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Peanut butter and jam mug cake, mmm, too easy

Peanut butter and jam mug cake, mmm, too easy

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 9, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts

I was inspired to try this pudding this evening by Skint Mum over on the Skint Dad blog who made a chocolate mug cake. DP is mad on peanut butter on toast at the moment, so I made this peanut butter and jam version. I used a large mug and put into it 2 tbslp sugar 2...

Vegan bean and spicy katjan sauce sandwich paste, 12p a sandwich, LOADS of variations

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches

Having tried draining and rinsing a can of beans recently for the sardine sandwich paste, I thought I could make lots of different variations of a beany sandwich filler with that same type of bean. So first attempt A can of value baked beans 31p Spicy katjan sauce...
Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p

Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4

This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session.  It 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...
Bannocks with roasted veg hoummous

Bannocks with roasted veg hoummous

by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 8

Bannocks with roasted veg hoummous Made these at tea time. I’ve been working out the recipes for the new meal plan. I need to use up all the groceries on the shopping list, or the people following it wouldn’t have enough calories for the week. I found that...
Muscovado and mixed fruit pudding, with double cream, 32p

Muscovado and mixed fruit pudding, with double cream, 32p

by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Puddings / Desserts

Muscovado and mixed fruit pudding, with double cream, 32p This is the pudding for the Christmas week 2014 plan. Plump dried fruits, rich muscovado flavours, double cream trickled over. Very naughty at 600+ calories, and very, very nice. I tested one with DP this...
Oaty Apple Crumble, use foraged fruit and it’s even cheaper

Oaty Apple Crumble, use foraged fruit and it’s even cheaper

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans, Puddings / Desserts

Oaty Apple Crumble, use foraged fruit and it’s even cheaper Sunday Lunch DP and I often have a Sunday lunch at, erm, lunchtime, then in the evening we have a pudding, often a fruit crumble with custard or evaporated milk. I always used to make custard using...
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