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Meal Plan 4 – Butter Beans with Sauted Mixed Veg, 38p
This is lunch on Day 1 of Meal Plan 4. 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g carrots, Asda 1kg/ 57p, 11p 300g potatoes Asda 2.5kg/£1.69, 20p 150g peas Asda 1kg/98p,15p 75g dried butter beans Asda 500g/£1.09, 16p 30g veg oil £1.25/litre, 4p Total cost 74p, serves 2, 37p...
Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p
This didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit hungry. It tasted really good with the carrots. A tasty lunch from the simplest of simple ingredients.
Valentines Day vegetarian menu
If you need to stay on budget, try not to let the advertising convince you that you need to spend to show your affection. We’ve all experienced those heart melting moments where a small child presents us with a card lovingly made at school, or a first girl/boyfriend gives a small treasure with great ceremony, or our partner does something really thoughtful. It really isn’t the money spent that melts our heart, it’s the loving thoughtfulness.
Meal Plan 3 – Farl (made with dried spud) with sauted veg and salami or chorizo, 39p
Farl made with dried potato with sauted veg and salami or chorizo. When I was testing the recipe today, I tried a bit hot and straight out of the pan with some apricot curd, oh me oh my, it was delicious!
Meal Plan 8 – Cabbage Pancakes & Sweet Chilli 8p a serving
This is breakfast on days 3 and 6 for Meal Plan 8. Lovely, crispy, savoury pancakes. Filling, warming and satisfying. 75g white cabbage, 58p/kilo, 5p 100g self raising flour, valu 45p/1.5kg, 3p 15ml veg oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 2p 10g sweet chilli sauce, Asda 150ml/£1,...
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken & Dumplings 37p
A simple, quick and filling dinner. If you are not following meal plan 8, add any extra veg you would like to and vary the seasonings to give more variations 240g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, £1.13 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g...
Crocus and nearly meal plan 8 soup
Got these crocus growing on the windowsill. It’s so lovely to see their cheerfulness on such a bleak day. Feels like spring is not far away. DP is hacking bits off our kitchen ceiling as the blighter is still leaking. He has tried two things that he thought would...
Meal Plan 8 – Coconut Biscuits, 3p each, or 61p for a 24 biscuit batch
These are from meal plan 8. Use them whenever you need the calories. 200g self raising flour, value 1.5kg/45p, 6p 200g sugar, Asda 1kg/59p, 12p 100g vegetable oil, 1 litre/£1.25, 12p 80g creamed coconut, chopped up fine 200g/76p, 30p for 24 biscuits from the batch, 3p...
Lunch, Snow & Leaks
Yeurgh – it’s snowing here, right now. I hate the blimmin’ stuff. Got two things I’m supposed to be doing tomorrow, if it’s still around, they’ll get cancelled Mum is down from Northampton and staying with my brother. They came over today and Mum bought us all a...
Meal Plan 8 – peanut butter and coconut pancakes with sweet chilli, 15p
Peanut butter and coconut pancakes with sweet chilli Serves 2 100g value self raising flour, 1.5kg/45p, 3p 40g peanut butter, Asda 340g/62p, 7p 10g coconut cream, KTC 200g/76p, 4p 15ml oil to fry with, litre/£1.25, 2p 20g sweet chilli sauce Asda 150ml/£1, 13p Total...
Food vouchers and Meal Plan 8, Lentils, chilli and coconut with salad
On Monday I went to Tunbridge Wells to use the BBC Radio Kent studio there for a live transmission to BBC Radio Coventry. While I was there, it’s 17 miles from home, I decided to pop into M&S. We use an Amex credit card everywhere they are accepted as they give a...
Haggis Lasagna
Recipe today from the lovely Deborah who contacted Thrifty Lesley on Facebook with lots of ideas for haggis. This is one of them. Asda has 454g haggis for just £1.50 right now. So if you want it, now’s your chance. This is Deborah’s recipe for Haggis Lasagne. This...