by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 19, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches, Round Up Post
Using breadcrumbs for dinner Went to a U3A meeting this morning on Science. One of our number talked about Astronomy. We discussed the immense distances involved and moved on to the possibility of life elsewhere. The presenter is a chemist, so we had a very...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 13, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners
I was sure I had blogged this recipe before, but I can’t find it, so I can’t have done. It is yet another recipe from this months Slimming World – a good haul of recipes I like this time. Their recipe is called Cheesy Lentil Lasagna. They use cottage cheese, just on...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 18, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 9
This delicious pie is from Meal Plan 9. The Meal Plan is for 2 people, providing everything needed for the week except drinks. I tried to update the prices today, but mySupermarket isn’t showing Aldi and the Aldi site itself is showing a limited selection of what they...
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 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 | Aug 29, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Chicken & Vegetable Tart, delicious hot or cold, 44p a serving Here is the recipe I promised you yesterday pastry 150g self raising flour, value flour 45p/1.5kg, 4p 75ml vegetable oil, £1.25 litre 9p filling 130g chicken, priced as in this post 99p 160g carrots,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 31, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Stretch A Chicken
Rubber Chicken (2) Chicken & Onion Pie, 26p a portion. Spicy lentil soup, 18p A couple of days ago, I made a variation of the pie using oil pastry. This is in fact, more or less, the original pie where I first made oil pastry on cheap family recipes, although we...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Guest Posts, Lunches
I’ve been wanting to try a beetroot and feta tart for a while now. Made it for lunch today and it was just as delicious as I thought it would be. My intention was to make a tart to serve 2, but by the time I had diced up the beetroot, it was obvious it...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 14, 2013 | All Recipes, Other
What Do I Need To Make Pastry With Oil? self raising (all purpose) flour – it needs to be self raising to give the pastry lift. Use plain and baking powder if you don’t have any self raising a neutral vegetable oil – you can use olive oil in savoury...
