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 | Jun 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
A classic favourite, quiche, or tart, 21p a serving, lots of variations This is a classic British dish that comes out very cheap with a bit of frugalisation. If you think quiche sounds like something your granny makes, you could always call it a tart and feel all...
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 | Feb 22, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories
Spinach & Coconut Dahl This is a variation of Tomato Dahl, just replacing the tomatoes with spinach. I’ve used individual spices here, but you could use the equivalent amount of any curry powder or any curry paste. Make sure you sizzle the spices/paste in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Cakes and Bakes, Dinners, Lunches, Other
Finger Dumplings, delicious little butter crisped fingers. Very versatile, savoury or sweet. Yesterday, I was reading a German cook book and came across these unusual looking things. <br /> They are made using gnochhi dough, but fried in butter at the end. They...
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 | Nov 26, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Lamb ragu. One third used here for shepherds pie, 74p + how to stay on budget for the day Doing lunch today for SIL (who is plastering our ceiling) and DP, using lamb mince from the freezer stash, it occurred to me that I could do something similar to the trio of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 1, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7, Meal Plans
Meal Plan 7 – Scone Based Pizza, 23p a portion I based this on a recipe I devised whilst doing the LBLUK challenge earlier this year. The picture comes from then, and I apologise for the blocky image it is! 50g soft cheese, Asda Smart Price (SP) 200g/88p, 22p50g...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 9, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast
Breakfast Bhajis 31p, abortive plans and huge panes of glass I am a bit frustrated at the moment. The last two meal plans I put up are for 1 person, so I thought it would be interesting to amalgamate the two, and make one weeks plan for 2 people. I envisaged it as a...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
Lentil Dumplings, with Tomato Sauce, 20-30p a serving, + green vegetable This recipe is by request. It is from my recent LBL week. On the first day I had planned Lentil dumplings with tomato sauce. I have added more flavourings here than I had available on LBL! I had...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
Spinach Stuffed Pancakes with Tomato Sauce & Cheese 51p I have been experimenting today with various things, including these delicious stuffed pancakes. The youngest of my two daughters is a busy community nurse and has asked me if I would do some lunches for...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 6, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plans
Gnocchi made with dried mash! Served with tomato sauce 15p a serving I have a very long list of recipes to try, price and post and one of those recipes was gnocchi. Miss South over on northsouthfood.com posted a recipe for just that, but using instant mashed potato. I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 3
Salami & Mixed Vegetable Soup with Croutons, 24p a serving This soup is from the third meal planner. It is for 2 people to have twice during the week. If you want to make it vegetarian, just leave out the salami, in which case you might like to add a handful of...