by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 15, 2015 | All Recipes, 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...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 31, 2015 | My Diary
Very simple lunch today. I still had some of the walnut sauce left from the Salsa di Noci , so I lightly cooked a whole pile of vegetables and tipped them on a plate. Then I loosened the sauce with a bit more lemon juice and a blob of yogurt and spooned it over the...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 19, 2015 | All Recipes, Puddings / Desserts
That delicious looking pudding was what I had yesterday at Galin. Peanut mousse with banana cake and caramel sauce. It was wonderful and inspired me to see if I could recreate the mousse. It was super smooth, mildly peanutty and a bit buttery. I asked the owner when...
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 | Nov 17, 2014 | All Recipes, Other
20p lunch, 19p vanilla pods and extremely cheap vanilla & cinnamon extract Had a pitta stuffed with soft cheese, carrot and lemon zest for lunch, along with a bit of leftover coleslaw from yesterday. Followed by a handful of grapes and a pear. So super healthy...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 27, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Crumpets and pikelets, savoury and sweet A little experiment today with the fridge dwelling Magic Dough. I thought I could almost certainly make crumpets with it. So I put a little in a bowl and beat in some water, so it looked like a Yorkshire pudding batter, greased...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 16, 2014 | All Recipes, Lunches, My Diary
Nans, Drawers and Wedding Cakes Having this for lunch today, Toasted Nan and Dahl. I will be using dried chickpeas from my store, some of the coconut milk powder that I have masses of and I shall make a nan using the magic dough in the fridge. For the squeeze of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes
Using magic bread dough to make pizza Pizza for dinner tonight. Oops, forgot to take any pictures the picture above was taken after dark and is the last remaining portion. Remember the magic dough kept in the fridge?When we got back from the bread course we went to at...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 23, 2014 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 7
Meal Plan 7 – Mixed Veg Soup with Bacon, 22p a portion This is a lunchtime soup used on 2 days on Meal Plan 7. 100g onion, chopped, Asda, 2kg/£1.08, 5p100g white cabbage, Asda, 6p/100g, 6p100g carrots, Asda, 2kg/£1.18, 6p50g spaghetti, value 20p/500g, 2p50g red...
by Thrifty Lesley | Aug 21, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 7
Meal plan 7 – spaghetti bolognese, 55p a portion Today, we are using another third of the ragu mixture you made earlier, plus some spaghetti to make a fast, easy and delicious dinner. one third of ragu mixture £1.02200g spaghetti, value 20p/500g, 8pTotal of...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jun 5, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Green Thai Kidney Bean Curry, 59p We had an oldie but goodie for tea this evening. Thai green curry. I used a mix of carrots, a red and green pepper, Savoy cabbage, tomatoes and an onion. The protein part was paneer, and we had it with brown basmati. I tried costing...
by Thrifty Lesley | Nov 25, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
Pasta, soft cheese and tomato purée, 25p a portion Had this for dinner this evening. Some fancy pants pasta from Approved Foods with soft cheese and tomato purée stirred through. Took 10 minutes to make, and that was only because of the pasta cooking time. It looks...
by Thrifty Lesley | Sep 29, 2013 | Lunches, Meal Plan 3
Cauliflower and chick pea soup with little dumplings This tasty veggie soup makes use of an ingredient that perhaps you haven’t before, the stems and stalks of a cauliflower head. I actually prefer the taste of the stems to the florets! Makes 4 servings 150g onion,...
