by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners
Simple Vegan Red Lentil Tomato Dahl Post first written in July 2013, refreshed and updated in November 2021. Tomatoes, red lentils and a few spices made into dhal and served with brown rice. Quick, very cheap, and easy – what’s not to like? I like the dahl just on its...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2020 | All Recipes, Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Christmas Leftovers – part 3. Turkey Burgers; Cheesy Pasta; Parsnip Dahl; Parsnip soup Part 3 of our attack on those Christmas leftovers. more turkey ideas Using stale, dead, bread, that’s been whizzed into breadcrumbs, use the zombie burgers basics, and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 21, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
Mixed veg Dahl that turned into Dahl soup Had an experiment that turned out lovely today. I intended to make a Dahl, but it ended up as Dahl soup because I added too much water. There were the stalks and stems from an entire cauliflower in the fridge, and I thought it...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 26, 2015 | 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 | Feb 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
This is a variation of Tomato Dahl, just replacing the tomatoes with spinach. I’ve used individual spices here, but you could use the equivalent amount of any curry powder or any curry paste. Make sure you sizzle the spices/paste in the oil. The tomatoes/spinach can...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Lunches
Smoked mackerel & creamy soft cheese on granary toast, 63p. Plus, how to stay on budget for the day The simplest of simple breakfasts this morning. I got some yellow stickered smoked mackerel this week. So this morning I toasted a slice of granary bread,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dieting, Dinners, Lunches
Dahl Sambar 31p a portion, diet ideas, progress today & other kitchen happenings There has been a lot going on in the kitchen today. Remember all those plums I had earlier in the year? I got a pot of them out of the freezer and cooked them up with a tsp of mixed...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Lemon Dahl from 18p to 24p depending on if you use value or basmati rice The second Dahl recipe for today, a lemony one this time. I really like this with a lovely fresh nan and some cool veg, like shredded lettuce and cucumber Lemon Dahl Serves 2100g red lentils....
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 27, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Coconut Dahl, from 17p to 23p a portion depending on if you use value or basmati rice Here is another dahl recipe, a coconutty one this time. I like to use brown basmati rice with most things, if you wanted to use value rice, it would reduce the cost to just 17p a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 26, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
Toasted Nan & Dahl, 38p a portion I have had this a few times, I have a clipping in my little brown book from where I cut it out from somewhere. It is extremely tasty and amazingly quick, you need to prepare the nan in advance, otherwise it just takes a few...
