by Thrifty Lesley | Apr 11, 2022 | All Recipes, Less than 500 calories
Cream of Cabbage Soup Cabbage is a very nutritious vegetable and has been eaten by people for 1000’s of years, currently consumed worldwide. One day last month, I had far too much white cabbage to be able to use it up before it went manky. So I decided to try...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 7, 2019 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Red Pepper & Walnut Tart with Winter Coleslaw I had the U3A cookery group round recently and we like to make canapes at the December meeting. Amongst other things, we made these Red Pepper, Goats Cheese and Walnut Palmiers, and they were delicious, although they...
by Thrifty Lesley | Dec 8, 2018 | All Recipes, Christmas, Dinners, Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan
Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan – Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble A savoury christmas crumble, chestnuts in the base and walnuts in the topping. One of the recipes from the Vegetarian Christmas meal plan. Savoury Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble Base mixture...
by Thrifty Lesley | Oct 30, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy! Today, we’re talking what to do with that lovely homemade paneer, well, one thing anyway! A delicious paneer curry. I really like this and make it often, usually with shop bought paneer. Maybe not again?...
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 | May 18, 2016 | All Recipes, Dinners, Less than 500 calories, Rubber Chicken
Rubber Chicken (7) Fritters Ages ago now, I started a Rubber Chicken feature, conjuring a total of 28 portions from 1 x £4.99 chicken. These fritters are part of that and are the penultimate recipe, still one more to go! Pick all the meat from the chicken carcass,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 24, 2016 | All Recipes, Cakes and Bakes, Lunches
Fridge soup that’s Paleo, I think, an avocado smoothie and a breadcrumb topped crumble low carb soup Still on my quest for nice things to eat on this high fat, now even more low carb, diet my coach has put me on, I thought I’d do some soup. I love soup and have...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 25, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw – No Power Plan As we have no power on this, the No Power Plan, to refrigerate, wrap the cheese in a damp tea towel to keep it as fresh as possible, and keep it in as cool a place as you can. I have changed this so have no...
by Thrifty Lesley | Jul 24, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plans, No Power Meal Plan
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan As we have no power on this, the no power plan, to refrigerate, have this meat product on the first day. I have changed this so have no pictures, they will follow 200g haslet, Asda 250g/75p 200g carrots, Asda 2kg/£1.18, 12p...
by Thrifty Lesley | May 20, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches
Yummy, filling and generous portions of Spring green pasta sauce with parmesan, 51p a head I was cruising round the Abel & Cole recipe pages last night and came across a recipe using dark greens in a pasta sauce. I had a head of spring greens I wanted to use, so...
by Thrifty Lesley | Mar 12, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken and veg with a coconut & peanut butter sauce 45p each This is a yummy dinner on Meal Plan 8. Crispy veg, gorgeous, nutty, creamy sauce, yum yum. 100g chicken, 680g meat gleaned from a 1.3kg/£3.22 bird, 47p 100g onion, Asda 2kg/£1.08,...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 20, 2015 | All Recipes, Dinners, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Ooh, I am achey this evening. I had my gym re-assessment this morning. They are lovely lads up there, and very encouraging and interested in your progress. I have been given an amended programme, with a couple of new things to do which keeps me interested. He pushed...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 9, 2015 | All Recipes, Lunches, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Chicken Noodle Soup 20p If you are following Meal Plan 8, use the chicken stock you made earlier, and the green lentils you cooked earlier in the week. Chicken Noodle Soup 100g onions, Asda 2kg/ £1.08, 5p100g white cabbage Asda 57p/kg, 6p100g...
by Thrifty Lesley | Feb 4, 2015 | All Recipes, Breakfast, Meal Plan 8
Meal Plan 8 – Cabbage Pancakes & Sweet Chilli 8p a serving 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, 5p100g self raising flour, valu 45p/1.5kg,...
