by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 24, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Sides
Barley Salad, 59p. Versatile, delicious and very easy to make I haven’t done a recipe for you for a while. I did a soup earlier this week using the juices from some boiled beef, miscellaneous veg from the fridge and some pearl barley. I looked at the container with...
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 | May 18, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Stretch A Chicken
Rubber Chicken (7) Fritters Ages ago now, I started a Rubber Chicken feature, conjuring a total of 28 portions from 1 x £4.99 chicken. These fritters are part of that and are the penultimate recipe, still one more to go! Pick all the meat from the chicken carcass,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Goan Fish Curry, made with chicken, 56p. Plus the original fish recipe the budget cookery group Had the budget cookery group round this afternoon. We had our usual laugh, then made some Carrot and Tahini Hummus, a Mixed Nut and Seed Butter, then a glorious Goan Fish...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
Fridge soup that’s Paleo, I think, an avocado smoothie and a breadcrumb topped crumble low carb soup Still on my quest for nice things to eat on this high fat, now even more low carb, diet my coach has put me on, I thought I’d do some soup. I love soup and have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 24, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
Vegan 5:2 Tom Yum with shredded cabbage, 43p Today is a 5:2 day and I had this gorgeous soup at lunchtime. I’ve had a look on mySupermarket and the Tom Yum Paste doesn’t seem to be stocked in the supermarkets. I got mine at an Asian shop. Amazon has some at...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track We had this lovely recipe for dinner this evening. I found the idea on the web, but can’t remember where now. It was a slow cooker recipe, but I just bubbled it on the hob, and I’ve tweaked it, as you do. It’s a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw – No Power Plan As we have no power on this, the No Power Plan, to refrigerate, wrap the cheese in a damp tea towel to keep it as fresh as possible, and keep it in as cool a place as you can. I have changed this so have no...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 24, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan As we have no power on this, the no power plan, to refrigerate, have this meat product on the first day. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 200g haslet, Asda 250g/75p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.18, 12p...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2015 | All Recipes, No Power Meal Plan
Hotdog & Blackeye Bean Salad Bowl, 41p – 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 2half a tin hotdogs, Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 10, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
No Power Plan sandwiches I know sandwiches are hardly a recipe, but I wanted to go through the quantities and prep, just to be clear. For the hoummous and carrot sandwichesServes 2Tin of chickpeas, drained, use half the tin. Asda 4 for £1, 12p100g carrots, grated, no...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
A simple Chicken Stir Fry, Meal Plan 8, 81p a serving 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 120g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
101 ideas for dinner tomorrow, from 14p to 97p per portion, most around the 50p mark Wondering what to make for dinner tomorrow? Have a little look at the table of dinners from the ‘Recipes’ tab and see if you can find any inspiration Dinners Show entries Search: Cost...
