by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2017 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Tomato & Chive Soda Bread Twenty years ago, I was, and still am, a great admirer of the chef Lesley Waters. She used to make a lot of vegetarian recipes, using ordinary ingredients to make lovely tasty things. I bought two of her books way back when, including...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 16, 2016 | Breakfast, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Home made sausages I have been fancying for a while having a go at making sausages, and this week, I did just that. I was in Sainsburys and thought I’d get some pork to make some. I picked up a shoulder joint that had been reduced and looked at the back of the pack...
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 | May 5, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Sardine and Tomato Fish Cakes 26p a portion and Tuna Fish Cakes 36p a portion The budget cookery group for the U3A were here Tuesday afternoon and one of the things we made was fish cakes. We did one version using a tin of sardines in tomato sauce, and another using a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
Something interesting popped up in my Bloglovin feed yesterday. Ham and Cheddar Waffle Bread from our ourbestbites.com I thought it would cost up for a lunch or dinner on ThriftyLesley, so I had a go at lunchtime today. I do have a waffle iron and used a little mix in...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 3, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
A simple, quick and filling dinner. If you are not following meal plan 8, add any extra veg you would like to and vary the seasonings to give more variations 240g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, £1.13 150g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 8p 200g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
Spiced Parsnip Soup 17p a serving. Serve with tomato scone or herb bread Spiced parsnip soup is mildly spicy and creamy, a lovely cold weather lunch, filling, warming and tasty. On meal plan 4, we have 2 soups during the week, this one and a green pea soup. To serve...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
Spinach Stuffed Pancakes with Tomato Sauce & Cheese 51p I have been experimenting today with various things, including these delicious stuffed pancakes. The youngest of my two daughters is a busy community nurse and has asked me if I would do some lunches for...
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 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,...
