50p a day til Christmas - healthily?! Weezl's next challenge...

cw18

boredofbeingathome wrote: »

V.nice if cooked in veg stock..takes the whole yucky taste of sprouts away..

:eek: there's nothing wrong with sprouts !!!!

Unless my Mum or hubby cook them that is, 'cos then they're sooooo soft you can squish them between your tongue and the roof of your mouth! Yuck!!

I steam them, then chuck hubby's share into the water under the steaming sections for a few minutes to soften his up

sammy_kaye18

Hi All

Can I ask a stupid question please someone about steamers.

I was in wilkos the otehr day and saw a three tier steamer that was reduced from £9.99 down to £4.94 so I nabbed it. Also got two small cassserole dishes today for 75p each (each one a ltr pot size) so yey!

Anyway Im a bit confuzzed now witht he steamer - can i just put water in the bottom pot, then veg on the top two or can i put me spuds in water in the bottom pot and then veg in the top two?? does it make a difference??? have never used a steamer and would hate to bodge it up on the first attempt but at the same time dont want to seem too thick by asking. Also heard its possible to do a full meal in it with pudding - how????

Weezl - got an awesome book the other day for my birthday - maw broons family recipes - old style scottish recipes so ill have a look through there and if i find anythgin frugal, cheap and easy to make ill make sure to chuck some recipes this way!

cw18

some people put the spuds in with the water, but I find that if I'm using the 'middle' (deeper) steamer insert there isn't enough room.

I suppose it depends how many you're cooking for (I was cooking for 5 of us for years), but I also like to be able to prod my spuds to test if they're ready -- and everytime you lift off the inserts to test the spuds you have to add on time for the veg in the inserts as the steam has been released (like lifting the lid off a slow cooker).

cw18

to do a steamed pudding in it as well as the main meal, then I guess you put the veg into the deeper one, and your covered sponge (or whatever needs steaming) into the top one (or into the water in the bottom as I normally 'steam' something while it's standing in a couple of inches of water ). Again not something I've ever tried due to the numbers I cook for -- and using all the space in both inserts for veg...... Would also be dubious about the veg 'flavouring' the pudding, though if it's got a cover on the bowl I guess it shouldn't

shaz_mum_of__2

I often put potatoes in the bottom of mine and i try to put the veg in order of cooking time as the steam is more intense at the bottom sometimes i let the 2 bottom layers cook for 10 mins and then put the 3rd on especially if its broccoli say as it needs less time to cook

Its a case of experimenting really

the biggest problem i have is the water bubbling up through the first basket because the pan is so full!!

Shaz

In_Search_Of_Me

growingafamily wrote: »

Hi everyone, sorry to go off topic but just popping in to let you know I've finally had my baby today (8 days late !), a little (well 9lb 7oz LOL) girl we've called Rosie. I guess she hung on to share her birthday with her big brother who was 3 today !

Huge congratulations to you! Mind you rather you than me at that size!! Hope you had lots of lovely pain relief & labour not too horrendous for you and hope they are looking after you (whoever your they's are lol!)...Congratulations all & hope that her big brother loves her!

ceridwen

Well....I thought to meself...hmmm....savoury Yorkshire Pudding. Visions floating in front of my eyes of those large "readymeal" Yorkshire Puddings with fillings to them that were on the scene a few years ago (still might be for all I know?). Never had them - but got the general idea.

Hmmmm...thinks me: homemade Savoury Mega Size Yorkshire Pudding with summat like fried onions/tomatoes/mushrooms and steamed veg as a filling and a bit of cheese sauce to top it off.

By the time I got home - that translated into "I aint ever done Yorkshire Pudding - savoury or otherwise. Just how often DOES your average vegetarian have Yorkshire Pudding - answer: zilch: as we never eat roast beef". Okay dokey then - yorkshire pudding/pancakes - its all the same mix thinks me and I do eat pancakes (once in a very blue moon). Right - change of plans time - pancake/filling/pancake then cheese sauce over the top.......Errrrr...it didnt exactly "work". Its baking in the oven as I speak - but I can tell JUST how long it is since I even tried to make pancakes.....er...years? Well....I guess it will be edible anyways - but not quite as I envisaged......:o

So - back to the drawing board. I still think that its the same mixture that does pancakes and Yorkshire Puddings basically ASFAIK. So - I reckon this batter mix should be Weezl-type cheap level.

Errrr....anyone got any good cheap recipes for homemade Savoury Yorkshire Puddings - of the suitable for a vegetarian type purlease?

(Just knew there was some reason why I do like me "exact" type recipes! Guess who aint exactly a "natural" cook......:o )

cw18

I have a small 'roasting tin' (takes two Kievs). Put oil into the bottom, and put in oven until piping hot. Make up batter mix (I buy the packs of dry powder), then tip into the hot fat. Lob straight back into the oven and watch it rise (with a recess in the centre) as it cooks, remove from oven, lift pudding onto plate, tip in filling, and serve.

I normally do it as a 'toad in the hole' for DS2 (I don't like Yorkshire puds!), and cook the bangers in the oil until about half done, then pour the batter into the tin over/around the bangers. Doesn't tend to sink as much in the middle then, as the bangers stop it all rolling to the edge of the tin......

In_Search_Of_Me

http://www.yorkshirepudding.co.uk/recipes.html
Here you go C!! Seems like our kinda girl eh!! (ie slightly eccentric lol!). How you doin Mrs...been quiet of late & hope youre ok?
Went up to allotment & pots looking BIG, sweetcorn growing nicely but alas, beans are not & toms are "coming on" but no danger of a glut at present!
Chucckled re the bread and now have a yearning for pancakes! Think I have a manky leom somewhere so off to munch some yummies! Love pancakes..mum made me some recently and for some reason they always remind me of how much I love her so thank you for the reminder C! BTW is there such a thing as a natural cook?!!
oo look what I just found! Not for today but defianately one for reserve!!
http://www.hotelchocolat.co.uk/Chocolate-Pancakes-Apancakes/

liz545

For yorkshire pudding batter, I use the following recipe:

3oz (75g) plain flour
1 egg
5floz (125ml) milk (or you can use 1/2 milk 1/2 water)
pinch salt & pepper
2 tbsp oil

Mix the flour, egg and milk together, then season. You can leave the batter to stand if it's easier for you to make it in advance. When you're ready to cook the puddings, pour the oil into the yorkie tin and pop it into the oven at 220c (as hot as it goes!) until the oil is sizzling hot. CAREFULLY remove from the oven and pour the batter into the oil (it may spit at you! be careful!), then return to the oven for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. While the yorkies are in, cook up some quorn sausages, veggies & gravy; then when they're done, remove from the tins, plate up, put the sausages etc into the yorkies, pour over gravy and serve!