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

redsquirrel80

Evening all, bit of an expensive day for me costed out, found a chicken curry in the freezer that I'd bought reduced in Tesco (£1.42 instead of £2.85), thankfully bought before July so not included in the total in my sig!

Today has been..
Breakfast - branflakes, raisins, milk - 12p
Lunch - chicken curry ready meal - £1.42
Snack - chocolate cake - brought into work by colleague - freeee
Tea - pasta with courgettes, garlic, lemon juice and spinach pesto - about 35p
followed by plain yoghurt (13p) and passionfruit (reduced to 15p) - 28p

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Total for day - £2.17 - ouch :eek:

weezl74

redsquirrel80 wrote: »

Evening all, bit of an expensive day for me costed out, found a chicken curry in the freezer that I'd bought reduced in Tesco (£1.42 instead of £2.85), thankfully bought before July so not included in the total in my sig!

Today has been..
Breakfast - branflakes, raisins, milk - 12p
Lunch - chicken curry ready meal - £1.42
Snack - chocolate cake - brought into work by colleague - freeee
Tea - pasta with courgettes, garlic, lemon juice and spinach pesto - about 35p
followed by plain yoghurt (13p) and passionfruit (reduced to 15p) - 28p

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Total for day - £2.17 - ouch :eek:

well it needed using up, and it doesn't compromise your new challenge, so I say well done you on a free lunch! :T:T:T

dinner sounds great....

ceridwen, I see where you're going with the rinse off the sauce idea with the baked beans.... But it seems a bit daft to then make them back into ..... baked beans!;) But if it's the cheapest way, I must allow myself to be persuaded!

As thursday approaches I'm feeling trepidous about the pigs head! What if it's really gross!?:eek:

I may yet covert totally to vegetarianism!:D

Our lodger is cooking fish. I don't think it's that fresh! The house is horrribly pongy! Me and Mr Weezl are going to hang out in our room with the telly and a scented candle!

boredofbeingathome

I personally would get my own back and feed your lodger beans with lots of curry sauce..

boredofbeingathome

Well budget a bit orf today, as had to take dd2 to hospital which was a 5 hour visit for tests and stuff. Didn't realise this at the time, as would have prepared more grub if known..
Tea was a lasagna, made from
lean beef 500g-£1.50
mushrooms- free
herbs- free
onion, 5p
stock-1p
peppers-40p
lasagna sheets ( offer at 30p, used 10p)
sauce, cheese-15p, milk-15p, flour -1p, butter- 4p
total-£2.41, and have some left for freezer..

In_Search_Of_Me

Orange (or lemon!) & almond drizzle cake

(Slimming world recipe from “Simply Summer” cook book)

Serves 12

3 ½ syns on each day

Fry light
4 large eggs
4tsp sweetener
100g/3.5 oz SR flour
1 level tsp baking powder
2 level tbsp ground almonds
1 tsp finely grated zest of orange or lemon

For drizzle

Juice if 2 sweet oranges (or 1 lemon!)
1 level tsp arrowroot (or gravy thickner!)
4-5 tsp sweetener (or tsp honey!)
1 tbsp grated zest

Plain yog to serve

To make the cake whiz eggs, sugar & sweetener until soft & creamy then slowly fold in the flour & almonds. Spray pan with fry light & put in a cake pan (I used square) and bake at 190/GM5 for 25/30 mins. Turn out & cut into squares or wedges.

For the drizzle heat 2 fluid oz water with the lemon zest, juice and sweetner and then use thickener until its thick but drizzleable! I served mine with plain yog all over the cake & yog & it was, surprisingly, yummy!

In_Search_Of_Me

oh yuck to unfresh fish Weezl!! Good excuse for an early night!! (Good idea says Mr Weezl!!) Ta for the recipe will have a look & see whats not free -ie not sure about the oats as being free! Bob the above would suit for family & you me thinks and its quick as anything to make and quite a dense cake (or was when I made it lol!). Thought it had poleneta but that must be another recipe so will hunt through the SW recipes C! I made mine with lemon and it was yummy! Now whats this ere about etting nervous at a pigs head! Was telling work and they are on ethe "yuck, barf" with me on that one but youve got to get it now - poor Mr butcher will be crestfallen if we dont go get it! Think I may have to clear the boot as the thought of having in the front is just too gross!! Anyone tried any recipes with lentils to make a cake? Just a thought...
PS what slaking flour & how do you download Mrs Beeton...having a blonde moment!

boredofbeingathome

oo that sounds good..will make tomorrow.

In_Search_Of_Me

Let me know if you do orange bob & whats its like! I just froze most of it for when I get the PMT munchies so its ready there! Not qute a good as chocolate but will do! Am also goin to experement & layer the sponge with jelly, yog & sauce tom!

shaz_mum_of__2

Slaking flour means mixing a bit of cold water to it before adding to hot liquid

Might be a regional word ?? we use it up here in't north also my nanna "crees" her rice for rice pudding this means cooks it a bit with water first to save on milk

Anyone else got ny regional culinary terms ???

Shaz

Penelope_Penguin

weezl74 wrote: »

Has anyone read the 'undercover economist'?

Not yet - still trying to get a copy from Read It Swap It I love Tim Harford - he presents a great 100% Geek radio prog about numbers. It's off air atm, but I listen to the podcasts as I cycle to work Speaking of which, all this exercise is making me super-fit, but I'm ravenous all the time :rolleyes: I swallowed a huge fly on the way home today - no idea of the nutrition :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

Penny. x