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

ceridwen

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

So Weezl, now that you have so much time off how about writing that book...

This one looks pretty good but I am sure they are nothing compared to your endeavours and it would have a whole new audience with the pregnant/new mums and dads market go on, go on, go on
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0375752250?ie=UTF8&!!!!!willemigh-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=0375752250#

...and there was me being "very good" and carefully not mentioning the blog or any possible book....;)..but...ermm....since it HAS been mentioned.....:D:D

I'm still here visualising Fergus "towering" over Weezl in years to come....visions of him going "Come on now little Mummy" and patting her head if he decides to joke around...

You'll be looking up at Fergus soon enough our Weezl....:D

weezl74

ceridwen wrote: »

...and there was me being "very good" and carefully not mentioning the blog or any possible book....;)..but...ermm....since it HAS been mentioned.....:D:D

I'm still here visualising Fergus "towering" over Weezl in years to come....visions of him going "Come on now little Mummy" and patting her head if he decides to joke around...

You'll be looking up at Fergus soon enough our Weezl....:D

ah my sadly neglected blog! oooops

Here's a vegan friendly recipe for you ceridwen:A

chick pea curry with apricots

Ingredients

8 servings

4 tbsp oil 6p
500g onion 17p
4 garlic cloves, chopped 12p
8 tsp 10g garam masala 10p
220g chickpeas raw weight 21p
340g dried apricots, chopped £1.27
400 ml orange juice 22p


[FONT=&quot]Heat the oil in saucepan. Add the onion and garlic and saute for 2 minutes. Add the spices and stir well. Add the chickpeas, apricots and orange juice and cook on a low heat for 3 minutes. If the curry is too dry add a little hot water or stock.
27p per serving, or 37p if you include a generous 125g rice with the dinner :money::money::money:
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In_Search_Of_Me

In that there oven is a choc/amaretti cake with no four for tomorrow nights dinner party! Will report back and post recipe if it has the wow factor - I did lick the bowl alot which is always a good sign as not always that bothered!
Sorry that the onions made my best boy cry but good for clearing tear ducts maybe?!! Give him a huge hug from me and tell him his auntie isom misses him! Havent seen him for a whole 5 days!!
Lol re the towering over...our weezl is quite tall so it will take a while but I, on the other hand am a shorta@se at 5ft nowt so he'll be taller than me at the rate hes growing, within weeks!
I agree re the book...good money spinner and I could be your agent/nanny weezl...at a cost of course!
Hope your pain not too bad shaz? Lovelyto have the tread back...have missed you all! Also great to have that geeky brain return!

ifonlyitwaseasier

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

I would have the dhal with rice but the ww large portion for 3pts is 150g cooked weight i can have 300g of spuds for that and be full after...........

For anyone else doing ww have you seen this blog

http://www.free webs.com/noreenblackett/

you will need to copy and paste and delete the space between free and webs the thread keeps blanking the address out
be warned the ladies biography is sad

i have that one fave'd shaz, make sure you have emailed her to be added to the list as if WW make her take it down (court case happening!) then she is going to mail zip files out to everyone who wants to be kept updated.

Weezl - fergus is the most lucious eat em up lil boy i've seen in a very long time, and i'm jealous and want cuddles from him!!!! (shhhh broody side, be quiet!)

Boodle

Am so pleased to see this thread up and running again! Will be popping in now and again to keep up hopefully. Especially as my bubs should be making an appearance in about 2 weeks time, I will be looking out for nice frugal recipes and tips that are feasible with a new little one

And Weezl, I think you are most def allowed the odd shortcut like ready chopped veg all things considered! :cool: My eldest is 2 1/2 and I still rely on the ole smartprice frozen veg stand bys pretty much every day (is like a very cold greengrocers in my freezer!)

weezl74

I'm going to go foraging for nettles today with fergie in a sling, wish me luck!

hopefully I'll make this:

Spanish nettle stew



Oil approx 6p
250g chorizo sausage, finely chopped 1.95 1015 cals
500g onion, peeled and finely chopped 17p 210 cals
2 clove of garlic, peeled and finely chopped 6p
300g celeriac finely chopped 42p 127 cals
1 kg fresh spinach or nettles, washed and chopped (£3 with fresh spinach)
can tomatoes 33p
250g dry weight chickpeas, soaked boiled and simmered 23p
1.3 litres chicken stock 11p for chicken gravy
salt and freshly ground black pepper
125g smoky bacon, finely chopped and cooked 28p

If 12 servings, then 29 pence per serving:money::money::money:unless you use spinach, then it's super pricey!




Put a couple of tablespoons of oil into a large pot and add the chorizo. Allow to heat up and cook for a couple of minutes until the fat comes out of the chorizo, then add your onion, garlic and celeriac. Turn the heat down and cook slowly for 15 minutes with a lid on and without colouring the onions. Now take the lid off. Stir and add your nettles/spinach, tomatoes, chickpeas and chicken stock. Bring to the boil, then lower the heat and simmer for around 40 minutes.

At this point you can remove about a third of the mixture and puree it in a food processor. Pour it back into the pot, give it a good stir and season to taste with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat and stir in the smokey bacon and 2 or 3 tablespoons of oil.

shaz_mum_of__2

ooh sound good and i see theres chickpea theme through your menu

I love chorizo and if you can't get hold of it smoked paprika gives the same taste .........yummy


Shaz

shaz_mum_of__2

weezl

could you work out this recipe for me please

Skinny Blueberry Muffins

Ingredients

50g Caster sugar
100g Plain white flour
100g Plain wholemeal flour
2 tsp Baking powder
½ tsp Bicarbonate of soda
pinch Salt
1 Egg, beaten
1 tsp Vanilla extract
50g Unsalted butter, melted and cooled
100ml Skimmed milk
100g 0% fat Greek yogurt
200g Fresh Blueberries
Method

1. Preheat the oven to 200ºC/Gas 6. Line a 12 hole muffin tin with paper muffin cases.
2. Combine all of the dry ingredients in a large bowl and mix well.
3. In a wide necked jug, mix together all of the wet ingredients and whisk well.
4. Add the wet into the dry mixing sparingly, the more you mix the heavier your muffins will be. Don't worry too much about lumps, they will disperse while cooking. Now gently stir in the blueberries.
5. Divide the muffin mixture among the muffin cases, filling each case no more than two-thirds full.
6. Place the muffin cases on baking sheets. Bake each batch for 15-20 minutes until risen and golden.

original recipe from here

http://www.aboutmyarea.co.uk/Somerset/Minehead/TA24/All-About-Food/Home-cooking-(Recipes)/77174-Supper-skinny-Blueberry-muffins


can i replace the butter with oil do i just weigh the oil or would low fat spread be a better option?

was thinking i could do lemon(extract and sultana /poppy seed as blueberries expensive (but i have some in the garden for later in the year!!)

Shaz

weezl74

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

weezl

could you work out this recipe for me please



Shaz

Shaz, am I doing price, calories, or ww points? I can do all three but it may take me a wee while! We could experiment with equivalent oil for butter, but then you'd've wasted all those lovely blueberries! Maybe I'll google it... Vegans must substitute oil for butter.... maybe ceridwen knows some links....xxx

Sian_the_Green

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

weezl

could you work out this recipe for me please

Skinny Blueberry Muffins

Oh Shaz, you need to put a warning before something like that, that looks AMAZING!

Morning everyone! My 'dinner party' went well last night. Broccolli and stilton soup, yummy and really easy! Then sausages in guinness gracy with sweet potato mash and roasted veggies (butternut squash. courgette, peppers, leeks). The fattening suprise was a layered pudding with chocolate swiss roll, ice cream and cream, it was very good. We found enough chairs for the 9 of us and some wine may have been drunk, all in all a great evening.

Anyone got any exciting plans for the weekend?