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

shaz_mum_of__2

cw18 wrote: »

thanks Shaz

is 'easy blend yeast' the dried stuff?

yes .........the stuff in sachets for breadmakers ..............not the allisons tin of dried yeast which needs frothing with water first;)

the rice one is a fave here the rice dissappears and makes it moist


Shaz

cw18

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

yes .........the stuff in sachets for breadmakers ..............not the allisons tin of dried yeast which needs frothing with water first;)

wonders if that's what I did wrong last night -- didn't read the tin, but assumed it was the same as the much more expensive sachets


re: tinned tuna -- none of the family will eat it in oil. I can't stand the texture if the oil's left with it (eta: to the point I have to rinse it, which makes it almost impossible to use!), and no-one else likes the taste didn't realise there was such a huge difference between the 2 though

eta: the extra sodium doesn't actually worry me as much as the drop in everything else. the only time I ever get the salt out is for making bread.... if I didn't do that once in a blue moon I wouldn't even have salt in the house !!!!!!!!!!!!!

cw18

Avocet wrote: »

Hope this isn't too dull and geeky...

meant to say I'm another that finds 'geeky' figures interesting :rolleyes:

weezl74

Avocet wrote: »

Hope this isn't too dull and geeky...

There aint no such thing!

Avocet, were we seperated at birth?

Fascinating stuff. All those folk choosing tuna in brine or spring water for healthy eating reasons! When the truth is very different....

Do you use 'recipecal' and tap your ingredients into there?

moneydribbler, hello and a very warm welcome. We'll help with your meal planning! Just post your inventory and we can all have a challenge to help feed you!;)

munchki, I wonder whether any fans of foraging who live near you may have done a blog on what's to be had locally? Have you tried tapping in 'wild food in xxxxxx' or 'foraging in xxxxxx' and see what google has to say?

I think it would make an excellent addition to freecycle, if people set up local groups, and by clicking on a map you could see where other foragers had posted info about crops of blackberries etc...

zoegirl, thanks for asking your mum, I'll be intrigued! Butter has risen from 60p per 250g 18 months ago to a minimum of 85p a pat here. Which is a hike, but not as bad as others we've seen. Rice went up from 42p a kilo to 96p a kilo overnight at one point :eek: but thankfully (at asda, but not tesco) is back down to 56p. How are things price-wise with you?

Love Weezl x

hmkn

cw18 wrote: »

wonders if that's what I did wrong last night -- didn't read the tin, but assumed it was the same as the much more expensive sachets

Dove yeast (in the orange packets) is the same yeast as the sachets but about half the price (and less than the Allinsons tubs too, per kg.) T's sell it, don't think S's does, not sure about A or M. Lakeland sell it too, I think.


HTH

HMK

System

weezl74 wrote: »

Fascinating stuff. All those folk choosing tuna in brine or spring water for healthy eating reasons! When the truth is very different....

I think that, for a long time, the media confused "healthy eating" with "low fat" and didn't look at the implications very deeply. Think of all those low-fat products which are still touted as "healthy" despite being stuffed with added sugars, chemical sweeteners, salts, flavourings or starches/fillers to compensate for the reduction in taste caused by removing the fat. Why a fat-free yoghurt needs modified maize starch, gelatine, colouring, acidity regulators (sodium citrates), citric acid, flavourings, stabilisers (pectins) and sweetener (Aspartame), I'll never fathom. Far better, surely, to have a smaller amount of proper yoghurt with proper fruit in it?

weezl74 wrote: »

Do you use 'recipecal' and tap your ingredients into there?

No, I have software called MacGourmet which I sometimes(!) remember to store recipes in. There is a Nutrition plug-in which calculates the nutritional information according to the USDA (one reason why I was drawn in by the title of your earlier thread), and gives you a breakdown per serving. It's the sort of thing I like to play with every now and then, but don't use regularly.

Maybe I should get out more!

weezl74

lemonade money, I've done the research on your muffins now...

per muffin, (if you make 12):

Food energy (kcal)

263.117

Protein (g)

3.374

Fat (Total lipids)(g)

15.634

Carbohydrate, by difference (g)

29.326

Total dietary fiber (g)

2.086

Sugar Total (g)

14.437

and they give these percentages of an adult woman's daily allowance:

Calcium (mg)

7.05%

Iron (mg)

6.02%

Magnesium (mg)

7.04%

Phosphorus (mg)

15.22%

Potassium (mg)

4.90%

Sodium (mg)

3.25%

Zinc (mg)

6.37%

Copper (mg)

8.58%

Manganese (mg)

10.40%

Selenium (mcg)

11.44%

Vitamin C (mg)

5.71%

B1 Thiamin (mg)

7.91%

B2 Riboflavin (mg)

7.09%

B3 Niacin (mg)

6.14%

B5 Pantothenic acid (mg)

5.24%

Vitamin B6 (mg)

6.62%

B9 Folate (mcg)

3.15%

Vitamin B12 (mcg)

3.96%

Vitamin A (IU)

90.76%

Retinol (mcg)

16.41%

Vitamin E alpha-tocopherol (mg)

127.41%

Vitamin K ( phylloquinone) (mcg)

18.14%

Pro vitamin A- Alpha-carotene (mcg)

125.28%

HTH

Love Weezl x:D

Frugalista

Hi folks,

After lurking on OS for around 2 years (!!!!!!) I have finally decided to take the plunge and post. Guess who inspired my username.....!

Weezl74, just wanted to say that I have followed both threads since the very beginning and you truly are an inspiration.

redsquirrel80

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Got up this morning and got my cereal (with banana and currants) ready.. only to find that the milk in the fridge had gone solid! Stuck the bowl of dry cereal and fruit in the fridge - not sure if the chopped up banana will keep but will see what it's like.

Ended up having two of the spinach pastries for breakfast! - 16p
And another one for snack - 8p
Small portion of red lentil curry & rice for lunch - 20pish?
Cereal bar this afternoon - 6p
Tea - spaghetti with spinach & ricotta sauce - about 12p
Yoghurt lolly - 6p

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Total for day - 68p

Saw an interesting liver recipe with spinach & sultanas here - http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/511691 - thought it could be converted to a cheaper version, maybe leaving out/ replacing the pine nuts?

Spinach, spinach, spinach.... just call me Popeye...

OK slight change as I decided to try the liver recipe - just made it without the pine nuts, although I can see something crunchy would make a difference - was very nice indeed! Approx cost 25p for liver, 10p spinach, 2p garlic, 2p sultanas (actually I used currants), few pence for other bits and bobs, lets say 45p, making total for the day 99p!

Got some wholemeal flour on the way home too to make muffins (some savoury, some sweet I think).. will report back on recipes etc later!

cw18

hmkn wrote: »

Dove yeast (in the orange packets) is the same yeast as the sachets but about half the price (and less than the Allinsons tubs too, per kg.) T's sell it, don't think S's does, not sure about A or M. Lakeland sell it too, I think.


HTH

HMK

Thanks. I was in A when I did that shop, and don't have access to S or M. Looks like I need to check our local T next time I'm up there -- but it won't be until Thursday at the earliest (and it's not a big one). Failing that it'll be Thursday night before I can get to the large T in the opposite direction.

ETA: Just checked T website -- have never seen the Doves one before, but it's actually 11p dearer than the Allison one so I probably wouldn't have picked it up had I been in there when I was looking for some anyway