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

weezl74 · 3 March 2010 at 9:46AM

FrankieM wrote: »

i can probably do the veggie burgers.

Is that with potatoes, carrots, onions? Are there any other ingredients I can use from the shopping list?

I've just tried one which also had some pickled red cabbage and half a can of baked beans in (cabbage left over from a shirley chutney) but I'd be very interested in if you can come up with one without it, cos I'm debating it's inclusion

Mustard, garlic, salt and pepper, pinch of chilli and a dessertspoon of the buttery spread was all else I've added so far, but I may need to coat then in breadcrumbs before fying

FrankieM · 3 March 2010 at 9:50AM

i forgot the baked beans...no other veg, i guess?
I'll have a go this evening and try them on the children

Any side dish?

weezl74 · 3 March 2010 at 9:58AM

FrankieM wrote: »

i forgot the baked beans...no other veg, i guess?
I'll have a go this evening and try them on the children Any side dish?

you could either serve them with green beans and peas or pop those in the burgers. I reckon on the side to make it look more full plateish!

I was hoping shirl could make bread rolls and HM ketchup to go with them, but please improvise there cos I think I'm making your day unwieldy otherwise!

ceridwen · 3 March 2010 at 10:12AM

weezl74 wrote: »

we ate the carrot thinnings and greens as part of a salad, along with beetroot thinnings and greens and HG rocket. It was lovely. The carrot greens of the young plant are sweet and carrotty

That sounds very much like the sort of thing I would eat myself - I was thinking I would just put my fave dressing of olive oil and balsamic vinegar with it (warning - non-frugal alert:)) and that would be fine for me. With a bit of nice cheese and some nice crusty bread - luverly:)

I wandered/wondered off thinking about this and your earlier post about having been bullied at school because of the way you ate and wondering some more about how you ate as a child....

.....or am I being unduly nosey? 'Tis okays...tell me to "mind yer own (business)" if I am.:) I recall you saying you were a vegetarian as a teenager....methinks you and/or your parents were perhaps just a bit "ahead of your time"...:)

Fivenations · 3 March 2010 at 10:18AM

I've read that Sherry Vinegar makes a passable substitute for Balsamic.. Bear in mind that real Baslamic vinegar is very expensive and tatses nothing like the sub £5 bottles we normally buy. You're talking £20 plus for the real thing. I've only had it once in Italy and it blew my tastebuds away.

Fivenations · 3 March 2010 at 10:20AM

weezl74 wrote: »

Hello! (*weezl needs a wider column in her spreadsheet to accomodate our lovely new Italian recipe title*;))

Gosh gluten free prices are ridiculous aren't they?

Can you get away with HM pastas using any of the other flours, like a mixture of corn and potato flours for Gnocchi?

You've probably tried that I'm sure, but it was just a thought that sprang to mind

What about Pasta Alfredo? Will that fit?

aless02 · 3 March 2010 at 10:30AM

weezl, ASDA are showing out of stock on Pluspints milk! :eek: :eek: I blame you, missy!

Cheat's pasta carbonara à la poohbear
Serves 5.

Short Information

Values for one serving Energy 473.433 Cal Protein 15.646 g Fats 10.549 g Polyunsaturates 1.588 g Monosaturates 4.188 g Saturates 3.287 g Cholesterol 13.624 mg Carbohydrates 77.334 g

Detailed Information

Values for one serving Element Value Food energy (kcal) 473.433 Protein (g) 15.646 Fat (Total lipids)(g) 10.549 Ash (g) 1.476 Carbohydrate, by difference (g) 77.334 Total dietary fiber (g) 3.55 Sugar Total (g) 2.763 Calcium (mg) 25.559 Iron (mg) 1.459 Magnesium (mg) 57.946 Phosphorus (mg) 195.26 Potassium (mg) 238.991 Sodium (mg) 173.464 Zinc (mg) 1.543 Copper (mg) 0.308 Manganese (mg) 1.115 Selenium (mcg) 67.454 Vitamin C (mg) 1.724 Thiamin (mg) 0.16 Riboflavin (mg) 0.09 Niacin (mg) 2.501 Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.567 Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.225 Folate (mcg) 22.994 Folic acid (mcg) 0.011 Food Folate (mcg) 22.983 Folate DFE (mcg Dietary Folate equivalent) 23.002 Vitamin B12 (mcg) 0.139 Vitamin A_IU (IU) 22.576 Vitamin A_RAE (mcg retinol activity equivalents) 2.986 Retinol (mcg) 2.258 Vitamin E alpha-tocopherol (mg) 0.169 Vitamin K ( phylloquinone) (mcg) 0.363 Alpha-carotene (mcg) 0.141 Beta-carotene (mcg) 8.875 Beta-cryptoxanthin (mcg) 0.00 Lycopene (mcg) 0.00 Lutein+Zeazanthin (mcg) 17.85 Saturated fatty acid (g) 3.287 Monounsaturated fatty acids (g) 4.188 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) 1.588 Cholesterol (mg) 13.624

weezl74 · 3 March 2010 at 10:30AM

Fivenations wrote: »

What about Pasta Alfredo? Will that fit?

Si! Grazie! 'Scuse spelling

ceridwen wrote: »

I wandered/wondered off thinking about this and your earlier post about having been bullied at school because of the way you ate and wondering some more about how you ate as a child....

.....or am I being unduly nosey? 'Tis okays...tell me to "mind yer own (business)" if I am.:) I recall you saying you were a vegetarian as a teenager....methinks you and/or your parents were perhaps just a bit "ahead of your time"...:)

I don't mind saying at all C!

I was part of just a handfull of children who came from a village near a large town. The village itself is quite middle class in money and values and culture, and the town is more working class.

I'm aware these are stereotypes, and I don't mean to rile anyone, but my granary bread sandwiches spread with philadelphia cheese and some chopped up celery, with a pot of plain yoghurt and some muesli to sprinkle in it, was so vastly different to my class mates white bread ham sandwich, packet of cadbury choccie biscuits and walkers crisps that I think they felt I was quite the alien amongst them. I understand that now.

I was also a little geeky and had a really advanced vocabulary for my age, and my mum didn't agree with fashionable shoes or tarting up the school uniform.

So it was pretty inevitable I would attract some comments and criticism really! :rotfl:

weezl74 · 3 March 2010 at 10:34AM

aless02 wrote: »

weezl, ASDA are showing out of stock on Pluspints milk! :eek: :eek: I blame you, missy!

Cheat's pasta carbonara à la poohbear
Serves 5. Uncertain on the bacon, since she just said "pack". I figured weezl would want something quite frugal, so did 200g? I can up this if necessary.

Short Information

Values for one serving Energy 565.033 Cal Protein 17.966 g Fats 19.557 g Polyunsaturates 2.594 g Monosaturates 8.197 g Saturates 6.286 g Cholesterol 27.224 mg Carbohydrates 77.466 g

Detailed Information

Values for one serving Element Value Food energy (kcal) 565.033 Protein (g) 17.966 Fat (Total lipids)(g) 19.557 Ash (g) 1.978 Carbohydrate, by difference (g) 77.466 Total dietary fiber (g) 3.55 Sugar Total (g) 2.763 Calcium (mg) 26.759 Iron (mg) 1.555 Magnesium (mg) 60.346 Phosphorus (mg) 232.86 Potassium (mg) 280.591 Sodium (mg) 340.064 Zinc (mg) 1.777 Copper (mg) 0.322 Manganese (mg) 1.119 Selenium (mcg) 71.494 Vitamin C (mg) 1.724 Thiamin (mg) 0.216 Riboflavin (mg) 0.112 Niacin (mg) 3.266 Pantothenic acid (mg) 0.671 Vitamin B6 (mg) 0.267 Folate (mcg) 23.394 Folic acid (mcg) 0.011 Food Folate (mcg) 23.383 Folate DFE (mcg Dietary Folate equivalent) 23.402 Vitamin B12 (mcg) 0.277 Vitamin A_IU (IU) 29.976 Vitamin A_RAE (mcg retinol activity equivalents) 5.186 Retinol (mcg) 4.458 Vitamin E alpha-tocopherol (mg) 0.223 Vitamin K ( phylloquinone) (mcg) 0.363 Alpha-carotene (mcg) 0.141 Beta-carotene (mcg) 8.875 Beta-cryptoxanthin (mcg) 0.00 Lycopene (mcg) 0.00 Lutein+Zeazanthin (mcg) 17.85 Saturated fatty acid (g) 6.286 Monounsaturated fatty acids (g) 8.197 Polyunsaturated fatty acids (g) 2.594 Cholesterol (mg) 27.224

I'd spotted the pluspints

it's like chickpea gate again! Do you think more folk are reading this than we know?!

I was hoping for a tad less bacon Aless

:), but I'll wait and hear how much PBear used and then see how low we can go! Though your version has enough cals and a reduced bacon version might not...

Queen of string, thanks for trying the bacon turnovers

Do you think they have mileage as a dinner, with wedges gravy and green veg?

xxx

poohbear59 · 3 March 2010 at 11:24AM

Fivenations wrote: »

poohbear59 wrote: »

Originally Posted by HowlinWolf
1 oz butter or spread
1 oz flour
about a pint of hot stock
2-3oz of whatever hard cheese you have, grated. If using parmesan or gran padano less cheese is needed.
1 heaped tsp of grey mustard or mustard powder for Shirl.

Is this the pasta carbonara recipe you proposed using? QUOTE]

Pedantic Italian here so please excuse my dropping out of lurkdom! Delicious as this is it cannot be called a Carbonara style dish but is Pasta al forno con besciamella, piselli e prosciuto (Italian for white sauce, peas and ham - ).
The only dairy in a carbonara are the grated parmesan and sometimes romano cheeses beaten in to the raw eggs before they are mixed in with the piping hot pasta just before being served - no baking, no cream, no white sauce and a lot quicker to put together, though the timing is crucial.

And before you think I'm a fusspot - Seriously Strong cheddar is very good with pasta and on pizza and is selling for £4 kg at Mr A's.

I'd put togther a recipe but as I can only use gluten free pasta at over £3 kg....

As an ex HE teacher I knew this wasn't a pasta carbonara. I think I originally called it a cheats carbonara just for ease of naming it something:o What should we call it? Can the name you know be shortened a bit? Or would that make it meaningless?

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

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