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Crispy Topped Miso Vegetables

Crispy Topped Miso Vegetables

by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 16, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories

This super tasty dinner recipe came out of a need to use up various items in the fridge. How to make crispy topped miso vegetables For this version, I used a pepper, a third of a bag of bean sprouts, 2 broccoli stalks, a carrot, 3 separate onion halves and some soft...
A Vegan Vegetable Bake – Celery, Swede & Chickpea

A Vegan Vegetable Bake – Celery, Swede & Chickpea

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 18, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners

I picked up a couple of heads of celery on yellow sticker this week. I wanted to make something main coursey with at least one of them. I had a little google and looked at Pinterest and came up with this vegan vegetable bake using celery, swede and chickpeas. Celery...
Home made Paneer. Cheap, delicious, versatile and nutritious. What’s not to like?

Home made Paneer. Cheap, delicious, versatile and nutritious. What’s not to like?

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 28, 2016 | All Recipes, Other

Inspired by the talented Miki Knight on the wonderful Feed Yourself for £1 A Day face book page, I decided to finally get round to making some home made paneer. Following Miki’s method, this is what I did Paneer Priced at Asda using mySupermarket 4 pints/2.27litres...
Lentil flour and the simplest bread I’ve ever made

Lentil flour and the simplest bread I’ve ever made

by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 8, 2016 | All Recipes, Bready Things, Cakes and Bakes

I was looking round the Internet last week, as you do, and came across lentil flour. What’s that, thought I, sounds intriguing. I started off with lentil flour and ended up with a loaf made with fizzy water! What I hear you say? That’s what I thought too....
A kitchen experiment, Pea-Crumb Fritters, 6p

A kitchen experiment, Pea-Crumb Fritters, 6p

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 29, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 12

Did one of my very favourite things today and had a play in the kitchen and ended up with these pea-crumb fritters. Have been thinking about doing some kind of frittery thing using mushy peas for a while now. Had a little Google and a look around t’internet....
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too

Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 11, 2016 | Dinners, Lunches

going through my cook books   I have been looking through a few of my (far too many really! ) cook books recently. I do this every now and again, and note down any recipes I like the look of. One of the books I looked through was The Vegetable Bible by Sophie...
Simple mushrooms on toast. A super simple plate of loveliness for any time of day

Simple mushrooms on toast. A super simple plate of loveliness for any time of day

by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 7, 2016 | Breakfast, Lunches

I’ve had mushrooms on toast for breakfast a couple of times recently. But it’s really filling and I think it would also make a great lunch or simple supper dish. Perfect for one. Very quick and super simple. Only 220 calories, but keeps me going until lunch, may be...
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