50p a day til christmas, healthily?!-Weezl's next challenge (part 2)

Kentishmaid_2

INOM Thanks for suggesting BBC site - didn't have time to look so used brain power and remember weezl korma in DF so added okra to that. Didn't get any complaints but not asked for repeat performance!

Wish I had your patience sew and make personal gifts, I give chutney which has a limited recipient list as not everyone enjoys it.

MRSMCAWBER

woohoo folks

Here I am :j ..... Sorry I have been missing in action lately . I have been over on the nonny mouse site quite a bit...and crafting lots too .... Have even managed to sell a few bits of homemade jewellery on there too :eek: ..so I have been doing more of that...

Im not in the hospital until next week and im taking my crochetting and treating it like a holiday... meals served on a tray etc :rotfl:(and they do good food here but HUGE portions) that will help the food budget too

I don't like Okra either..very slimey

Right I will dash off again -but i WILL make sure im back in the morning
hope everyone is well
have a great night all

MrMicawber_2

Hi - new on this thread - hope I'm not intruding. Yes, stewy thing with chicken legs - great slow cooked with the usual stew / casserole things (onions / celery / carrots) et al. Really tasty.

naturally_2

All welcome Mr Micawber, especially when you bring useful info like that! Are you a relative of our MrsMcCawber or just happy coincidence with the names?

ISOM - know what you mean about chopping, I did have to stab from afar with a pair of scissors! I'd be no good with a pigs head!! Not sure how much wadding you need, but when I made sock monkeys I bought a pillow from mr T value for £1.50 and used that.

Found a couple of other threads that perusers of this one may like to see - be warned though, I've been hours and still not got through them all!!

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=15747009#post15747009
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=336033&page=8

foxy-tigger

MrMicawber wrote: »

Hi - new on this thread - hope I'm not intruding. Yes, stewy thing with chicken legs - great slow cooked with the usual stew / casserole things (onions / celery / carrots) et al. Really tasty.

Hi MrMicawber and Welcome
I did chicken legs as a stew type thing the other day. was delish as it was on ALL day!!!

I did Chicken roast dinner tonight and I have the carcass in my slow cooker over night for chick stock

I have a bit of chicken left over too all shredded ready for tomorrow's tea. any suggestions? can use some of the chicken stock maybe? or I might use that for a soup of some kind. I don;t often run out of idea's but maybe its because I am a bit sick of chicken at the moment......:rolleyes:

Any suggestions gladly recieved!!!:rotfl:

and P.S Great to see you back Mrs M!!!!
Have missed your posts!!!!:j

Tig X

cw18

I use some of the stock and the 'bitty' dregs of the chicken to make rissotto -- normally, chicken, mushroom and peas. I sometimes add sweetcorn as well (more for colour), and last time used the 'bitty ends' of a gammon joint that had been in my slow cooker as well as the 'bitty' chicken.

foxy-tigger

cw18 wrote: »

I use some of the stock and the 'bitty' dregs of the chicken to make rissotto -- normally, chicken, mushroom and peas. I sometimes add sweetcorn as well (more for colour), and last time used the 'bitty ends' of a gammon joint that had been in my slow cooker as well as the 'bitty' chicken.

Oooh! That is something i have only made once years ago Risotto. Will have a go again at some point. Tho I don't have any risotto Rice at the mo and don't want to "pop to shops" until the end of the week if I can help it! ;)

Any other Idea's CW?!
(fanks )

cw18

Sorry -- Rissotto is my "use up" recipe. The three of us all have different likes/dislikes, so when I find something that we'll all eat well enough I don't end up binning almost a full portion I tend to stick with it :rolleyes2

misskool

Kentishmaid wrote: »

Hi, Have bought some whoopsied Okra/Ladies Fingers, any suggestions as what to do with them ?

Has anyone heard from MuscatJane? I assume she's packing her camel train?

Might be a little too late now but okra goes really well in a curry as it sticks everything together and you can put less coconut milk and such like in it.

Otherwise my favorite recipe (although you may have to go out for a fair few ingredients)
One onion, sliced up
Dried shrimp (often found in chinese shops but easy to omit)
Fresh prawns
Fresh chillies
2 cloves garlic
A good thumb of ginger
Chilli powder
Lemon juice (authentically should use tamarind paste juice)
Okra sliced up
1 or 2 tomatoes sliced up

Fry onion, garlic, ginger, with the dried shrimp in vegetable oil until fragrant. Add chilli powder and lemon juice. Then simmer for a few minutes. Then add the okra and cook until it softens. Then add prawns and tomatoes, cook for 5 minutes.

Serve with coconut rice and cool mango lassi.

This really isn't a frugal recipe at all (sorry )

misskool

foxy-tigger wrote: »

Hi MrMicawber and Welcome
I did chicken legs as a stew type thing the other day. was delish as it was on ALL day!!!

I did Chicken roast dinner tonight and I have the carcass in my slow cooker over night for chick stock

I have a bit of chicken left over too all shredded ready for tomorrow's tea. any suggestions? can use some of the chicken stock maybe? or I might use that for a soup of some kind. I don;t often run out of idea's but maybe its because I am a bit sick of chicken at the moment......:rolleyes:

Any suggestions gladly recieved!!!:rotfl:

and P.S Great to see you back Mrs M!!!!
Have missed your posts!!!!:j

Tig X

Make it into an omelette?
Chop one onion finely, heat up the chicken through, if too dry add a glass of sherry or chinese rice wine (or just add it in anyways), add whatever vegetables are going, beat up eggs with milk and cook on low heat.

It's a mish mash between a chinese recipe and a spanish omelette.

Or just use the shredded chicken bits in fried rice.