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

In_Search_Of_Me

aww thanks all...didnt think they were that good myself! Will pm you mac! BTW all silver plate!

Bunny200

macwah97 wrote: »

So - does anyone here have a 'Chicken Burger' recipe?

Haven't tried it myself but the following recipe is for nuggets but I'm sure you could make burger shapes instead....

MAKES APPROXIMATELY 20 GOOD-SIZED NUGGETS:
2 free-range chicken fillets
2 large carrots
2 apples
1 large onion
Breadcrumbs, approx 1lb (450 - 500 g)
2 eggs + milk, beaten together

OPTIONAL:
Flour
Lemon juice
Tarragon or thyme
Salt and pepper

METHOD

1. Spread the breadcrumbs across a large, fairly shallow dish or tray and beat the eggs together in a bowl with approximately 4 fl oz of milk. (Coat the nuggets in flour before dipping them in the beaten egg mixture if you like; I don't bother.)
2. Wash and roughly chop the carrots and onion, peel and core the apples, remove the skin from the chicken and cut the meat into large pieces.
3. If you're using the above quantities, blend the whole lot in one go in a 2 litre food processor. If you've got a smaller food processor or you're making twice as many nuggets, blend the chicken first, followed by the fruit and vegetables. Although you can whiz everything to a smooth paste if you like, I prefer my nuggets to have a chunkier texture, so blend the ingredients on a slow setting to get the consistency you want. Alternatively, grate the fruit and vegetables by hand with a cheese grater and snip the chicken into tiny pieces with kitchen scissors
4. Put the blended ingredients into a large bowl and squish it all together with your hands, adding some breadcrumbs if you feel the mixture is a bit wet.
5. Shape the nuggets with your hands, dipping each one into the egg mixture first, and working with only a small amount of breadcrumbs at a time to avoid making a mess of the whole tray and creating too much waste.
6. To cook the nuggets: Warm enough oil, about 2 inches (5 cms), in a large pan to completely cover the nuggets and test if it's hot enough by dropping a small chunk of bread into the pan; it should go brown in a matter of seconds. If the oil is too cool the nuggets will break up and go soggy; if it's just right they should turn crisp and golden in about a minute.
7. Fry the nuggets for a few minutes, then place on a baking tray and finish them off in a warm oven, Gas Mark 4 (180 C) for about 15 minutes to cook through. N.B. If you're freezing chicken nuggets, place them side by side (uncooked) on a small tray, cover them with foil and tie them into a freezer bag, or layer them with greaseproof paper in a plastic container and seal tightly with a lid. When you take them out, allow them to thaw slightly for a few minutes so they're easier to separate, remove excess moisture with kitchen roll, and for best results follow the cooking instructions above.

macwah97

Hi Everyone

Hope everybody had a little better day than I did. My boss is being rotten you would swear she wanted me to pack the job in before I am told to go!!!!

Then going to pick up DD from school - I sat and watched this girl do all the right things, look right look left etc then she just drove straight into the LHS of my car!!!! AAAgh

Quote to date £420.62 - but she says it was her fault and that she is paying

Hate to see what the official Renault cost will be......

ISOM - Missed your PM and this blessed browser keeps blocking the pages...............

Thinking of everyone else - off to reheat dinner and peel spuds

Cyal8r

macwah97

Whoops Sorry!!! Bunny200

Just saw your nugget recipe - lovely. Got another chicken to dissect so this will be brilliant - will let you know how they go.

In_Search_Of_Me

macwah think you may have to have posted a certain amount of times before you can recieve pm's - anyone know?

Savvy_sewing

Good luck with the new job,plum pie.(Know its a bit off 50p a day stuff but. what the heck)!

stefejb

ceridwen wrote: »

EDIT: If anyone else is specifically growing food by the Square Foot method - I would be very interested in their planting plans purlease: ie 5 of this type of veg. in one square and 3 of that type of veg. in another square. I'm wondering exactly what quantities to grow of everything to get exactly the amount I need of each for one person with no "wastage" (well - in my case - food to give away - but you know what I mean).

http://www.squarefootgardening.com/html/body_PlantSpacing.htm hth

I think that mel recomends 1 4x4 box for each person. I try to stagger sowing and planting so that not everything of the same variety is ready at the same time but not with much success. How well my children remember courgette fortnight and chard month

Savvy_sewing

I am living in a privately rented house, and the garden is all laid out to lawn and decking. I am not able to dig up my lawn, unfortunately, so I think I will have to look into what I could grow in containers on the decking? Anybody any idea how to and when its best for me to start? I havent got a clue about gardening. Never really been in one place more than about 8months in years and years, so never tried.

Sian_the_Green

Hey Mooloo, you are in the right place, some of the people on here have come up with some fabulous fruit and veg in pots, Mrs Mcawber being the main culprit I think. I am in a very similar situation and I managed to do pretty well with mustard greens, tomatoes, rocket and radishes last year with minimal grasp of veggie growing. I would pick what you fancy growing and be experimental

Justamum

stefejb wrote: »

http://www.squarefootgardening.com/html/body_PlantSpacing.htm hth

I think that mel recomends 1 4x4 box for each person. I try to stagger sowing and planting so that not everything of the same variety is ready at the same time but not with much success. How well my children remember courgette fortnight and chard month

I'm hopefully getting an allotment in the new year, and one of the things I will be growing is chard. We love it but can't buy it here (used to eat loads of it in South Africa) and it's the only leafy green which my DH will eat.

I'm going to be trying the square foot gardening method. It's going to be hard work getting the allotment going :eek: - it's a field which is currently being converted so it's not as if I'm stepping into a currently used one. The children are keen to have their own little "patch" in there too, which is good. Does anybody now how long a "pole" is? Apparently it's going to be 5 x 2.5 poles.