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Chorizo, chickpea and tomato in a flatbread, 47p a serving

Chorizo, chickpea and tomato in a flatbread, 47p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3

This is the second thing today, one of the chorizo stick thingies with chickpeas and tomato in a flatbread. It was gorgeous. Serves 2 2 flatbread, 4p 1 stick chorizo, Sainsbury, £1.29/4, 32p tin of chickpeas or equivalent of dried ones, soaked and cooked, Asda, a tin...
Flatbreads, less than 2p each. Versatile and very yummy

Flatbreads, less than 2p each. Versatile and very yummy

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 11, Meal Plan 7, Sides

Two things today. Firstly, I did some wraps using Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall’s recipe from River Cottage, Veg Every Day. Hugh’s recipe uses what he calls the Magic Bread Dough. Magic because you can use the same recipe to make Pizza, Flatbread, Pitta, Breadsticks and...
Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad

Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad

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...
Fruit Scones that happen to be egg free and vegan

Fruit Scones that happen to be egg free and vegan

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 17, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 14, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plan 8, Meal Plan 9

This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. Scones ( how do you pronounce that where you are?) have been cooked and eaten in the UK since at least 1513. In the UK, we like a light and fluffy scone, and to enjoy it still warm from the oven, with...
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