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Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart – Stretch A Chicken (5)

Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart – Stretch A Chicken (5)

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 17, 2022 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Stretch A Chicken

Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart – Stretch A Chicken (5) This recipe is part of a series on stretching a chicken to the max. I took one medium chicken of 1.5kg and made it feed a family of 4 for a week, with 7 different budget stretching chicken...

Veggie Lasagna 43p a serving – Meal Plan 10

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 27, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 10

Veggie Lasagna 43p a serving – Meal Plan 10 This is for Meal Plan 10 and is a version of the Cheesy Bean Lasagna. I can’t use the same ingredients as they aren’t all available on this plan. So it’s a tweak of a tweaked recipe. The bean sauce layer2 onions,...
Herby Scones, 2p a scone – Meal Plan 10

Herby Scones, 2p a scone – Meal Plan 10

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 10

Herby Scones, 2p a scone – Meal Plan 10 We had these lovely herby scones at lunchtime with a bowl of tomato soup made with our tomatoes. I’ve had to wait a very long time for that soup this year, our tomatoes are scarce and only just ripening. It really is a...

Herby Pancakes with a Poached Egg 14p – Meal Plan 10

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 1, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 10

Herby Pancakes with a Poached Egg 14p – Meal Plan 10 This is breakfast on Meal Plan 10 on days 1 and 4 Serves 2120g value self raising flour, 45p/1,5kg, 4p2 eggs, mixed weight £70p/6, 23pPinch or so of dried mixed herbs, 1-2p15ml veg oil to cook, 2pTotal cost...

Cheesy Bean Lasagna, based on a SW recipe, 60p a servi g

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 13, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners

Cheesy Bean Lasagna, based on a SW recipe, 60p a servi g I was sure I had blogged this recipe before, but I can’t find it, so I can’t have done. It is yet another recipe from this months Slimming World – a good haul of recipes I like this time. Their recipe is called...

Pasta & Tomato Sauce, Meal Plan 9, 33p

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 11, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9, Meal Plans

Pasta & Tomato Sauce, Meal Plan 9, 33p This is dinner on day 2 and 5 of Meal Plan 9 Pasta & Tomato Sauce serves 260g cheddar, grated,Asda 350g/£1.55, 27p100g onion, Asda 1kg/59p, 6p300g tinned tomatoes – NB, not a whole tin, 23p150g value pasta, 500g/29p,...
Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each

Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners

Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each A recipe tonight. This is a dish I have been making for many years and was passed on to me by my Mum. It is filling, delicious, doesn’t take too long to make and is freezable.The portions are pretty...

Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes

Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave...

Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 10, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches

Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving These gorgeous little Olive Drop Scones were in today’s edition of ‘The I’. The paper billed them as a snack, but I think they would be scrummy as a main meal. With a bit of tweaking, we can frugalise these to...
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