by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2021 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 2, Sides
Caramelised Onions Post first written in January 2015, refreshed and updated November 2021 In Meal Plan 2, there are 750g of onions left after all the recipes have been made, so I thought I’d use them to make this very useful condiment to use as you wish...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 23, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cheese and Onion Tart Today’s recipe, by request, is for Onion Tart. Yet another recipe that I helped develop on the Cheap Family Recipes site. When I wrote this recipe, years ago, in 2013, CFR had disappeared and I made the savoury tart recipe using my notes....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 9, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes
Savoury flapjacks, fragrant with rosemary, caramelised onions and sweet chilli, 15p Do you have a savoury flapjacks recipe? I was on the hunt for a savoury flapjacks recipe today. I Googled, as you do, and absolutely every single recipe I found had cheese in it, and...
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 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
Protein packed Quinoa burgers, 32p for a 2 burger portion Did you miss me? goodness, where did that week go. Things have been extra manic here this last week, with every minute crammed full and no time left to blog. I’ve missed our chats and have had lots of things to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Lunches, Meal Plan 4
Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Other, Round Up Post
Cranberry Curd, £1.18 a jar, and lots and lots of other variations, including savoury ones 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 28, 2014 | All Recipes, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plans
Meal Plan 1 still £1 a day after 12 months and smelly sandwiches Last night and today, I have been updating the shopping list for the very first meal plan we did here, meal plan one. This was first posted in June 2013. The weeks shopping is to feed two adults,...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Meal Plans
Week Five Meal Planner – Brie, Chicken and Eggs Week Five Meal Planner – Brie, Chicken and Eggs Something a bit different this time. This plan is an extended version (2 more days added) of a Live Below the Line 2014 plan I did for ActionAid. It looked quite nice, so I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 3, 2013 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 3
Jammy Flapjack. This vegan oat bar can be savoury too These vegan oat bars are delicious, a flapjack with a jam layer. A raspberry flapjack is my favourite, with homemade raspberry jam. They obviously are sweet, but maybe not as sweet as the name suggests. I have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1
Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021 Hummus – currently a very popular item in shopping baskets. Much, much cheaper to make than to buy, plus there are lots of flavouring options. This was written...
