by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 6, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches
Roasted vegetable soup, with a scone and roasted onion topping, 32p This is dinner on day 3 of Meal Plan 9. It is a naturally vegan recipe if that is of interest to you (natural in that no substitution of anything is needed) Serves 2150g carrots, Asda 49p/kg, 7p200g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 7, 2015 | Lunches, Meal Plan 4
Meal Plan 4 – a scrummy lunch of Butter Bean Pate, carrot sticks & pitta, 18p This was lunch today, after a vigorous gym session. It didn’t take long to prepare, although I did have a big dish of butter beans, already cooked, in the fridge. It was...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jan 25, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Lentil salad with soy, 24p Serves 4 120g value plain yogort, 500g/45p, 11p100g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08, 5p50g bean sprouts, Asda 360g/50p, 7p200g white cabbage, Asda 1kg/58p, 12p200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.14, 11p160g dry weight green lentils, 411g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 9, 2014 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Lunches
Christmas Meal Plan – Roast Pork Lunch, 84p This is the lunch for Christmas Day itself from the Christmas Meal Plan. 1.6kg Asda Butchers Selection British Pork Shoulder joint, £4.61, 300g, 86pStuffing, Asda Smartprice 85g/15p, half the pack, 7p500g Potatoes,...
by admin | Jul 18, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Broad bean, pea and mint risotto, 53p Here is the recipe for the risotto we had yesterday. I halved a recipe that was supposed to serve 5-6 as a starter, but half would actually easily serve 4 as a main I found the recipe in the Guardian. 200g broad beans, Asda frozen...
by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 2, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p Was intending to make plain scones today, but ended up adding rosemary and cayenne, plus some oats. It worked very well. They had a lovely flavour from the rosemary, and a bit of a kick from the cayenne. The oats gave...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 20, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
12 portions of minced beef pasta bake, 34p each chocolate coinsCHOCOLATE! My goodness I’ve had much too much of it this week. Bad on so many levels – waistline, active fat doing goodness knows what in my insides, glucose levels, skin, migraine…….. I am going to have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 7, 2013 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches, Meal Plan 4, Meal Plans
Herb Bread, 6p a serving This recipe is based very much on Jack Monroe’s Simple Herb Bread. It is served with soup on meal plan 4 which will feed 2 adults for 7 days at a cost of £1 each per day. You will need250g value flour, 45p/1.5kg, 8p1 sachet yeast (7g) 28p/2...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 10, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving These gorgeous little Olive Drop Scones were in today’s edition of ‘The I’. The paper billed them as a snack, but I think they would be scrummy as a main meal. With a bit of tweaking, we can frugalise these to...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 4, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Round Up Post
Variations on a Soft Cheese theme, from 18p sandwiches to 25p dinners I still have some of the soft cheese from the Mackerel Pate left in the fridge and have been wondering what to do with it. It tastes really nice, doesn’t cost too much and seems to go a long way. I...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 24, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Meal Plan 4
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings, 46p a serving Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings – This is another one of our family favourites. Only takes about half an hour to make and is a delicious warming dish to come home to. If you need more calories, serve it with...
