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Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!

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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    Fire_Fox wrote: »
    Granovita linseeds which would have to be ground (£2.98 for 500g, 28% O-3),

    Firefox thanks for your sterling work for us, I really appreciate it, and I know you have plenty else on your mind. :A

    If I toasted the bag of peanuts and added 6tbspns raw rapeseed (this is what I do now) but also a ground bag of linseeds, how much linseed plus oil would I need to satisfy the whole families needs?

    So it would be:

    1x 200g bag peanuts
    90g rapeseed oil


    and one of these:

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    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    edited 18 February 2010 at 4:37AM
    chana mutter masala + rice (methods will follow unless I go into labour)

    160g dry weight chick peas 20.32p
     320g onion sliced into rings 12.48
     Tin tomatoes chopped in the can 33
     45ml veg oil 3.78
     320g peas 30.72
     garlic, chilli, garam, salt 8p

    27.075p per serving

    100g rice per person =7.3p per person (I know it's a big portion! Give more to the blokes, then they won't need to snack! :)

    34.375 p per person dinner :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    What on earth are you doing up at this time?
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    taxi73 wrote: »
    What on earth are you doing up at this time?

    same to you! :p

    Pregnancy insomnia! It's a killer :) Nature's way of making you peversely look forward to your baby coming because you might get some sleep :rotfl:

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    edited 18 February 2010 at 4:54AM
    roast turkey leg and trimmings

    roast turkey leg in slo cooker on low for 4-5 hrs. If you wish you can smear honey and mustard on the skin.

    Serve with stuffing balls made from the asda SP stuffing

    80g peas per person
    80g green beans per person
    8og carrots per person

    250g per person potatoes, roasted leaving skins on, just wash then, In 15ml oil per person.

    gravy made with 1 stock cube, flour juices from the slo cooker and the veg water reduced down :)

    71.35p per person :(

    But it has to be done chaps :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    edited 18 February 2010 at 4:54AM
    roast pork and trimmings

    roast half the pork (350g only!) in slo cooker on low for 4-5 hrs. If you wish you can smear honey and mustard on the skin.

    Serve with stuffing balls made from the asda SP stuffing

    80g peas per person
    80g green beans per person
    8og carrots per person

    250g per person potatoes, roasted leaving skins on, just wash then, In 15ml oil per person.

    gravy made with 1 stock cube, flour juices from the slo cooker and the veg water reduced down :)

    60.85p per person :)

    bit better :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    green bean and beetroot salad

    1/2 pack SP beetroot 27p
    320g green beans 24p
    60ml oil 5.04
    20ml lemon juice 3.52p
    Salt and pepper

    59.56 or 14.89 per person :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    edited 18 February 2010 at 8:23AM
    weezl74 wrote: »
    hiya! I guesstimate I'll be able to put methods up on the weekend, at the moment I'm just flinging any time I've got at getting the costings and ingredients up for each one.

    I realise, which I didn't at the start of the challenge, that some of you are wanting to follow this yourselves and so you'd like things understandably to be ready sooner.

    I tried to be responsible about that and not put it on old-style and not call it recipe thread or something that implies it's anywhere near finished!

    But I am sorry that things are less ready than people need/hope :( I do hope that big list of frugal meal planners available elsewhere on the internet that I posted earlier will help people lots in the meantime :):D

    WEEZL

    Dinna fash thysel' lass.

    Its coming on just fine. Dont go feeling "pressurised" by any feelings that anyone might want to be starting in on this now personally - I dont think that is what is happening at all. I think the vast majority of people "get" what you're doing - and are just eager to help out.:)

    Anyone who takes much of a look at this realises what we're all trying to achieve. There will always be people who "skim" read on any thread and "miss the message" because of it - but most people DO get it.:)

    WILL THIS HELP?

    WORK IN PROGRESS ALERT......WORK IN PROGRESS ALERT........WORK IN PROGRESS ALERT......WORK IN PROGRESS ALERT.
  • taxi73
    taxi73 Posts: 20,815 Forumite
    Gosh you were busy on here last night...I do hope that you managed to get some sleep and that's what you're doing now.
  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Quick thought - to the poster who complains her hubbie eats the ingredients she has set aside in the fridge for the evening meal

    Had you thought of putting "reserved" ingredients into a tupperware (or similar) box or two - labelled "DINNER" (that way it would be immediately apparent that those ingredients werent "available" for snacking). Even better - if you have a storage container or two that isnt see-through (so hubbie would have to physically open any container to see what is inside it - rather than spotting at a quick glance that a titbit that he fancied was inside it)?

    HTH
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