by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 24, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 1
Bacon & Sweetcorn Pie This post was first written in June 2013 and updated in June 2021. This recipe is one of those extremely variable ones. You can bake this as a pie, leave the top of and bake as a bacon and sweetcorn tart, or steam it as a pudding and change...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 1, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
A gorgeous home made Pad Thai I run a cooking group for the local U3A that meets once a month, and this months meeting was today. We made plain chow mein, a creamy leek cheese toast topper and this wonderful Pad Thai. It works out rather expensive for our budget here,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 1, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Goan Fish Curry, made with chicken, 56p. Plus the original fish recipe the budget cookery group Had the budget cookery group round this afternoon. We had our usual laugh, then made some Carrot and Tahini Hummus, a Mixed Nut and Seed Butter, then a glorious Goan Fish...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 28, 2016 | All Recipes
Picnics in the cold, and a tin of tuna Went to Glyndebourne yesterday, with the friend I go to see the live transmissions with. No, not the posh, picnic in the garden type. Very expensive! We went to see the youth group do a modern opera called Nothing. It was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 24, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
Vegan 5:2 Tom Yum with shredded cabbage, 43p Today is a 5:2 day and I had this gorgeous soup at lunchtime. I’ve had a look on mySupermarket and the Tom Yum Paste doesn’t seem to be stocked in the supermarkets. I got mine at an Asian shop. Amazon has some at...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 10
Herby Omelette, chips and peas 31p – Meal Plan 10 This is a main meal served twice on Meal Plan 10 Serves 2 2 eggs, Asda £1.40/12, 23p 350g frozen chips, Asda 75p/1.5kg, 18p 200g peas Asda 78p/kg, 16p 20ml veg oil, £1.10/litre, 2p Total cost 62p, 31p a serving...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 30, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
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 strong flavoured sauce, robust and...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
Finally, the last recipe for Meal Plan 8, a simple stir fry. This plan has taken months to finish. I have another one lined up ready to go, just need to check the nutrition What you need 120g cooked chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 57p 200g egg...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 5, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Green Thai Kidney Bean Curry, 59p We had an oldie but goodie for tea this evening. Thai green curry. I used a mix of carrots, a red and green pepper, Savoy cabbage, tomatoes and an onion. The protein part was paneer, and we had it with brown basmati. I tried costing...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 21, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Chicken, Soy, Honey and Sesame with Rice I am supposed to be recipe testing the anchovy paste, but after chicken-gate this morning, guess what we’re having this eve? So I thought I would write up this recipe. It’s something I found somewhere or other and tweaked, as...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 21, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
Corned Beef & Mushroom Pie One day this week, I did a variation of the bacon and sweetcorn pie. I used a tin of corned beef that was in the cupboard to make a corned beef pie. The pie only used half the tin, for a 4 portion pie. I used the other half to make 4...
