by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2021 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 11, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plan 8
This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. A very, very variable recipe, for oaty biscuits. Much, much too moreish – and although they are only 1p a biscuit, could make it not frugal as they get scoffed too quickly 🙂 especially warm and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 1
This post was first published in June 2013 and updated and republished in June 2021 Chickpeas are incredibly nutritious, packed full of protein and complex carbohydrates. They have been grown for 1000’s of years and in 2019, the world grew 19 million tonnes of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 7, 2020 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
I love baked oats and have made many a different variation of a baked oats recipe. Having tried a dozen or so sweet versions, I began to wonder about savoury baked oats. A bit of Googling later and I realised that it wasn’t really a big thing. However, I was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 21, 2019 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Less than 500 calories
I went to a friends recently and she gave me one of these Anzac biscuits. They were really good! Mike loves oaty things so I asked for the recipe and was quite surprised when they turned out to be Anzac biscuits, which I know are very similar to Twinkles Hob Nobs...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base and walnuts in the topping. One of the recipes from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. Savoury Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble Base mixture Priced at Asda December 2018 100g red cabbage, chopped not in the shops...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 7, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories
I have been following Slimming World for a few weeks now in my ongoing attempts to lose weight. I cant stand boring or bland food, so am constantly looking for nice things to eat that are allowed. I’ve written before about how delicious overnight oats are, and can be...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 27, 2018 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories
I had some using up to do today. There was a half used bottle of maple syrup that wouldn’t last much longer and I have lots of almonds that I need to use. So I thought I’d combine the two in a maple syrup and toasted almond granola. I don’t have any pecans which would...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 3, 2017 | All Recipes, Dinners
We had a roast chicken on Friday, so I had lots of lovely leftovers to do something with. This is the first thing I did, a lovely buttery leek base, along with the chicken, in a white sauce, and topped with an oaty savoury crumble with a hint of stuffing. The topping...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 16, 2016 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes
Fancy a bit of baking on this cold and rainy Sunday? How about these Granola Breakfast Bars. They make a handy grab it quick  and run out the door type of breakfast. Good for you too, with slow release oats and a bit of fruit in there as well. Mike loves the Sainsbury...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2016 | Breakfast, Meal Plan 14, Round Up Post
I am a new convert to overnight oats, and I’m loving them. These are wonderful if you are time stretched. You can make up dishes ready to be topped, or a big bowl that can be used over several days, or directly in little pots ready to be topped and carried off...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
This is a new recipe I tried today, in our ongoing mission to have more purple portions – beetroot burgers. Packed full of veg and all the goodness that implies, and if it is of interest to you, it is vegetarian, vegan if you leave out the egg, and gluten free too...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 9, 2016 | Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes
Do you have a savoury flapjacks recipe? I was on the hunt for a savoury flapjacks recipe today. I Googled, as you do, and absolutely every single recipe I found had cheese in it, and carrots. By the tenth recipe, I was thinking s#d this, I’m going to do one without...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2015 | Breakfast
Tried something new at breakfast this morning. I have watched a couple of Jamie Oliver’s new TV programme, Everyday Super Food, and there a few things that I liked the look of, and I ended up getting the book. I know, I know, I’m supposed to be getting rid...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 3, 2015 | Lunches
I am doing the 5:2 fast day today. OK so far, at just gone 6pm, I am now getting seriously hungry, but I just have to last out to bedtime, then I can eat normally tomorrow. I usually eat even more veg than usual on these days to get a bit of bulk. We have runner beans...
