Want to see any vegetarian recipes on Thrifty Lesley? Here they all are
Chocolate Muffins. Quick, easy, great for packups and very cheap
Vegetarian Christmas
Wild Garlic Pesto
Broccoli and Lentil Soup
Healthier Nutella Alternative
Raisin Pancakes
Home Made Christmas Hampers
No Churn Chocolate Ice Cream
Cream of Cabbage Soup
Fresh Ginger Tea
Homemade, fresh lime simple syrup
Vegan Couscous Salad
Parsnip Cake with Maple Syrup & Lemon
A roulade recipe using mincemeat, Bramley apple and whipped cream - gluten free
Leek Crumble, with fresh and dried cranberries, and walnuts
Olive, Soft Cheese and Cucumber Sandwich
Pasta with Olives, Tomato & Soft Cheese
Raisin Biscuits
Caramelised Onions
Simple Vegan Red Lentil Tomato Dahl
Salted Cashew Vegan Couscous Salad - warm or cold
Vegan Sweet Potato & Lentil Soup
Carrot Jam
Soufflé Croûton Slice
Barley, Mushroom & Spinach Risotto
Cream Cheese Pizza
Curried Pumpkin and Coconut Soup
Carrot & Sultana Loaf
Oaty Biscuits. Delicious, very versatile and totally irresistible!
Falafel with carrot salad
Baked Marmalade Sponge
Lentil Soup, my go to lunch time soup
Vegan Broccoli Pesto
Sweetcorn fritters, wedges & peas
Chickpea Crumble
An Easy Fruit Loaf
Chole Masala & Nan
Apricot jam. Fresh and wonderful, and better than even the poshest versions you can buy!
Spiced lentil balls
Cheese and Onion Tart
Apple Bread
Need some ideas for Veganuary?
Christmas leftovers - part 4. Chestnut Soup; Fruit Crumble Toppings; Mixed Nut Butter; Turkey Zombie Burgers
Christmas Leftovers - part 3. Turkey Burgers; Cheesy Pasta; Parsnip Dahl; Parsnip soup
Christmas Leftovers - part 2. Clementine salad; Preserved Clementine's; Turkey, Brie & Cranberry pie; Welsh Rarebit
Home made popcorn, less than half the price of shop bought
Chocolate Fudge Cake, made with / out eggs
Peanut Butter Noodles. Add chicken or fish, or keep it vegan
Pancakes and not quite 101 ideas, sweet and savoury to fill them
Hazelnut Butter Vegetable Bake - GF, DF & Vegan
Butternut Squash, Ginger & Coconut Soup - GF, NF, DF & Vegan
Fed up with plain cheese sandwiches? How about flavoured potted cheese?
Panzanella with lovely sun ripened tomatoes.
A Vegan Vegetable Bake - Celery, Swede & Chickpea
Home made honey smoked walnut butter. Easy, cheap, versatile and super delicious
Quick Banana Bread
Tomato & Almond Patè
Vegetable Fritters
Green Pea Hummus Lasagna
Vegan Savoury Loaf Cake
Beetroot Ragu Lasagna
Something different to do as side dishes with everyday vegetables
Tomato Lasagna
I say Lasagna you say Lasagne
Almond 'Nutella' Tart
Mushroom Ragu Lasagna
Lentil Ragu Lasagna
Lentil Pate
Vegan Valentine Meal
Lovely veggie Nut balls in a tomato sauce
Cabbage, sultana and nut pasta bake
Another Trio of Vegetable Hummus - Beetroot, Parsnip and Swede
A Trio of Vegetable Hummus
Lentil ragu with spaghetti
Couscous Snacky Lunchbox Bites
Sugar Free Chocolate, Cranberry and Walnut Tea Bread
Spiced Broccoli Soup. Delicious with tomato scone or herb bread
Vegetarian Christmas Meal Plan - Vegan Walnut and Chestnut Crumble
Vegetarian Christmas - Spiced Pot au Chocolat with a Spiced Biscuit
Kounoupithi Yiahni or Tomato Stewed Cauliflower. A traditional Greek food
Kounoupidi tiganitó or Greek Fried Cauliflower
Jacket Potato Fillings
More uses for your wonderful home made jam
Baked Oats
Green lentil, mushroom, raisin and cucumber salad, with a brinjal pickle and yoghurt dressing
Spaghetti Carbonara - 41p a portion
Fudgy, gooey, white chocolate blondies
Maple Syrup, Toasted Almond & Cranberry Granola
Basics ....... How To Make Soup
Lentil nut loaf vegan, versatile & rather delicious
Lettuce Soup. Perfect to use up that half bag of salad leaves
Vegetable and hummus pie
A wonderful winter chutney, Cranberry, orange and ginger
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Hummus
Things You May Never Need To Buy Again - Pasta Sauce
Tomato & Chive Soda Bread
Gajar Matar. Everyday vegetables wearing a sari
Something I've been making for decades - Sweet Bean Curry
Bean and Quinoa, Lemon and Herb Salad
Stuffed potato cakes
OMG! These are AMAZING! Gingery soy sharp apples
Cipolline in Agrodolce (Onions in Sweet and Sour Sauce)
Practically free soup using old veg and peelings stock
Got too many runner beans? This lovely pesto will use up loads!
Walnut 'Nutella' and wheat bisks bites. These are so good they're dangerous!
30+ different flavours for baked bean hummus / paté, a LCHF recipe, or fat free!
Old fashioned self saucing chocolate pudding. Quick and easy, no complicated method, and a mere 20p a serving
Using up bits and pieces of fruit to make a lovely fresh Summer Berry jam
The easiest sundried tomatoes in olive oil - ever! And use them in instant tomato pan fried focaccia
Salted caramel cheesecake
Lots of different things you can make, all using Magic Dough kept in the fridge
How to make a cake with just 3 ingredients, or maybe even 2! For when the SHTF?
Crispy Lemon Skin and refurbished pots
I've found a new favourite thing!
Barley Salad, 59p. Versatile, delicious and very easy to make
A brisk Sunday walk and a mulled wine apple crumble
Spinach and ricotta pasta
Things you may never need to buy again - mustard
Paneer curry, using lovely home made paneer. 34p each and Yummy!
Home made Paneer. Cheap, delicious, versatile and nutritious. What's not to like?
A delicious Sag Aloo that really hits the spot.
Gorgeous Granola Breakfast Bars. Super simple to make
Apple Curd - a huge jar for 85p, and that's if you have to buy the apples!
Chow mein - just like the takeaway?
I found a delicious new taste today
Something old and something new. A lovely pie and a leftovers pudding
Really good home made Eccles cakes, 15p each
Rocket, watercress, basil and sunflower seed pesto. Nut and gluten free
Sage, lemon and pumpkin seed pesto £2.99 for a huge jar
Mixed vegetable dauphinoise for dinner, 47p
A sparkling water wholemeal loaf
Beetroot burgers, 41p
Freeze dried fruit and vegetables. Tasty? Economical? Desirable?
Tomato flavoured sparkling water rolls
Lentil flour and the simplest bread I've ever made
Recipes for yesterday's baking - chapatti, muffins and a loaf
Chapatti, muffins and a warm salad
Raw chickpea carrot falafel, 15p. Delicious, with sweet variations too
Simple mushrooms on toast. A super simple plate of loveliness for any time of day
Fiery Potatoes, spicy and delicious
Savoury flapjacks, fragrant with rosemary, caramelised onions and sweet chilli, 15p
Mixed veg Dahl that turned into Dahl soup
Fishless kedgeree, 64p, or use it as vegetable rice, 25p
Spanish Omelette 46p, we had ours with sweet potato chips and kale crisps
Busy, busy and banana cake
Meal plan 10 - Pea fritters and chips, vegan
Auntie Louisa's Chutney
Ever tried cooking your muesli?
Home grown pumpkin curry, 77p if you buy it all
Veggie Lasagna 43p a serving - Meal Plan 10
Vegan 5:2 Tom Yum with shredded cabbage, 43p
Herby Omelette, chips and peas 31p - Meal Plan 10
Green Tomato Curry, vegan and using up LOADS of what I have
Herby Scones, 2p a scone - Meal Plan 10
Cheesy Bean Lasagna, based on a SW recipe, 60p a servi g
Roasted vegetable soup, with a scone and roasted onion topping, 32p
Deli Platter - Meal Plan 9, 64p
Cheese and potato salad with coleslaw - No Power Plan
Haslet & crudités, No Power Meal Plan
Now we're talking! An extremely yummy quinoa burger version, and some raspberry muffins
Protein packed Quinoa burgers, 32p for a 2 burger portion
Bircher Muesli, from 24p
Home made muesli, 9p
Lots of pink, bees and raspberry ice cream or mousse, 31p
Another successful experiment. Mandarin ice cream, 17p
No Power Meal Plan - Couscous Salad 50p a serving
Roasted Vegetables in the Hole, 43p
Salsa di Noci e Pasta - walnut sauce & pasta
A versatile Peanut mousse that can be sweet or savoury, 7p a serving
No sleep, a long walk and a big cake
Peanut butter and jam mug cake, mmm, too easy
Vegan bean and spicy katjan sauce sandwich paste, 12p a sandwich, LOADS of variations
Transform tomato cannon balls to taste bomb tomatoes
Spinach & Coconut Dahl
Individual lunchtime pies, a bargainous 20p each. Won't get these in Greggs 🙂
Meal Plan 8 - Chicken Noodle Soup 20p
Meal Plan 4 - Butter Beans with Sauted Mixed Veg, 38p
Crocus and nearly meal plan 8 soup
Meal Plan 8 - peanut butter and coconut pancakes with sweet chilli, 15p
Food vouchers and Meal Plan 8, Lentils, chilli and coconut with salad
An outstanding chocolate roulade
Cranberry Curd, £1.18 a jar, and lots and lots of other variations, including savoury ones
Stilton Quiche with Red Cabbage Coleslaw, 39p
Christmas Meal Plan - super simple mixed veg soup, with fresh crusty roll, 18p
Christmas Meal Plan - Stilton Jackets with Clementines & Yogort for pudding, 73p each
Muscovado and mixed fruit pudding, with double cream, 32p
20p lunch, 19p vanilla pods and extremely cheap vanilla & cinnamon extract
Percy Pumpkin Soup, version 2, 15p a portion, and top quality singing for the price of an internet connection
Roast Parsnip & Apple Salad, with Carrot, Raisin & Peanut Salad and Jacket Potato, total of 54p each
Raw Carrot, Apple and Cashew soup, with a Walnut Loaf & butter, 65p per serving. Plus how to stay on budget for the day
Green lentil cottage pie, 4 very generous portions, 56p each
10,000 steps and gooseberry crumble
A freeform loaf and a broad bean & feta wrap
Fresh tomato soup, 10p homegrown, 18p using tinned
Another CFR recipe, walnut & seed butter
Butter bean, pepper and carrot salad, with a lemon juice and coconut dressing, 84p
A garden visit, youth re-visited and salady musings on the bus
Coffee semi-freddo, 26p each, and a chocolate version, 37p
Mango, coconut and feta pasta
Spring green breakfast pancakes and really good tortillas
A mountainous larder, raspberries, pasta and crispy fish burger
Robin chicks, Resolutions lunch and Basics cheese spread (1)
Mealy worms, double crumbles and cooked radish
Novel uses for radishes
Lentil Dumplings, with Tomato Sauce, 20-30p a serving, + green vegetable
Week Six Meal Plan - Oats, Pepperoni & Eggs
Rosemary, mustard and cayenne scones, 12 for 53p
Aldi Bargains (3) Feta Stuffed Peppers 64p
Aldi Bargains (2) Mushroom Stroganoff, 70p
Aldi bargains (1) Peperonata, 53p
Fruit Trees, Date & Apple Muffins and Sugar Paste Flowers
Pancakes, with lemon and sugar, the classic, and SUPER cheap!
Muffins made with mincemeat and oats
Chocolate, Coconut, Raisin and Chopped Nut Muffins
Avocado, Tomato & Orange Salad, 62p
Dahl Sambar 31p a portion, diet ideas, progress today & other kitchen happenings
Muscovado and Red Fruit Cheesecake, 50p a serving with the fruit, 33p without
Christmas Pie at the WI, not a 50p one!
Lemon Dahl from 18p to 24p depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Coconut Dahl, from 17p to 23p a portion depending on if you use value or basmati rice
Toasted Nan & Dahl, 38p a portion
Pasta, soft cheese and tomato purée, 25p a portion
Potato and Onion Layer
Apple and Spice Muffins, using no egg and my apples, 4p each, 9p if you buy the apples
Herb Bread, 6p a serving
Gigantes Plaki and pitta
Spiced Parsnip Soup 17p a serving. Serve with tomato scone or herb bread
Butter Bean and Vegetable Curry
Granola, 8p a serving, 14p including the milk
Spring Green Pesto
Bread Pudden, made using leftover bread
Apples again - baked sponge with an apple base, and compote with raisin pancakes
Oaty Apple Crumble, use foraged fruit and it's even cheaper
Piccallili - around 84p a jar
Jammy Flapjack. This vegan oat bar can be savoury too
Cauliflower and chick pea soup with little dumplings
Tomato Scones
Carrot Hummus, creamy with tahini
Creamy Apples and Croutons 37p a serving, 17p if you have apples in the garden
Meatless Sunday Lunch
Pancakes filled with Carrots, Onions and Peas in Soft Cheese
Olive Drop Scones, Crispy Fried Onions & Carrot Ribbon Salad
Filled Pitta Breads, with Carrot, Lemon & Soft Cheese
Spinach Dumplings with Spicy Tomato Sauce
Vegetable Stir Fry, 51p a serving
Ginger Toast with Banana for breakfast today
Croutons
Cinnamon Toast for breakfast, 4p a slice
Cauliflower Leaves Pesto
Olive Drop Scones, Garlicky Soft Cheese, 28p a serving
Variations on a Soft Cheese theme, from 18p sandwiches to 25p dinners
Egg, Lentil, Raisin, Puy & Curry Sandwich
Courgette Pasta
Beetroot & Feta Tart. As good cold in a packed lunch as it is hot for dinner
Spicy Cabbage, Lentils & Nan
Vegetable Casserole & Dumplings
Vegetable Crumble. Root veg in a tomato sauce, topped with oats, cheese and salted peanuts
Pea Soup, from Meal Plan 1
Carrot & Lentil Soup - 20p a serving, Meal Plan 1
Hummus & Grated Carrot Sandwich
Fruit Scones that happen to be egg free and vegan
Making Pastry With Oil
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