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

Plum_Pie

It finally stopped raining yesterday evening here in London and I went on 90 minute foraging trip with a friend, it was heavenly. We got loads of comfrey, saw lots of mallow (but all the leaves had been attacked by some pest) and ate mallow seeds, which I thought would be nice in a salad to add texture. We didn't identify sorrel until we were nearly home . I've frozen some of the comfrey flat in an old take away container to see if it freezes and keeps like spinach. The bushes were dripping with ripening black berries so I think it will be a bumper year for those too. My friend was also intrigued by Weezl's challenge so I've sent her the blog link.

Frugalistas: Now recruiting.

weezl74

Well done plum pie!:T:T:T

Have you got any photos?:D

Weezl x

Plum_Pie

I don't have a PC at home currently but will let everyone know the results of my culinary experiments. We used my friend's pocket-sized Food For Free (Richard Mabey) but soon realised we needed a bigger field guide...

"I'm sure this is fat hen."
"S'not. The leaves are the wrong shape."
"What is it?"
"Dunno. Can't see it in the book"
"What is it? I want to eat it!"

and so on....

moneydribbler

Afternoon all - I can't believe how cold it is here, I'm fairly sure I shouldn't be craving mash and custard (not together!) in July...

Anyway; cheers for the gnocchi recipe Weezl - I've some potatos that really need using and gnocchi is lovely and should freeze (that and some potato bread should use the tatties up before they sprout!)


I was having a quick scout in my freezer last night (I'm going to inventory properly tonight) as I was taking out my steak for tonight's dinner (expensive, but so nommy, and it's bought now so I'm going to enjoy it ) and I appear to have approximately 4 million hotcross buns in there (or, well, at least 20 - which is ludicrous for a single person...). I'm thinking I could make them into some kind of bread and butter type pudding (I know nigella did one that looked yum and very easy with crossiants?). I have a number of eggs, milk, mixed fruit jam, rhubarb stewed with ginger, butter and custard powder to hand (that I can think of...). Any ideas?

Last night's tea:

Baked potato (1 1/2, baked on monday and micro'd to heat) 7p
1/2 a tin of beans 15p
Some Mexicana cheese (yay! whoopsed, chopped, frozen and used from freezer) 3p

so :T yay! finally under my £1 limit at 25p , but boo, as I was having a hormonally hungry hungry day and ended up raiding the freezer for some ice cream (which is now gone and not being replaced) Next time I'll add some frozen veg to my plate for a more healthy filler-up, and it could be made cheaper with cheaper beans... I'm all fussy, but with the cheese you really can't taste the difference, and again, because the potato is a reheat, it counts as a veg portion.

Lesley_Gaye

kittie wrote: »

another very tasty cheapie

steamed shredded cabbage (lots) pint of white sauce nuts (cashews are nice) tasty grated cheddar

layers and bake 25 minutes. I did mine in the remoska and we had half re-heated the next day. It was really gorgeous

this sounds yummy, I'll give this one a go. I bought a Remoska last year and I love it, it's always to get another recipe to cook in it.

Lesley_Gaye

phizzimum wrote: »

Hi newly wed - I'd be interested in the pig head recipe too!

weezl - I'm amazed at the protein levels in those recipes, thanks for posting them.

has anyone been eating courgette flowers? do you use the ones on the end of the growing courgette? or are you only supposed to eat the male flowers?

I grow courgettes and started eating the flowers last year. I only ate the male ones as you would lose the courgette if you used the female ones, and by the time the female flower is fertilised, would the flower still be in an edible condition (ie not all brown and crinkly?). Anyway, there were plenty of male flowers to use. You can't use all of them tho, you need to leave some for the fertilisation.

I hadn't eaten them before and just used them in salads, haven't cooked with them yet. They were crispy and light and pretty good.

tattycath

Hi all. Well I don't know what I'm going to do with it next... I was looking through the fridge and saw some jersey royals potatoes (I bought really cheap from sainsbury's the other day-45p for 2.5kg) and a couple of courgettes (really cheap from asda) and a red pepper. (also cheap from asda). they all look to be on their last legs so I have chopped them up and put them in the slow cooker-spur of the moment thing-cook them so they don't waste). So They are all in sc with a cup or so of water. Please can someone give me any idea what I can do with them next, because at the moment it sounds really boring and bland. Any ideas or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you .
The sc is full until they cook down a bit.

eselt

Hi

I'd really love a remoska but I live in deep dark cornwall and can't find a stockist-anyone know where I can get one apart from lakeland...can't order on the net as I don't have any credit or debit cards(all chopped up...cash only!). I'm either going to invest in one of these or a slow cooker...any hints on which might be better/more economical???

Great thread, have been lurking for ages...perhaps I'm a bit sick but I just love the challenge of trying to live on next to nothing. Have had a bit of luck this week... (ex)OH picked up a garage full of winemaking stuff from freecycle..got there..old lady said "it was my husbands hobby but hes died and I want the garage cleared...havnt had time to rinse out the demijons (still full of gallons of lovely wine)could you take them anyway?"- result. Help me get over the disappointment of my tobacco plants going mouldy and dying (yeah I know...dreadful expensive habit!).

Oh well, back to a nice bowl of HM french onion soup (10p a gallon!!!)

eselt

Hi tattycat

How about chucking in a tin of tomatos for a ratatouie, or some curry spices (chuck in a tin of chickpeas and youv'e got a lovely potato and chickpea curry...yum)- eat both with some boiled rice?

Cheers

Lesley_Gaye

eselt wrote: »

Hi

I'd really love a remoska but I live in deep dark cornwall and can't find a stockist-anyone know where I can get one apart from lakeland...can't order on the net as I don't have any credit or debit cards(all chopped up...cash only!). I'm either going to invest in one of these or a slow cooker...any hints on which might be better/more economical???

Great thread, have been lurking for ages...perhaps I'm a bit sick but I just love the challenge of trying to live on next to nothing. Have had a bit of luck this week... (ex)OH picked up a garage full of winemaking stuff from freecycle..got there..old lady said "it was my husbands hobby but hes died and I want the garage cleared...havnt had time to rinse out the demijons (still full of gallons of lovely wine)could you take them anyway?"- result. Help me get over the disappointment of my tobacco plants going mouldy and dying (yeah I know...dreadful expensive habit!).

Oh well, back to a nice bowl of HM french onion soup (10p a gallon!!!)

Lakeland have the exclusive contract to import Remoska's I'm afraid. Can you send them a cheque? Or get a friend to use their card and give them the cash?

I find sometimes I use the Remoska all the time and sometimes the slow cooker, they have different strengths