by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 31, 2015 | Dinners, Meal Plan 10, Meal Plans
Had this for lunch today. It’s a dinner from Meal Plan 10. I used a potato rather than frozen chips, as on the plan, as that is what I had. I chopped it up into chips, skin and all and dusted it with a pinch of garlic powder and tandoori spice, my favourite. You...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 1, 2015 | Lunches
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 to make a hummus, but not a plain one, I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 27, 2015 | Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan, Recipes Using No Power
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. There are 2 servings of fresh vegetables per person. It...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 23, 2015 | Dinners
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 with my lunch. They were really...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 5, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
How to Make Farl made with dried mash This is a very overdue recipe from Meal Plan 3. Farl made with dried potato. With many thanks to Miss South who came up with dried mash gnochhi and farl Makes 2 servings Asda dried potato, 120g/28p pk, 12p 90g plain flour,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
This is breakfast on days 3 and 6 for Meal Plan 8. Lovely, crispy, savoury pancakes. Filling, warming and satisfying. 75g white cabbage, 58p/kilo, 5p 100g self raising flour, valu 45p/1.5kg, 3p 15ml veg oil, Asda £1.25/litre, 2p 10g sweet chilli sauce, Asda 150ml/£1,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 8, 2015 | Dinners
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 home to feed, and I was going out...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 4, 2014 | Dinners, Lunches
Yesterday, I made Roasted Parsnip & Apple Salad from Hugh’s latest book. Ooh, nom, nom, nom. The dressing really makes this salad. Both sharp and sweet at the same time, the lemon juice is essential, the sweetening could be varied, as could the mustard. I made two...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 24, 2014 | Dinners, Meal Plan 7
This is a dinner on Meal Plan 7, served on Day 4. 100g bacon, 75p/500g, 15p 100g onion, £1.08/2kg, 5p 100g carrots, £1.18/2kg, 6p 100g white cabbage, 52p/900g, 6p half a tin of tomatoes, 31p/tin, 16p 90g red lentils, 20p/100g, 18p 50g soft cheese, 88p/200g, 22p tblsp...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 24, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Sides
This dish is one I do sometimes. It adds interest to what may otherwise be a plain meal. Peel and slice enough potatoes for two people and an onion. Slice the onion in half, then slice each half in thin half moons. Layer the slices of potato and onion in a...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
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 her. Of course I would! You know how I love to twiddle in the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 30, 2013 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories, Lunches, Meal Plan 3
This soup is from the third weekly 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 red lentils for the protein The salami gives a good punch...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3, Meal Plans
I tried this experiment yesterday to see what it would be like, and if it would work for our budget. I thought of it because when I was a child, 10 or 11 maybe, we had our usual gargantuan Sunday lunch – piles of roasties, mountains of Yorkshires, millions of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 3
Oh my goodness, this was SO good. Soft roasted vegetables, spicy paprika chorizo, smooth tomato sauce, crispy thin pizza base. Yum YUM This mixture made two 32cm pizzas, you could make both and have one the next day, or freeze one, ready made up to pop in the oven. 1...