by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 23, 2021 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Cheese and Onion Tart Today’s recipe, by request, is for Onion Tart. Yet another recipe that I helped develop on the Cheap Family Recipes site. When I wrote this recipe, years ago, in 2013, CFR had disappeared and I made the savoury tart recipe using my notes....
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 10, 2020 | All Recipes, Dinners, Other, Sides
Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what Puchka tart. What’s that? Complete deliciousness on a plate, that’s what The U3A cooking group met at my house this week. When wondering what to make, I thought, like last December,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 8, 2016 | All Recipes, Lunches, Round Up Post
The dreaded chore of school packed lunches – can you feed a hulking teenager for 30p a head? The brand new school year is upon us and every parents dream job starts up again – the packed lunch – nooooooo! Yes, that post title is a rhetorical question. I could...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 3, 2016 | All Recipes, Love Your Leftovers, Lunches, Other
Dead Good Old Tarts This recipe was given to me by a friend, although, I must admit, she didn’t call it Dead Good Old Tarts. The name just popped into my head when I was wondering what to call them, so Dead Good Old Tarts it is I have been looking at ways of using up...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 24, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Rubber Chicken
Rubber Chicken (6) – Chicken & Onion Pasta Bake Edit In the end, I didn’t have this Rubber Chicken dish at all yesterday. Late in the afternoon, I checked my diary for something else, and realised that we were due to go out that evening. Good job I...
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 | 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 | Apr 26, 2015 | Meal Plans, My Diary
Poop, larders and less than £1 a day, how about 53p? Has the poop hit the fan? Do you need to feed people for less than £1 a day? Crucial question, do you have a larder?If you do, then these recipes may help. There are no exotic ingredients, just ordinary things like...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 19, 2014 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Lunches
Smoked mackerel & creamy soft cheese on granary toast, 63p. Plus, how to stay on budget for the day The simplest of simple breakfasts this morning. I got some yellow stickered smoked mackerel this week. So this morning I toasted a slice of granary bread,...
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 | Apr 4, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Rubber Chicken
Rubber Chicken (3) Chicken & Sweetcorn Recipe for a tart This recipe is part of a series to see just how many portions I could get from 1 medium chicken – the total is 28! I was challenged, and I think I did alright! I roasted the chicken, had a roast lunch...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 25, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Rubber Chicken
Rubber Chicken – just how far can you make a £4.99 chicken streeeetch – 28 portions? How to use a whole chicken for multiple meals I mentioned recently that I had been inspired to do a rubber chicken series. I expect most families who need to stretch the...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Guest Posts, Lunches
Beetroot & Feta Tart. As good cold in a packed lunch as it is hot for dinner 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...
