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Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese

Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese

by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 29, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 2

Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese Post first written in September 2013. Refreshed and updated November 2021. This recipe makes a generous portion of pasta, dressed with olives, tomato puree and soft cheese. Very quick to make, just taking as long as the...
Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan

Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan

by Thrifty Lesley | May 3, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Lunches

Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan These peanut butter noodles don’t take too long and are really yummy, we’ve had them several times now. You can really stretch out a few shreds of chicken with this. I’ve done it with noodles and...
Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads!

Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads!

by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2017 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Other

Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads! If you grow runner beans, you may well have times, like me,  when you are a bit overwhelmed with them and don’t know what else to do with them. Personally, I think home frozen runners are vile. I’ve tried...
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy!

Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy!

by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 30, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners

Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy! Today, we’re talking what to do with that lovely homemade paneer, well, one thing anyway! A delicious paneer curry. I really like this and make it often, usually with shop bought paneer. Maybe not again?...
Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p

Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p

by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 26, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners

Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p I had this mixed vegetable dauphinoise for lunch yesterday and dinner today. I have only recently had dauphinoise at home for the first time, and I tried it because of the high fat diet I’m on – seemed to be a good fit  The...
Rubber Chicken (7) Fritters

Rubber Chicken (7) Fritters

by Thrifty Lesley | May 18, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Stretch A Chicken

Rubber Chicken (7) Fritters Ages ago now, I started a Rubber Chicken feature, conjuring a total of 28 portions from 1 x £4.99 chicken. These fritters are part of that and are the penultimate recipe, still one more to go! Pick all the meat from the chicken carcass,...
Spinach, tomato, plum and feta salad with crusty bread 71p

Spinach, tomato, plum and feta salad with crusty bread 71p

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...
Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track

Cashew Chicken, 89p a serving, and how to stay on track

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...

A simple Chicken Stir Fry, Meal Plan 8, 81p a serving

by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2015 | 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...
Pancakes filled with Carrots, Onions and Peas in Soft Cheese

Pancakes filled with Carrots, Onions and Peas in Soft Cheese

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 7, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 2

A pair of pancakes stuffed with sauted vegetables and bound together with creamy soft cheese – delicious. This filling is onion, carrots and peas in soft cheese, but is very variable. Depends what you have, you can use up lots of things.   How to make these...
Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad

Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad

by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 2

Dinner this evening were these delicious little olive drop scones, accompanied by crispy fried onions and a carrot and raisin salad, that has a few raisins sprinkled in and spritzed with lemon juice. I created this recipe using what is available in Meal Plan 2 and...
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