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

weezl74

Yategirl wrote: »

aww! F is gorgeous!!! am getting broody! lol!

Weezl - your bread recipe - do you use plain flour or bread flour for a 14p loaf?

I think the loaf was 14p when I started the challenge and wholemeal flour was 55p. I think now the 68p flour making 4 loaves is 17p a loaf, so a bit of inflation there, sorry!

Bigmumma Hiya, and thanks for the good wishes :ANow, with these 'ere chick peas, bear with me as the maths brain may be a bit rusty, but I think dried chick peas work out as 4 times cheaper...

Here's the thinking...

asda say their tinned chick peas are 10p per 100g, 40p for a 400g can, but they aren't talking about the drained weight, that includes the salt water they come in. The weight of actual chick peas is 240g, which makes them 16.66666666etc pence per 100g.

If we look at dried chickpeas, they are 9p per 100g, but as they're dried, you need to look at the weight after soaking and boiling, which doubles their weight, so actually they are 4.5p per 100g of equivalent ready to use chick peas.

So although it looks roughly the same price, it's actually 4 times more expensive to buy the tinned ones.

Hope that makes sense!

Acetate monkey says that to be fair, I ought to include the cooking costs and the water with the dried ones, but that's too much for a post-baby geek!

Yategirl

ta! sat here doing a storecupboard shop... we thought it might be a good idea to try and stock up before any not so good forthcoming news....

what are people's views on butter/spreads/marg? Butter is 84p/250g for a value brand, I can get blended butter for 61p/250g... or should I be looking at baking fats and spreads? TBTH... I am a "butter" person - we don't use it much for sandwiches etc more for baking and I am not a fan of margarine for many reasons but if we have to stick to a tight budget.. should I be biting my tongue?

thriftlady_2

Yategirl wrote: »

what are people's views on butter/spreads/marg? Butter is 84p/250g for a value brand, I can get blended butter for 61p/250g... or should I be looking at baking fats and spreads? TBTH... I am a "butter" person - we don't use it much for sandwiches etc more for baking and I am not a fan of margarine for many reasons but if we have to stick to a tight budget.. should I be biting my tongue?

If I can butt in here I would go for the cheapest butter you can find every time. Butter is simply churned cream and contains fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E and vitamin K. It is therefore nutritionally value for money Always go for the traditional and natural foods rather than the new and artificial.

If you aren't vegetarian lard is excellent in baking. Despite its reputation lard has less saturated fat than butter and is 56-62% polyunsturated fat and 47-50% monounsaturated fat (that's the stuff in olive oil). Lard is also very cheap and has been used for thousands of years;)

Yategirl

that is my reasoning over butter... I do use lard in pastry, but not for other baking... OK.. I can justify not buying cheaper spreads over the nutritional content and "natural-ness" of butter lol!

weezl74

thriftlady wrote: »

If I can butt in here I would go for the cheapest butter you can find every time.

thriftlady, if you butt in about butter, does that make you a butter butter, or a butter butteriner....;):D

thriftlady_2

I can't believe I'm not a butter butteriner. For some reason I'm reminded of this.

BASHFUL_2

Great to see you back Weezl, Ferg is looking absolutely gorgeous, can't wait till mine arrives now!!!! You should definately start a new thread with your new challenge, if you have the time ofcourse!!!
Sorry to hear your news Shaz, hope things get better for you soon and all goes well in hospital. Dagnammit...I had a question and its completely gone from my head...damn baby brain!!!! I will try and remember and maybe come back!!!! x x x

BASHFUL_2

ooooh quick I just remembered!!!! before I forget!! Weezl, the bambino mio nappies. I have 2 trial packs of them that come with a nappy, a cover and a liner, but I was told they were no good and have lots of leaks, have you had any trouble with them??? Also, how on earth do you put them on!!! I have tried to practice, and am 37 weeks pregnant so dont have long to learn. I have disposables that I have bought with vouchers etc to last me the first few weeks, and have ordered a couple of little lamb nappies to try but then I need to decide which ones I'm going to use. I tried following the instructions with the bambino mio but ended up with a big load of material hanging out the back (practised on a doll!!!) x x

weezl74

BASHFUL wrote: »

ooooh quick I just remembered!!!! before I forget!! Weezl, the bambino mio nappies. I have 2 trial packs of them that come with a nappy, a cover and a liner, but I was told they were no good

Well everyone has their favourites I suppose! But I like them more than the terry squares, cos I wasn't very adept with nappy nippers... We find with a little boy baby that you have to erm, position the little hosepipe strategically! Fergus has a definate left-leaning tendency (rather like god-mummy ceridwen's politics methinks ) and so unless we straighten it for him he leaks out of his leg holes...

BASHFUL wrote: »

and have lots of leaks, have you had any trouble with them???

:o:oyes I have, and I must remember to do my pelvic floor exercises.










ohhhhhhhhh! you meant the baby! :D:rotfl:

BASHFUL wrote: »

Also, how on earth do you put them on!!! I have tried to practice, and am 37 weeks pregnant so dont have long to learn.

Right ho, will take some pics and post, He smells like he could do with a clean one

BASHFUL wrote: »

I have disposables that I have bought with vouchers etc to last me the first few weeks, and have ordered a couple of little lamb nappies to try but then I need to decide which ones I'm going to use. I tried following the instructions with the bambino mio but ended up with a big load of material hanging out the back (practised on a doll!!!) x x

great vicar of dibley clip thriftlady

yategirl, what are you stockpiling, are you expecting specific shortages or price rises? Any tips welcome. I tried it, but lost quite a few bags to mice! Bought some lidded boxes from Ikea now, I'd recommend them. But don't go to the Ikea near you, it's always heaving! come to our nice quiet cardiff one!

Yategirl

nappy-nippas take a bit of practise.... dh prefered to use tot bots with the velcro but I loved the coloured terry squares with a nippa! Oh.. I miss seeing rows of nappies on the line!! :rotfl: As for strategic placement... make sure AM is fully understanding as to what to do when changing nappies... dh got a rather wet back when he changed our then toddler and then carried him on his shoulders.... :rotfl:

we are expecting redunancy... (again) is looking 'final' this time.. so we wondered about stocking up cupboard with the basics - flour/porridge oats/tinned tomatoes etc.. and maybe storing butter in the freezer to help us out... you know... basic food stocks... would help with any more price rises too....

mmhh....visit cardiff ikea... would i get to see a little person? lol!

actually.. I store flour and porridge oats in a lidded underbed box under the bed... have had no problems... tins/jars are stored in the garage if the cupboards are full - again no problem with mice (they went for the animal food and camping chairs :rolleyes:) but I do notice that the outside of the tins are slightly rusty...