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

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shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

i just treat them as i would meat

bolagnese

fry a chopped onion ,carrot and stick celery in oil with garlic until soft add tblsp italian herbs and about 300g red lentils and 2 cans chopped toms cook until lentils are soft iusually add mushroom and courgette too

the shepherdless pie is on the recipe index


Shaz

Thanks Shaz - I'll be having that this weekend I think :j (and I really need to go through the recipe index properly, rather than just skimming and getting distracted by the shiny recipes...:o )

weezl74 wrote: »

evening all, sorry I've been so neglectful of the thread, our decorating rages on and I have been just soooooo tired, even my inner geek has had little to say!

challenge-wise, all still good, no more spends since I last totted up. Fortunately the freezers are so well stocked that the budgetting and thinking has all been done for me!

Decorating is very very tiring (((hugs))) - freezer and meal planning is cracking, and - you've proven - very useful when you're a busy bee! How's the house looking now? I'll bet it's fab.

cw18 wrote: »

So while I was chopping both for tea tonight I was wondering whether I could finely dice, bag, and freeze when I get them ? (came to me as I know I've seen both in the freezer sections of the supermarkets, but they're too expensive for me to buy that way). Would I have to do any partial cooking first?

You can freeze both peppers and onions pretty well, yes.

Peppers tend to be a bit better chopped and blanched, and WELL wrapped or there's an odd smell transfer that comes from them and onions if you've sauteed them to clear (mostly because raw onion can make your freezer smell a little and/or go soggy and the sautee-ing stops that. Plus I tend to like their taste better in things when they're started off that way...)

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

All well with sw & lost a pound despite not being an angel! This meant free food as I got slimmer of the week

Congratulations ISOM :T That's fab - and the free food is always a bonus! Did you get any nice things in there?



I gained some freegan chicken noodle soup as I had a bunch of friends round last night and several of them ordered chinese and got free soup as a bonus for ordering so much! None of them wanted it, so I stuck it on the side till it got cold and put it in the fridge and I've got it with me for my lunch :j

InTheRed

ZoeGirl wrote: »

Fudgy Choc Chip Cookies

2 eggs
1 cup lightly packed soft brown sugar
½ cup oil
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 cups self raising flour
½ cup cocoa, sifted
½ cup dark chocolate chips

Beat eggs, oil and sugar, and vanilla, flour, cocoa and mix to combine. Stir through choc chips. Grease some baking paper and roll up a log of cookie dough and freeze or put in fridge. To cook from frozen or fridge, just slice thinly with a sharp knife and put on a tray. Cook very quickly in an oven at 180C. I made the last batch putting them in the oven as I took dinner out and turning it off at the wall and they cooked fine. I got two rolls out dough out of this, so can cook one lot and then the next lot as you need it.

Experiment with freezing dough to any recipe you like though. Like I said, I have never had any probs. If the recipe tells you to roll it into balls then it should be okay to roll into a log and freeze. If it is a really runny mix and you drop spoonfuls onto a tray and leave em there it will not be...

Sorry to go on....

Hi Zoe!
Can I ask how long did you leave in the oven? And do you think it would be possible to substitute cocoa with Options hot chocolate?
Thanks
InTheRed x

phizzimum

cw18 wrote: »

:rotfl: if I see some in the shops when I'm out with my daughter I'll have to show her that....

wonder if that will make her stop buying them for my grand-daughters, as she didn't think much to the idea of eating nettles and totally refuses to eat anything with spinach !!!!

a friend said that she read the ingredients on a packet of mints - they included potato starch and beef gelatine - just need the yorkshire pudding and you've got a roast dinner. reminds me of willy wonka's chewing gum that tasted like a three course meal

carriebradshaw

ooh so excited, I tried making yoghurt again and it's worked this time :j :j :j

will try paneer next I think :cool:

thanks everyone for the tips

munchki

*peeking in*

Just a quick one to say a very very big thank you for all the kind words. You are all becoming like a lovely extended family and it creates such a warm fuzzy feeling within me. Really cant thank you all enough and wish each and everyone of you all the very very best that life has to offer.

Life as been a bit hectic here to say the least, however DH has an interview tomorrow and has just gone off to meet with an agency as well. Keeping fingers crossed that it will all work out.

I must say that I love this thread, it is unlike any other, never a harsh word, always a helping hand in thoughts, advice or in what ever is needed. Just as it should be.

Thank you
Kath xx

Lesley_Gaye

munchki wrote: »

*peeking in*

Just a quick one to say a very very big thank you for all the kind words. You are all becoming like a lovely extended family and it creates such a warm fuzzy feeling within me. Really cant thank you all enough and wish each and everyone of you all the very very best that life has to offer.

Life as been a bit hectic here to say the least, however DH has an interview tomorrow and has just gone off to meet with an agency as well. Keeping fingers crossed that it will all work out.

I must say that I love this thread, it is unlike any other, never a harsh word, always a helping hand in thoughts, advice or in what ever is needed. Just as it should be.

Thank you
Kath xx

couldn't agree more. When I occasionally venture over to other boards, it always surprises me how sharp people can be - we never get that here. I would love to take part more in the green fingered board as I love to grow things, esp edibles, but it can be little frosty over there sometimes

shaz_mum_of__2

Courgette cake




60g sultanas (soaked in water until plump then drained)
250 g grated courgette
2 eggs
125ml veg oil
150g sugar
225g S R Flour
half a tsp each of bicarbonate of soda and baking powder

greased and lined 10 inch cake tin

beat all together and bake gas 4/180deg for about 45 mins or til golden and a skewer comes out clean

really nice bit like carrot cake perfect with a dollop natural yoghurt


Shaz

Yategirl

Munchki - sending good luck vibes to your dh for his interview... I hope all gets sorted for you all asap

Shaz - that cake looks yum! am off now to see if I have enough courgettes growing so i can make it!

cw18

Q about the courgette cake.....

I know carrot cake doesn't really taste of carrots (we all eat carrots, but I'm the only one eats the cake ), but does the courgette one taste of courgettes? No-one (myself included) eats them in anything, but if it doesn't taste of them it might be a way of sneaking extra veg of a different variety into our diets.

sammy_kaye18

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Courgette cake




60g sultanas (soaked in water until plump then drained)
250 g grated courgette
2 eggs
125ml veg oil
150g sugar
225g S R Flour
half a tsp each of bicarbonate of soda and baking powder

greased and lined 10 cm cake tin

beat all together and bake gas 4/180deg for about 45 mins or til golden and a skewer comes out clean

really nice bit like carrot cake perfect with a dollop natural yoghurt


Shaz

Im presuming that picture is of my slice then is it??

Have only eer had courgette when my dad cooks it in a stir fry - think i will have to try it again. Is it sweet tasting?? or more bready?

Anyway - how are we all today? its widdlign it down here today and had 2 thunderstorms since yesterday afternoon - thought oh it sbene lovely all morning ill hang the washing out.............grrrr:mad: ....bet you can guess what happened next - yep torrential downpour.:rolleyes:

nice to see you back weezl if only a brief hello - make sure you add some piccies of your new decorating - i love all that sort of stuff which reminds me i will have to put up pictures of my hallway which i spent my brithday decorating to get some opinions.

Well cooked a chicken last night so bf has taken lettuce, red onion mayonnasie and chicken sandwiches today after watchign that dispatches thing last night about sandwiches he mentioned that that meatball marrinara thing is what hes been living off in work the last three months:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: anyone else watch it?? so hes having curry tonight as theres a fair bit of chicken, ive had sandwiches, and theres still enough for abotu 2/3 more meals and it was only a normal sized chicken!

Im now 9 days caffeine free too - woohoo, sadly though its that time of the month and so am eating anything sugary/sweet within a 3 foot radius!:rolleyes: