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Thrifty Lesley Dec 1, 2025

No Cook Recipes

All recipes that don't need any cooking The post No Cook Recipes appeared first on Thrifty Lesley.

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Thrifty Lesley Nov 22, 2025

Poach A Chicken

How to stretch a chicken to make it last the family the whole week with seven budget stretching chicken recipes The post…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 27, 2025

Week Seven Meal Planner – minced beef, bacon, red lentils

Need to feed your family with the minimum of cash? This meal plan is based on minced beef, bacon & red lentils. As at…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 27, 2025

Meal Plan 4 – butter beans, oats and parsnips

How to eat well on a teeny, tiny budget! A weekly meal planner to serve 2 adults for 7 days at a cost of £1.34 a day…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 25, 2025

Meal Plan 3 – chorizo, chick peas and dried mash

A weekly meal plan based around chorizo or salami, chick peas and dried mash. Feed yourself all week for £1.40 a day -…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 25, 2025

Meal Plan Two – salted cashews, black olives and soft cheese

First written in September 2013, re-priced annually since then. I'm so pleased this meal plan is still pricing up at…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 24, 2025

Budget meal plan with lentils and chickpeas

A cheap 7-day meal plan using red lentils, chickpeas and bacon. Frugal, nutritious and easy to cook The post Budget meal…

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Thrifty Lesley Aug 24, 2025

Meal Plan 7 – Lasagna

This recipe uses a third of an easy beef ragu made for use in Meal Plan 7. We use the other 2 thirds for a spaghetti…

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