by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2015 | Other
I made this today. Had a pack of cranberries in the fridge and I love a good curd, so decided to make a cranberry curd with them. I looked at various recipes on the net. Many used cranberry juice, many used lots of ingredients. So in the end I opted for a Delia Smith...
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 24, 2014 | Dinners, Meal Plan 7
This is a dinner on Meal Plan 7, served on Day 4. 100g bacon, 75p/500g, 15p 100g onion, £1.08/2kg, 5p 100g carrots, £1.18/2kg, 6p 100g white cabbage, 52p/900g, 6p half a tin of tomatoes, 31p/tin, 16p 90g red lentils, 20p/100g, 18p 50g soft cheese, 88p/200g, 22p tblsp...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 12
Oh the delights of growing tomatoes. This little lot are destined for the lunch time soup. I make tomato soup often, but only about now in the year do I make it with fresh ones. The taste is completely different, especially if I also have some fresh basil, which,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 7, 2013 | All Meal Plans, All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This recipe is served with soup on meal plan 4 which will feed 2 adults for 7 days at a cost of £1 each per day. You will need 250g value flour, 45p/1.5kg, 8p 1 sachet yeast (7g) 28p/2 sachets 14p (much cheaper if yiou can afford to buy more in 1 go) 1 tsp mixed dried...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 7, 2013 | All Meal Plans, Dinners, Meal Plan 4
This recipe features in meal plan 4 I have split the recipe into 2 rather than 4 portions for meal plan 4 I am making lunches for my busy community nurse daughter who doesn’t like cooking all that much – is she really mine? We are currently enjoying exploring the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 18, 2013 | All Recipes, Meal Plan 2, Other
Croutons are incredibly useful little things. They can shoosh up many a dish. Try using the end of a loaf, or something that’s gone a bit stale to eat as bread to make some. You could freeze them, or the un-croutoned bread (my preference), so you can have some...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
What do you do with your cauliflower leaves? I think they have a lot of flavour, like broccoli stalks, and tend to choose those first when we have something and veg. I usually cook them like the florets, DP has those, because he prefers them, and I have the leaves,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 10, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
These gorgeous little Olive Drop Scones were in today’s edition of ‘The I’. The paper billed them as a snack, but I think they would be scrummy as a main meal. With a bit of tweaking, we can frugalise these to make a very cheap meal. How to make...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 4, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
I still have some of the soft cheese from the Mackerel Pate left in the fridge and have been wondering what to do with it. It tastes really nice, doesn’t cost too much and seems to go a long way. How to make a garlicky Boursin sandwich I really love garlicky Boursin,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings – This is another one of our family favourites. Only takes about half an hour to make and is a delicious warming dish to come home to. If you need more calories, serve it with mashed potato. You can vary the flavours in the...
