by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 2
Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad – warm or cold First written in August 2013, refreshed and updated in November 2021. I wanted to try a couscous salad that I have been doing for a while and see if I could get it sub 50p. Well, it worked out at 71p for the dish...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 2, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 10
Sweetcorn fritters, wedges & peas This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. Simple little vegan sweetcorn fritters, very quick and easy, and at 30p a serving, a very cheap meal Sweet corn appears to have originated in America, being grown...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 10, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Other, Sides
Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what The U3A cooking group met at my house this week. When wondering what to make, I thought, like last December,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners
A gorgeous Chickpea, Mango and Coconut Curry First published in February 2014 and re-priced this week Making it up as I go along I have had a lovely play in the kitchen today and amongst other things, I made this chickpea, mango and coconut curry. It is gorgeous! I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 12, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Bean and Quinoa, Lemon and Herb Salad This recipe was one that the U3A made when the group came to my house for our monthly meeting. I had been looking through Yotam Ottolenghi’s Plenty More for inspiration and found this lovely salad. This is my version of it Bean...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 5, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Sardine and Tomato Fish Cakes 26p a portion and Tuna Fish Cakes 36p a portion The budget cookery group for the U3A were here Tuesday afternoon and one of the things we made was fish cakes. We did one version using a tin of sardines in tomato sauce, and another using a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 31, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plans
Meal plan 10 – Pea fritters and chips, 17p, vegan Had this for lunch today. It’s a dinner from Meal Plan 10. I used a potato rather than frozen chips, as on the plan, as that is what I had. I chopped it up into chips, skin and all and dusted it with a pinch of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 4
This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session. It didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was filling, even tho it was less than 300 calories, and 3 hours later, I am not in the least bit...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Broad bean, pea and mint risotto, 53p Here is the recipe for the risotto we had yesterday. I halved a recipe that was supposed to serve 5-6 as a starter, but half would actually easily serve 4 as a main I found the recipe in the Guardian. 200g broad beans, Asda frozen...
by admin | Jul 17, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Sports day and risotto Phew, what a scorcher! Went to Eastbourne today to see my grand daughter’s sports day. The race she was dreading the most was the balance a bean bag on the head one. But because she hated it, she had practised it a lot and only won it! Her mum...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
I was cruising around the internet last night looking for ways to use radishes, as the box I grew in the greenhouse is now stuffed full of the most perfect specimens. Not a slug bite out of any of them, lovely size, nice and peppery. Gorgeous, the best ones I have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
What do you do with your cauliflower leaves? I think they have a lot of flavour, like broccoli stalks, and tend to choose those first when we have something and veg. I usually cook them like the florets, DP has those, because he prefers them, and I have the leaves,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4
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 can vary the flavours in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 19, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 4
This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. Pea soup, a lovely quick and simple soup using frozen green peas and not a lot else. And at 16p a serving, a cheap family recipe. How To Make Green Pea Soup Simmer frozen green peas in 500ml water for...
