by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
101 ideas for dinner tomorrow, from 14p to 97p per portion, most around the 50p mark Wondering what to make for dinner tomorrow? Have a little look at the table of dinners from the ‘Recipes’ tab and see if you can find any inspiration Dinners Show entries Search: Cost...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 3, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken & Dumplings 37p 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners, Lunches, Other
Finger Dumplings, delicious little butter crisped fingers. Very versatile, savoury or sweet. Yesterday, I was reading a German cook book and came across these unusual looking things. <br /> They are made using gnochhi dough, but fried in butter at the end. They...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 24, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
Meal Plan 7 – casserole of bacon, veg, toms & soft cheese, 45p a serving This is a dinner on Meal Plan 7, served on Day 4. 100g bacon, 75p/500g, 15p100g onion, £1.08/2kg, 5p100g carrots, £1.18/2kg, 6p100g white cabbage, 52p/900g, 6phalf a tin of tomatoes,...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
Lentil Dumplings, with Tomato Sauce, 20-30p a serving, + green vegetable This recipe is by request. It is from my recent LBL week. On the first day I had planned Lentil dumplings with tomato sauce. I have added more flavourings here than I had available on LBL! I had...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Meal Plans
Week Five Meal Planner – Brie, Chicken and Eggs Week Five Meal Planner – Brie, Chicken and Eggs Something a bit different this time. This plan is an extended version (2 more days added) of a Live Below the Line 2014 plan I did for ActionAid. It looked quite nice, so I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 20, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Making Dumplings using Pastry Had some whoopsied stewing steak to use yesterday, so popped it in the slow cooker with onions, carrots and a carton of tomatoes. Then left it to cook down. By dinner time, I didn’t really fancy the mashed potato I had planned. Wish my...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 29, 2013 | Lunches, Meal Plan 3
Cauliflower and chick pea soup with little dumplings This tasty veggie soup makes use of an ingredient that perhaps you haven’t before, the stems and stalks of a cauliflower head. I actually prefer the taste of the stems to the florets! Makes 4 servings 150g onion,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 28, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato Sauce I tried these several years ago as my brother is coeliac and these, if you use the gram flour option, are gluten free. They are easy to make, freeze well and taste delicious.This recipe serves 4 adults. Great for kids as it’s...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings 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...
