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

cw18

Question for those that know where to get the 'more obscure' ingredients....

I've put a bacon joint (Mr T value) into my slow cooker, and I saw a vague recipe on another site that says to add dried split peas to the juice once you've removed the joint, cook, whizz, and serve as pea & ham soup (one of hubby's all time favourites). BUT it said the peas have to be the 'no soak' variety, and all I could find in Mr T (and on their website) were mushy or marrowfat that need soaking, or dried split peas that were yellow...... don't think hubby would entertain yellow pea & ham soup somehow

So, because I'm not going to have chance to get anywhere else until at least the weekend, I bought some marrowfats I'm going to have to soak first..... but can anyone please enlighten me as where to I may get green no-soakers for future reference?


It's going to be hit and miss anyway, 'cos I've no idea what quantity of peas to add to what quantity of 'stock'

shaz_mum_of__2

Mr A's sells split green peas in the organics range

I would think what the recipe meant was to use the marrowfats but not soak with the block of bicarb though (thats what i would do anyway )


I would do about 300g peas to 1.5litres stock plus veggies on one brand there is a recipe on the pack

Shaz

System

cw18 wrote: »

all I could find in Mr T (and on their website) were mushy or marrowfat that need soaking, or dried split peas that were yellow...... don't think hubby would entertain yellow pea & ham soup somehow

So, because I'm not going to have chance to get anywhere else until at least the weekend, I bought some marrowfats I'm going to have to soak first..... but can anyone please enlighten me as where to I may get green no-soakers for future reference?

Sainsbury's sells both yellow and green split peas, both at £0.39 for 500g. My local sort-of-health-foods shop, upmarket farm shop and Co-op all sell green ones at a slightly higher price. I have used both yellow and green ones for pea and ham soup in the past, and have never soaked either variety. Nobody in my house has ever objected to the colour before!

By the way, you don't mention water in your soup ingredients, but you'll need to add a fair bit. I use one 500g bag of split peas, the stock from one bacon joint, plus a large onion (chopped), a bayleaf or two, lots of black pepper and however much water it takes to cook the peas to the right consistency (sorry - a bit vague - I just play it by ear - but it's probably about 2 litres). Warning: taste the bacon juices after you've cooked the bacon and before making the soup - if they are very salty, you might not want to use all the juices initially. It's harder to remove a salty flavour than it is to add extra stock at the end!

cw18

Thanks both.

Asda isn't possible until the weekend, and I don't have a Sainsbury within a 'do-able' distance

Didn't mention water 'cos I assumed the stock was basically water But I'm not the best person to judge whether it's salty or not, 'cos I salt nothing and hubby adds to things that are already naturally too salty for my taste Guess the best thing is for me to 'taste test', and if it's too salty for me then I'll have to see what hubby thinks (I won't be eating the soup!)

mama67

weezl74 wrote: »

who made all the pies!

Ok here's the lot, apart from another small one already devoured by AM...

Total cost of all you see here: £1.90, or 10.5p per generous serving :money::money::money::T

These look fab Weezl!!

System

cw18 wrote: »

Didn't mention water 'cos I assumed the stock was basically water

Ah. My mistake. Well, it depends on how much water you put into the slow cooker with the bacon joint. If I cook it in the slow cooker, I only put in half a mugful of water (plus whatever juices come out of the vegetables in the pot with the bacon), so the liquid is very concentrated and strong and I have to water it down when it is used for anything else. On the other hand, I often pressure cook a bacon joint, with the meat up to its waist in water, and then the stock is, as you say, basically flavoured water which doesn't need further dilution. Ah, the joys and infinite variety of the kitchen!

sammy_kaye18

Oh they lok yummy - must of missed that post!

Whats in them??

*suddenly realises they are Weezls pies* :eek:

Im not too sure i actually want to know now............

cw18

Avocet wrote: »

Ah. My mistake. Well, it depends on how much water you put into the slow cooker with the bacon joint.

Mine's almost covered, 'cos that's what the 'recipe' said to do....... and I'm new to the world of slow cookers (day 2 od use, with yesterday being for a rice pudding as I know what that looks like when cooked :rolleyes:) so simply following clearly written instructions at this point

Money_saving_Diva_2

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 !

Congratulations honey!!! And as has been said - kudos for posting on here the very day you give birth!! My best wishes go out to you and your family.:T :T

mardatha

sammy kaye, you can get the Broons annual at xmas, along with the Oor Wullie one. fabulous fun.