by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 22, 2023 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 1, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plan 2, Meal Plan 7
Raisin Pancakes This is an idea I first came across on Cheap Family Recipes, I absolutely love them, especially with a strawberry compote with full flavoured summer strawberries The raisins contribute towards your need for a portion of purple each day. I think this is...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Christmas, Meal Plans, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. No need to get into debt, when with a bit of extra planning, you can enjoy a delicious vegetarian Christmas festive meal, without spending...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 20, 2022 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Christmas, Christmas Meal Plan 4, Meal Plans
Christmas Week Food. Lots of festive flavours & not many £££’s Christmas Meal Plan If you are on a tight budget, Christmas food can be very difficult, causing stress, and maybe even debt too. Happily, you can enjoy a delicious festive meal, and eat well for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 2, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches
Broccoli and Almond Stuffed Pancakes This recipe started off as a savoury pancake recipe using a cauliflower. I made it, and warmed it in the oven with the sauce already on it, and it really didn’t work at all. It was dry and I’d managed to kill much of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
Pancakes and not quite 101 ideas, sweet and savoury to fill them It’s Shrove Tuesday next week, the traditional day to use up everything that’s left before the arrival of Lent. Pancakes are one of those lovely things that can be paired with all manner of other things...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 11, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
Bed time ice cream? Dinner with friends and family last night was lovely, of course! Lots of chat and laughter. Got home very late and slept only fitfully, so am pretty tired today. It seems to be that if I miss what my system considers to be my sleeping ‘slot’, it...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 9, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast
Ever tried cooking your muesli? 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 19, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 10
Herby Pancakes and Poached Egg, 15p – Meal Plan 10 This is breakfast on days 1 and 4 on Meal Plan 10 Serves 22 eggs, Asda 70p/6, 23p120g value flour, 45p/1.5kg, 4ptsp dried herbs, or tblsp fresh if you have them, 25p pot, 2p?15ml oil (a tblsp) £1.10/litre,...
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...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track We had this lovely recipe for dinner this evening. I found the idea on the web, but can’t remember where now. It was a slow cooker recipe, but I just bubbled it on the hob, and I’ve tweaked it, as you do. It’s a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 12, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Dinners, Lunches
Breakfast, Lunch or Dinner, Ham and Cheese Pancakes, 23p Something interesting popped up in my Bloglovin feed yesterday.Ham and Cheddar Waffle Bread from our ourbestbites.com I thought it would cost up for a lunch or dinner on ThriftyLesley, so I had a go at lunchtime...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 27, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
101 ideas for dinner tomorrow, from 14p to 97p per portion, most around the 50p mark Wondering what to make for dinner tomorrow? Have a little look at the table of dinners from the ‘Recipes’ tab and see if you can find any inspiration Dinners Show entries Search: Cost...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 26, 2015 | Meal Plans, My Diary
Poop, larders and less than £1 a day, how about 53p? Has the poop hit the fan? Do you need to feed people for less than £1 a day? Crucial question, do you have a larder?If you do, then these recipes may help. There are no exotic ingredients, just ordinary things like...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Cabbage Pancakes & Sweet Chilli 8p a serving This is breakfast on days 3 and 6 for Meal Plan 8. Lovely, crispy, savoury pancakes. Filling, warming and satisfying. 75g white cabbage, 58p/kilo, 5p100g self raising flour, valu 45p/1.5kg,...
