Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

weezl74 · 20 April 2010 at 9:22AM

artybear wrote: »

Off topic:

Last night I dreamt that weezl and mr weezl and the boys came to visit me. Weezl looked like my aunt and was about 50stone. You said it was the downside of the planner that after testing all the meals you were now a ''rollypolly lady'' lol.
Back on topic: calzone sounds a much better idea with a creamy sauce.xx

artybear you come down here to cardiff and clean my monitor of the coffee I just spat out all over it laughing.:rotfl:

Oh I totally needed cheering up today and that did it!

I am a bit chubbier than usual, but I don't blame the planner, I blame 2 pregnancies in 2 years

But it's all good!

And I am far from 50 stone, so no-one has to worry that I will not fit through the doors of the imperial war museum when we all meet.

Which I am very much looking forward to

I've not seen lesley for a while... Hope you are having fun in real life

Also wondered if you might like to do a spot of helping with me customising the spreadsheet for planner 3. Also, I'm going to send the spreadsheet to my website co author, but I have made it clear it's not my intellectual property. Is that OK with you?

weezl74 · 20 April 2010 at 9:28AM

ps allegra I look forward to our row about pea soaking..... I seem to recall somebody didn't soak hers for very long on the first risi e bisi tryout :whistle::whistle:

weezl74 · 20 April 2010 at 9:38AM

pps and then I will go do the laundry

planner 2, we were debating the point of it... What if it allows a fair bit more tea than #1, but also keep in a bit of cheese for those who don't want to be utterly vegan?

worth it?

it seems then to satisfy 3 groups: those for whom tea is a non-negotiable, those who don't like battery eggs, those who are happy to be vegetarian but don't feel veganism would be as protein rich. Perhaps mr arty and !!!!!! might be in this category. Also me, due to my coffee addiction:o

Allegra · 20 April 2010 at 9:39AM

weezl74 wrote: »

artybear you come down here to cardiff and clean my monitor of the coffee I just spat out all over it laughing.:rotfl:

And you better stop off in Northampton en route cos I did the same ruddy thing ! :rotfl:

No one worry themselves though - I'm gonna like Weezl regardless of what she does with her peas ! Besides, it doesn't matter how long you soak them for if you then don't cook them for long enough, as I found out during my first attempt at the risi e bisi with dried peas :eek:

Weezl, I have been trying to rephrase your seasoning budget, but I think I am just making it more complicated ! If it helps, though, I am totally non-mathsy, and I had no trouble whatsoever following your explanation.

Allegra · 20 April 2010 at 9:59AM

weezl74 wrote: »

ps allegra I look forward to our row about pea soaking..... I seem to recall somebody didn't soak hers for very long on the first risi e bisi tryout :whistle::whistle:

We all seem to be developing some sort of weird telepathy here :eek: You know, like when a bunch of women live together and their periods synchronise... On secon thoughts, maybe not very much like that at all :rotfl:

weezl74 · 20 April 2010 at 9:59AM

Allegra wrote: »

I'm gonna like Weezl regardless of what she does with her peas !

I'm with you on that!

So I think what you're saying is that we ought to 'give peas a chance' between us, not allowing such issues to interrupt the healthy pulse of friendhip (even if I have become a little (marrow) fat). Cos those who do that really haven't got a leg (ume) to stand on.

I'm sorry, I'll get my coat

Allegra · 20 April 2010 at 10:00AM

weezl74 wrote: »

Perhaps mr arty and !!!!!! might be in this category.

Not while there are unattended goats running about, I don't think.......

Lesley_Gaye · 20 April 2010 at 11:05AM

Hi Weezl

I'm still here. I pop on every day to see what people have been up to and I'm enjoying reading everyones adventures in tester land

spreadsheet sending is fine and I'm happy to help with any customising. Would you like the fat/carb/protein rows added in a la the cals at the same time?

downside with the auto calcs is when adding new ingredients, the calc rows need to know about it

I have just finished going through my store cupboard and have decided to have a massive store cupboard challenge type month in May. I have so many pulses of various types I could power a whole town for years. I am hoping my little lettuces will be big enough to start picking leaves by May. We lived off garden salad for weeks last year and I am so looking forward to that again after the long winter (runner beans are only 3" or so high at the moment,so it will be a while before I can add any of those into the salads!) The rocket plant stubs are sprouting like crazy so it will be interesting to see if they can be treated like perennials, or will just go to seed. But there are hundreds of teeny tiny little new plants growing from where the seeds fell from the plants last autumn, so either way, rocket will soon be on the menu

I'm going to keep a score of how much produce we get this year too see how much it would have cost to buy

poohbear59 · 20 April 2010 at 11:10AM

DS2 and I are sticking to the plan but DH had sausage sandwiches at bedtime as he was hungry.
I know I need to make more snacks but we weren't really a snacky family before. It could also be that DH has been working outside in the cold and needs more carbs. He also ate the last orange!!

DS3 was weighed at the weekend and had lost 2lbs which he is pleased about.

I will have to do some more baking tomorrow and make the liver pate as I think that will make a difference here.

weezl74 · 20 April 2010 at 11:23AM

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

spreadsheet sending is fine and I'm happy to help with any customising. Would you like the fat/carb/protein rows added in a la the cals at the same time?

The rocket plant stubs are sprouting like crazy so it will be interesting to see if they can be treated like perennials, or will just go to seed. But there are hundreds of teeny tiny little new plants growing from where the seeds fell from the plants last autumn, so either way, rocket will soon be on the menu

thanks re spreadsheet

if I'm calling it the right thing lesley my rocket stubs from last year are incredibly peppery, like a super strong watercress, but I'm thinking of freezing it in ice cube trays minced up and then stirring a cube through pasta etc for a bit of a zing

Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

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