by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 5, 2015 | 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 21, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 10
First of all, apologies for the recent lack of posts. I have been well and truly bugged over the last 10 days or so. Where I am, there has been a virulent virus doing the rounds that basically wipes you out for two weeks. It feels much more like flu than anything else...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2014 | Dinners
A recipe tonight. This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable. The portions are pretty generous, so if you don’t want that much, divide it up...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2014 | Lunches, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans
This is a lunchtime soup used on 2 days on Meal Plan 7. 100g onion, chopped, Asda, 2kg/£1.08, 5p 100g white cabbage, Asda, 6p/100g, 6p 100g carrots, Asda, 2kg/£1.18, 6p 50g spaghetti, value 20p/500g, 2p 50g red lentils, 20p/100g, 10p tbslp oil, 1p? makes 2...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 19, 2014 | Dinners, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans
In meal plan 7 we have a cottage pie, a lasagna and spaghetti bolognese. All three recipes use the same ragu as a base. Beef Ragu used 3 ways 500g mince, £1.99 Asda 60g bacon pieces, chopped small, 500g/75p Asda, 9p 300g onions, chopped, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 16p 450g...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
A damp bank holiday What a very damp Bank Holiday that was! And it’s set to be much the same all through this half term week. I am looking out of the windows at the front and the back of the house and there are big weeds that need uprooting, but I don’t enjoy...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
I have had this a few times, I have a clipping in my little brown book from where I cut it out from somewhere. It is extremely tasty and amazingly quick, you need to prepare the nan in advance, otherwise it just takes a few minutes. Toasted Nan & Dahl tblsp medium...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
This is the second thing today, one of the chorizo stick thingies with chickpeas and tomato in a flatbread. It was gorgeous. Serves 2 2 flatbread, 4p 1 stick chorizo, Sainsbury, £1.29/4, 32p tin of chickpeas or equivalent of dried ones, soaked and cooked, Asda, a tin...
