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

weezl74

BOB I'm so in awe of how you hunt out these great deals! Your local market sounds fab! I must get back into going to the market for veg... Another great day's stats, you legend:T:T:T. All sounds very healthy.

Yours too redsquirrel:hello:. I love it when people post the costings, I find it really inspiring, things I thought I couldn't afford, but I can:j:j

sian, no idea on the lettuce I'm afraid, mine are all only about 2 cm tall at the mo :rotfl:

CarrieB ooof, pleurghhh. Did you manage not to shut your eyes when he ate the pigs @rse'ole?;) Fascinating stuff!

Lemonade money, been meaning to say for a bit, my bread is the no-knead one in the bread section of our index. Your potato bread is there too ISOM, save you having to type it out for folk!

Love Weezl x

In_Search_Of_Me

Dont worry Weezl I've saved my faves as word docs but having said that it will take up site space having it twice wont it?
A dilemma for pepys to discuss if I may! On my new lovely (say that enough times I'll believe it!) slimming world most muller light yogs are free which means you can have as much as you want BUT they worry me...I dont hugely like the taste of aspartane and sure I read somewhere that its BAD for you (& possibly also can STOP weight loss which would certainly be counter productive & more than a tad annoying) plus me thinks more £ than plain yog...Any thoughts? I wonderedw hether I should swap to actimel yogs & have less as sure they would be better for me if more £? Would be interested to know what you lovely lot think as I am struggling with time to think ths week as tired & alot on...brain may go pop if I think too much!
Weezl did you read the ? re the pot 9.5 being a loaf or per slice! I am excited to think it may be a loaf & in which case will do special go advanced & get mr Junpy smily out it that particular statistics honor!
Have done well & not shopped yet this week! Being honest honestly cannot be bothered & know I have enough food to last me till weekend with some innovation! (ok looking in the freezer then!!)

redsquirrel80

Actually I won't give you my muffin recipes as they didn't rise very well so it needs a bit of tweeking - will say though that my 'filling' ideas worked ok, feta cheese & raisins make a nice savoury one, and dried pineapple, fresh ginger and a drop of elderflower syrup make a lovely tasting tangy fruity one. (Note of approx costs for my future reference - 3p each for savoury and 6p for sweet - they're only little ones!)

boredofbeingathome

Hi ISOM, i find some very nice alternatives in Netto..they do the Rachels organic, low fat range...( Same is a lot dearer in the major supermarkets) all free if i remember correctly and if not very low syns. Worth it in my opinion..i often use plain low fat and will add free fruit, better for you..if you get the bio yogs you can make your own low fat, free ones as well.
I will just hunt out my book and then let you know.

ceridwen

Avocet wrote: »

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?


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!

Yep...to weezl's place by the sound of it:rotfl: :rotfl: . Weezl - ever had the feeling you've just found a kindred spirit?;) :rotfl:

ceridwen

weezl74 wrote: »

not sure germ, I found it here, what do you reckon? It looks to have a few more extra goodies in there!

Substitute black olives for the green ones...and I'm in there...love tapenade...drool....

cw18

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Weezl did you read the ? re the pot 9.5 being a loaf or per slice! I am excited to think it may be a loaf & in which case will do special go advanced & get mr Junpy smily out it that particular statistics honor!

ISOM - Weezl did some calcs this morning based on the loaf I hadn't cut into here ....... BUT I did say my loaves didn't look quite right, and it now appears I didn't activate my yeast properly As such, I don't think those figures can be counted on, but I may have another go at making this on Thursday or Friday.........

boredofbeingathome

Yep i was right the organic Bio live fat free is free, the fruit ones have syn values, but range from 3.5-5.5. I hope that is useful, slightly off topic but yogs have quite a few uses in recipes as well, nice for an alternative to cream in curries, and as a thickner in soups as well...or just a pud!

In_Search_Of_Me

Thanks both - sorry missed it Weezl...threads so fast moving skim read a bit fast & missed the lovely geeky maths! An improvement but still a treat me thinks! Bob do you think the pot would be more SW healthy if it was brown bread instead of white...just a thought?
CW I'm not sure if my recipie can be machinised but here is a specific machine one - not tried & tested though as flogged me bread maker as like making it by hand now!
http://www.recipe-ideas.co.uk/recipes-4/Bread%20Machine%20Potato%20Bread.htm
Hope that helps!

germish_se

Weezl, that recipe sounds like tapenade bulked out with herbs and nutsneither of which I can see would change the flavour much. I've only had black olive one made by a friend and that's gooorgeous, expect the green one would be a bit tangier but I'd love to try it....only me who eats it though and I don't think olives freeze well.

Germ