 1
Carrot & Lentil Soup - 20p a serving, Meal Plan 1
Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich
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