by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 30, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy! Today, we’re talking what to do with that lovely homemade paneer, well, one thing anyway! A delicious paneer curry. I really like this and make it often, usually with shop bought paneer. Maybe not again?...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 26, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p I had this mixed vegetable dauphinoise for lunch yesterday and dinner today. I have only recently had dauphinoise at home for the first time, and I tried it because of the high fat diet I’m on – seemed to be a good fit The...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 29, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9
Had this for my lunch today, mmmm, very yummy serves 2 130g cheese Asda 350g/£1.55, 58p 200g potatoes, Asda 59p/kg, 12p 40g ham, Asda 400g/£1.49, 15p 60g olives Asda drained weight 180g/£1.29, 43p Total cost £1.28, 64p per portion Slice up the potatoes, no need to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2015 | All Recipes, No Power Meal Plan
This is dinner on 2 days on the No Power Meal Plan. Use this same amount on both days, using the tin of blackeye beans on one day and the kidney beans on the other. Serves 2 half a tin hotdogs, Asda 49p, 25p 30ml oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 4p 100g carrot, Asda £1.18/2kg,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2015 | All Recipes, Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans
This was my tea tonight, the tuna pasta salad from Meal Plan 9. On the meal plan, this salad is used as a lunch, but it could just as easily be a dinner, and in fact, it was What you need to make tuna pasta salad half a tin of tuna, Aldi, 49p, 25p 80g onion, Aldi 59p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
Finally, the last recipe for Meal Plan 8, a simple stir fry. This plan has taken months to finish. I have another one lined up ready to go, just need to check the nutrition What you need 120g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 57p 200g egg...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
A freeform loaf and a broad bean & feta wrap Made a loaf with the dough I keep in the fridge today. Thought I would try a freefrom one this time. Partly because I wanted to see if I could do one, and that it wouldn’t flatten itself out on the baking sheet. Partly...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Broad bean, pea and mint risotto, 53p Here is the recipe for the risotto we had yesterday. I halved a recipe that was supposed to serve 5-6 as a starter, but half would actually easily serve 4 as a main I found the recipe in the Guardian. 200g broad beans, Asda frozen...
by admin | Jul 17, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Sports day and risotto Phew, what a scorcher! Went to Eastbourne today to see my grand daughter’s sports day. The race she was dreading the most was the balance a bean bag on the head one. But because she hated it, she had practised it a lot and only won it! Her mum...
