by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
Oh my goodness, this was SO good. Soft roasted vegetables, spicy paprika chorizo, smooth tomato sauce, crispy thin pizza base. Yum YUM This mixture made two 32cm pizzas, you could make both and have one the next day, or freeze one, ready made up to pop in the oven. 1...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 7, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 2
A pair of pancakes stuffed with sauted vegetables and bound together with creamy soft cheese – delicious. This filling is onion, carrots and peas in soft cheese, but is very variable. Depends what you have, you can use up lots of things. How to make these...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 2
Dinner this evening were these delicious little olive drop scones, accompanied by crispy fried onions and a carrot and raisin salad, that has a few raisins sprinkled in and spritzed with lemon juice. I created this recipe using what is available in Meal Plan 2 and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 2
A super simple filled pitta bread, filled with a mixture of grated carrot, lemon zest and juice and soft cheese. It is very tasty and would work without the lemon if you don’t have any, but it really does make a big difference to the flavour, especially the zest. What...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 22, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
This was supper last night. Haven’t had stir fry for a while, and saw some bean sprouts in Sainsbury’s, so that’s what we had. If you like stir fries and have them fairly often, it is really worth getting a little bottle of sesame oil. You may even have some already....
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 | 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 14, Meal Plan 3
Vegetable Crumble is a family favourite in our house. The girls liked it when they were still living at home, and my husband loves it, he’ll always enjoy it whenever it’s on offer. Made using ordinary root vegetables with a really lovely topping. How do I make...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1
This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. Potato and Onion Hash – grated vegetables slowly fried until there is lovely crisp crust. served with bacon, peas and ketchup. Or you could whizz up all the ingredients into a warming soup...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1
This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. Carrots are extremely nutritious and we have been eating them for thousands of years. Worldwide, 40 million tonnes of carrots are grown, the majority in China. Making soup using carrots A delicious,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 12
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 for Meal Plan 1 This sandwich...
