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

zarazara

does anyone have a houmous recipe please?

cw18

zarazara wrote: »

does anyone have a houmous recipe please?

there are links to a couple on here

cw18

well, my potato bread has gone into the oven about 10 mins ago. first time I've ever made bread by hand (I have a little-used machine) other than a not totally successful attempt at bagels many years ago.

was worried it wasn't rising properly, but when I went to knead it again the texture had definitely changed -- and it certainly seemed larger in the tins when I put them in the oven compared to when I put the dough into the tins

hubby came into the kitchen while the spuds were boiling and asked 'are you cooking again?' -- which seemed a daft question to me :rolleyes: when I said 'yes' he asked what......

wasn't sure what he'd make of the idea of potato in a bread mix, but I think he's going to be prepared to give this one a try the boys won't know it's in there and both love bread from my machine, so can see both of them attacking this one tomorrow too!!!! if the boys like it, I don't think there'll be any left by this time tomorrow


Oh! And even the potato skins weren't wasted..... as I started to peel them back from the cooked potatoes I gained company in the kitchen -- and the larger dog has had his supper :rotfl:

growingafamily

lemonade_money wrote: »

Wow Weezl, what an inspiration you are! I have read much of your previous challenge without imput and am keeping tabs on this one - well done you :money: Can I ask - what is your hm bread recipe please? Sorry I'm sure you must have posted it but if you could point me in the right direction please

Nutritional info - I'm a sucker for this, I love love love your info it is so interesting! I made some muffins earlier could you please find out the nutritional doo dah for me please? makes about 10-12 big muffins

100g plain flour
100g plain wholemeal flour
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp ginger
1/2 tsp salt
175ml veg oil
75g caster sugar
2 eggs
125g carrots
225g pineapple
100g raisins

Thanks in advance! :T

Those muffins sound great, any chance of times and temps for cooking ?? Thanks

Sian_the_Green

Best Welsh word ever...
cwtch = cuddle (pronouced kutch)

cw18

potato bread - didn't rise as much as I'd expected. it seems to be cooked right through, but certainly doesn't give a tall enough slice to toast or even make a sandwich with (ETA: I didn't expect it to be as tall as a standard bought loaf, but it didn't rise as much as the Weetabix bread/cake does -- I've made that one for years)

came out of the oven as younger son (almost 17) was about to go to bed, and he insisted I cut into one immediately. he looked at it and kept asking what was in it as it didn't look 'normal', but I just insisted that was down to the fact I'd done it all by hand :rolleyes:

so he took a couple of 'slices' (more like chunks!), applied the marge, and wandered off chomping on it. no complaints or retching noises, so unless hubby opens his mouth about the potato I don't think the lad'll spot it


anyone know if the recipe can be adapted for a bread machine? would it work if I set it up like I would a normal loaf, but included the potato in the flour 'layer'?
(my machine will do a large loaf, and I normally do a 2lb-2.5lb in it. ETA: Just checked the machine, and the settings on it are for 2.5 or 3lb !!)

weezl74

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

When I moved here 14 odd years ago I told a friend she needed her passpost when she came to see me. She arrived, with passport & commented that she hadnt needed it stamped or shown & the guard laughed when she asked if he needed to see it with her ticket...

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
That's great. I think I shall use that one sometime :T.
Acetate Monkey (Just realised I'm not logged in as me!)

weezl74

Hello Cw18, Sian the Green and growingafamily,
Amazed that so many people are up this early/late! Glad the potato bread went down well (literally) Cw18.
Acetate Monkey (still doing guerilla posting)

boredofbeingathome

weezl74 wrote: »

Hiya Penny penguin, well spotted! It's not fresh, but it's there, everyday, since I did a bit of research on the '5 a day' The first few weeks of the last challenge I was a bit lax!

The liver casserole has 1 portion each of onion, 2 of tomato and 1 of spring greens in it. The houmous sandwich has my pulse allowance of one of the 5 (but I don't think I have enough to get a whole portion. only 20g for me) Foraged rocket 50g in my sarnie for another half and I'm there, (by the skin of my teeth!) I should really have the jammy pud, but I'm stuffed!

Mr weezl's pasta is a 4 veg portion (onions and tomato) and the jam/compote in the sponge gave the full 80g portion (you should see the size of his pudding!).

Other folk have suggested I up it to 9 portions a day, but from my reading, it seems wiser to make sure all the colours feature. (though today I notice we've both only managed 4 colours! D'OH .

Erm, hope that's what you meant? Ask again if in my sleepiness I'm bein a bit twp (welsh for dim!).

Hope the race went well :T:T

Love Weezl x

ps edited to say, I think if you're not growing a few things, this new budget might not fit the 5 a day! I'll have a ponder... BOB are you doin ok for veg?

I have loads of veg thanks:T We have a market always flogging off cheap stuff:D And i can say i would love to freeze my bananas, but they all get eaten or stuck on cereal before i can blink...got two humungous bags of bananas for 50p on saturday at the end of the market..yes i am the sad woman who is on our market lurking at the end of the day...
I usually try and water the milk down..and have frozen quite a bit. Our best friend used to be the milkman, but now is a postie..so totally rubbish for getting free milk off..must find another source:rotfl:
Also been buying up cheap veg from Aldi although has now gone to 69p and doesn't seem as much..we have loads of broccoli and carrots and peppers in freezer. I also bulk buy and chop onions and mushrooms..have lots of raspberries and parsnips to use up.Also found two bags of windfall apples from last year..so i can feel a mega cooking session coming on.:D
so tomorrow i need to spend on a cauliflour, and another butternut squash and some milk...as i have also got loads of meat..did i mention that?:rotfl:

and not a snail in sight......................:rotfl:

oo and i forgot turnips.......can't forget those!

cw18

weezl74 wrote: »

Hello Cw18, Sian the Green and growingafamily,
Amazed that so many people are up this early/late!

just on my way to bed -- was trying to get through another few pages of posts on the last challenge first :rolleyes: (I'm set to 40 posts/page, so thats another 8 pages/320 posts read today -- started at 1081 and am now up to 1401 - and only another 8 pages to go so I may finish it tomorrow )


Just been reading on there about using soya mince mixed in with normal -- I picked up some dried soya in MrT today (unseen by son, who had returned to car to read a book while I finished the shopping), but I'm not sure what kind of ratio to use initially in the hope the blokes don't spot it this time I've done 50/50 before, and they picked up on it in their first mouthful every meal I included it in

I tend to use the cheapy 'value' mince unless I find a really good "whoopsie", using 125g mince per person for a chille or spag bol. If I'm doing mince and mash I might increase that to 150g each (sometimes as much as 500g for 3 of us, depending how much I have in the freezer) as it doesn't get padded out with quite so many other additions......