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!

Christmas Coronation Sandwich

Frozen Pea Soup

Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food

Lentil Soup, my go to lunch time soup

Egg, Lentil, Raisin, Puy & Curry Sandwich

Peanut Oat Cakes with Roasted Onions and Green Pea Hummus

Sweet Potato & Red Lentil Soup

Vegan Couscous Salad

Chicken & Onion Pie

Chicken and Sun Dried Tomato Sandwich Paste

Tomato and basil curd

Coronation chicken jacket potato

Red cabbage and Chicken Waldorf Salad

Peperonata

Punjabi Cabbage

Chicken liver parfait

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

School packed lunches - the dreaded chore! Can you feed a hulking teenager for 30p a head?

Spicy red lentil soup- Stretch A Chicken (7)

Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich

Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad - warm or cold

Soufflé Croûton Slice

Curried Pumpkin and Coconut Soup

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

Home Made Pitta Bread

Savoury Baked Oats

Cheapy Bread Rolls. An hour from bag to table

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

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/ mushroom and garlic / sultana and cream cheese etc etc

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

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

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

Carrot & Lentil Soup - 20p a serving, Meal Plan 1

Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich
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