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 | Mar 13, 2014 | All Recipes, Dinners
Asparagus and Pea Risotto, £1.06 a portion, or frugalised to 75p Did a lovely risotto yesterday using some asparagus Mike brought home. Used up the last of the Arborio rice, so next time I do one, I’ll try the value rice and form an opinion on using it. Also this...
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 | Aug 22, 2013 | All Recipes, Dinners
This was supper last night. Haven’t had stir fry for a while, and saw some bean sprouts in Sainsbury’s, so that’s what we had. If you like stir fries and have them fairly often, it is really worth getting a little bottle of sesame oil. You may even have some already....
