by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
Spicy curried hummus, 60p for a massive pot Having made the curry yesterday using chickpeas, I had some cooked ones left. I didn’t measure them when I was pouring them into the saucepan as I wanted some leftovers. Well today, I decided to use those leftover chickpeas...
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,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 13, 2015 | All Recipes, No Power Meal Plan
Hotdog & Blackeye Bean Salad Bowl, 41p – No Power Meal Plan This is dinner on 2 days on the No Power Meal Plan. Use this same amount on both days, using the tin of blackeye beans on one day and the kidney beans on the other. Serves 2half a tin hotdogs, Asda...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 27, 2015 | All Recipes, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
No Power Meal Plan – Couscous Salad 50p a serving Well this first recipe tested ok, good start. It has quite a lot of oil in it to get the calories in. If you don’t need that, you could cut the oil down quite a bit. If you have it, you could use olive oil here....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
Roasted Vegetables in the Hole, 43p Arrgh, the pictures simply won’t size properly, it’s driving me nuts! Doing some gardening today, I pulled up a self sown Pink Fir Apple potato that was in the way of the spinach and it had several little potatoes on, so I had those...
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 | Jan 8, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
Cheese and onion roly poly, 57p/38p a portion Well, I thought I was going to tell you about a recipe variation today, but having searched the blog, I can’t find it. I could have sworn I’d posted this! This recipe is something I discovered when I had 2 hungry girls at...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 28, 2014 | Christmas, Love Your Leftovers
Good Old Turkey Curry – 81p a portion, plus how to make leftover turkey soup Had not one, but two Boxing Day classics today. I know it’s not actually Boxing Day, but it still feels like it! Plus I found this great graphic and I want to use it I dismantled the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Lunches
Stilton Quiche with Red Cabbage Coleslaw, 39p This flavoursome blue cheese quiche is served twice on the Christmas Meal Plan, along with an unusual coleslaw made with red cabbage and mustard. Strong festive flavours Pastry150g flour, value 45p/1.5kg, 4p75g Best...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 16, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Lunches
Christmas Meal Plan – HM pasta, cream, mixed veg, mustard 30p I had this for lunch today, from the Christmas 2014 Meal Plan. Serves 2 160g flour, value, 1.5kg/45p, 5p200g frozen mixed veg, Asda 1kg/77p. 15p120g frozen parsnips, Asda Chosen By You 680g pk/91p,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 12, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Lunches
Christmas Meal Plan – Parsnip Soup, Scone & Mince Pie, 37p This Christmas Meal Plan parsnip soup could scarcely be easier. Serves 2240g parsnips, Asda Chosen By You, 680g pk/91p, 32p750ml boiling water Total of 32p Put the parsnips and boiling water in a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 9, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Lunches
Christmas Meal Plan – Roast Pork Lunch, 84p This is the lunch for Christmas Day itself from the Christmas Meal Plan. 1.6kg Asda Butchers Selection British Pork Shoulder joint, £4.61, 300g, 86pStuffing, Asda Smartprice 85g/15p, half the pack, 7p500g Potatoes,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
A main course soup, based on Scotch Broth. About 47p for my unreproducible version Not so much a recipe today, as almost a serving suggestion. I was supposed to be testing Miss South’s Scotch Broth from her book, Slow Cooked today. <br /> However, I had a lot of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad, with Carrot, Raisin & Peanut Salad and Jacket Potato, total of 54p each Yesterday, I made Roasted Parsnip & Apple Salad from Hugh’s latest book. <br /> Ooh, nom, nom, nom. The dressing really makes this salad. Both...
