by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 4, 2024 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 2
This couscous salad is filling and sustaining, keeping me going until dinner (I usually have it at lunchtime). Very versatile, you can add all kinds of bits and pieces to it from those little dishes in the fridge What do I need to make vegan couscous salad This recipe...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 19, 2024 | Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 14, Sides
Peperonata is one of those things that we have pretty often. It is a pepper and onion stew that goes with many things, can be used as a main dish or as a side. We first started having it with cheesey gougere, which is choux pastry – I must blog that recipe one...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 26, 2023 | All Meal Plans, Meal Plans For 2, No Power Meal Plan
The No Power Meal Plan is for anyone who has no access to any power to cook, heat water or refrigerate. I am assuming that there is no power to the house at all, so not even a kettle. It shows 3 meals a day, plus some biscuity extras to fill any gaps, for 7 days, for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 2
First written in August 2013, refreshed and updated in November 2021. I wanted to try a couscous salad that I have been doing for a while and see if I could get it sub 50p. Well, it worked out at 71p for the dish in the picture, and there is plenty there for two, so...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 11, 2019 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
I’ve been enjoying these Couscous snacky lunchbox bites for a couple of weeks now. But I’ve been using a packet mix to make them, with added flavourings. I’ve had some lemon and coriander packet mixes in the cupboard for ages, from an approved foods order. That’s all...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 27, 2015 | All Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
Well this first recipe tested ok, good start. It has quite a lot of oil in it to get the calories in. If you don’t need that, you could cut the oil down quite a bit. If you have it, you could use olive oil here. There are 2 servings of fresh vegetables per person. It...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2015 | All Meal Plans, Meal Plan 9
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 | Apr 26, 2015 | All Meal Plans, My Diary
Has the poop hit the fan? Do you need to feed people for less than £1 a day? Crucial question, do you have a larder?If you do, then these recipes may help. There are no exotic ingredients, just ordinary things like carrots, onions, flour, rapeseed oil, oats, sugar,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 7, 2013 | All Meal Plans, Dinners, Meal Plan 4
This recipe features in meal plan 4 I have split the recipe into 2 rather than 4 portions for meal plan 4 I am making lunches for my busy community nurse daughter who doesn’t like cooking all that much – is she really mine? We are currently enjoying exploring the...
