by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners
Lentil Ragu Lasagna I recently made a really good lentil ragu. The flavour was strong enough that I thought it may well make a good lasagna. This is the result and it was very good indeed! It will freeze well, so is something you can batch make. Lentil Ragu Lasagna...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 23, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cabbage, sultana and nut pasta bake This recipe is inspired by one I found in a recipe book first published in 1994 – The Vegetarian Pasta Book. I’ve been making, and adapting, lots of recipes from it. Amazingly, it’s still in print, and, as a bonus, extremely...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 19, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners
Lentil ragu with spaghetti Lentil ragu with spaghetti Made something really good this evening inspired by a recipe from this book. I’ve tweaked it a bit, as you do, so this is my version of it. First printed in 1994 and still in print and extremely cheap from Amazon....
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 17, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Bacony tomatoey pasta This recipe was suggested by Ailsa Jones on the Facebook group. Look in the comments if you’d like to see the original recipe. I forgot the garlic and the smoked paprika mind, and they would both be lovely additions. Bacony tomatoey pasta...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 28, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Oven Baked Frittata. Takes literally 2 minutes to make, then just bung it in the oven I knocked this up for tea this week. I was looking for something slimming world friendly that involved lots of vegetables and remembered the three bags of mixed veg in the freezer....
by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2018 | All Recipes, Dinners
Spaghetti Carbonara – 41p a portion This post was last revisited, repriced and updated in April 2018 Inspired by the Great British Budget Menu, I thought I would have a look at the Carbonara sauce recipe I use and see how much it costs. One of my favourite...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 8, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Things You May Never Need To Make Again
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again – Pesto Pesto Pesto is one of the most favourite things for a rapid and tasty tea. And although it isn’t wildly expensive to buy a pot of pesto, make it at home and a whole world of inexpensive pesto’s opens up to you. I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 6, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Things You May Never Need To Make Again
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again – Pasta Sauce I started this series of Things You May Never Need To Buy Again ages ago, here, here and here, but I’ve decided that no one will be able to find them. So I’m redoing them as separate posts and will do lots...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 5, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Sides
Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce) Cipolline is pronounced chip-oh-LEE-nay and is a flat type of onion used in Italy for this dish. How to make Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce) Peel some onions, without removing the roots,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Other
Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads! If you grow runner beans, you may well have times, like me, when you are a bit overwhelmed with them and don’t know what else to do with them. Personally, I think home frozen runners are vile. I’ve tried...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 11, 2017 | All Recipes, Lunches, Other
30+ different flavours for baked bean hummus / paté, a LCHF recipe, or fat free! Whilst gardening on Saturday, I was musing about baked bean paté / hummus and what different flavours could be achieved. I came up with over 30 without trying very hard at all! And as I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 27, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
Spinach and ricotta pasta This is the pasta dish I spoke about last time. Its seriously good and with a little tweaking it comes in at an acceptable price for this blog. Spinach & Ricotta Pasta This picture is when I made it using giant shells ...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 13, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Other
Rocket, watercress, basil and sunflower seed pesto. Nut and gluten free Another variation of pesto today – rocket, watercress, basil and sunflower seed. ingredients I’ve been tidying up out in the garden today and the rocket is one of the few things doing well this...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 4, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Other
Sage, lemon and pumpkin seed pesto £2.99 for a huge jar I really fancied something made with a lemon from the fridge and lots of mint from the garden today. But the mint is straggly and chewed. An alternative would have been lemon balm, but that was even worse, every...
