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

Bunny200

those muffins work out at 2.5 ww points each, butter is the problem if you can get lower fat option to replace them then it would be better, eg half fat butter gives 1.5 pts per muffin.
hth

weezl74

Bunny200 wrote: »

those muffins work out at 2.5 ww points each, butter is the problem if you can get lower fat option to replace them then it would be better, eg half fat butter gives 1.5 pts per muffin.
hth

oh bunny thanks loads for doing the maths :T:T:T:T

we need to share out the geekiness;)

I wonder if another type of fruit would work and be cheaper....?

Sian the party sounds great! Can we please have your recipes? With prices if you can manage it the day after a little wine

weezl74

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

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

what about dried apricots and ginger? that might be yummy too?!

weezl74

I'm going to give up on nettling idea for a bit as fergie is taking forever with his 10.30 feed:

10.20 - 10.30 incessantly F: mumma! i am outraged! where is my milk? this is an affront to my babyhood, I do not like it here! my placenta always nourished me immediately! I am writing to the baby ombudsman! how dare you let me be born into this world of starvation!

10.20-10.30 me: oooooh sorry lovely boy, look I'm doing it now, boils kettle, fiddles around with scoops, bottles, tries to find gripe water....coming now...

10.30 me: here you go!

10.30 F: at last! i lunge at the milk, where has it been all my life? I am a desperate gulping machine....glug glug glug

10.32 F: but perhaps I will just have a nap before I do any more glugging.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :rolleyes::D

Bunny200

weezl74 wrote: »

I'm going to give up on nettling idea for a bit as fergie is taking forever with his 10.30 feed:

10.20 - 10.30 incessantly F: mumma! i am outraged! where is my milk? this is an affront to my babyhood, I do not like it here! my placenta always nourished me immediately! I am writing to the baby ombudsman! how dare you let me be born into this world of starvation!

10.20-10.30 me: oooooh sorry lovely boy, look I'm doing it now, boils kettle, fiddles around with scoops, bottles, tries to find gripe water....coming now...

10.30 me: here you go!

10.30 F: at last! i lunge at the milk, where has it been all my life? I am a desperate gulping machine....glug glug glug

10.32 F: but perhaps I will just have a nap before I do any more glugging.....zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz :rolleyes::D

lol, been there done that!! Nothing as indecisive as a LO,
I want it now!!!!!!! Now I got it I want the other thing now!!!!!!
get used to it, it doesn't change much as they get older!

shaz_mum_of__2

ooh thanksBunny that was quick TBH 2.5 points is not that bad if they are as big as normal muffins

I am going to use flora light i think also found a recipe for muesli muffins but lost it now...doh

Babies are terrible for intefering with well laid plans ...in fact it doesn't get any better when they are older... lol


Shaz - off to find the missing link

not muesli muffins afterall but spicy carrot ones
http://www.delicious-low-fat-recipes.com/low-fat-muffin-recipes.html

Yategirl

lol! aww! yup been there done that too! and yes agree with Bunny200.. it never changes :rolleyes::rotfl:

made the boiled fruit cake last night - yum! 6 slices gone already......:o

Sian_the_Green

weezl74 wrote: »

Sian the party sounds great! Can we please have your recipes? With prices if you can manage it the day after a little wine

Recipes I can do, costings not so much I know I got free sausages but I would have to do some serious scrabbling to find my receipts

Sausages with Guinness gravy- Serves 4



700g Sausages
250ml Guinness
1 tbsp olive oil
20g butter
2 large onions, finely sliced
1 dessertspoon sugar
300ml stock
1 dessertspoon plain flour
1 tbsp white wine vinegar (I used some very old wine from our shelf)

Method

Heat oil in a large frying pan, add butter, allow to melt then add onions.
Cook on low heat for 25-30 minutes stirring occasionally.
Sprinkle in the sugar, mix well and cook for about 5 mins until brown and caramelised.
Stir the flour into the onions and cook for 1 minute then add the hot stock and the Guinness.
Bubble for a minute or two, then turn right down and leave to simmer.
Meanwhile, grill the sausages until browned on both sides.
Check seasoning on gravy, add vinegar. Transfer sausages to gravy and continue to cook for 15-20 mins until sauce is thickened.


It's a great recipe and very 'man friendly' I find, I don't like the taste of Guinness but I really like this sauce


Broccoli and Stilton Soup- Serves 4

Ingredients

• one large onion
• 1 potato, diced
• 1lb broccoli, chopped (I used the stalks too)
• 1.5 oz butter
• 1 pint chicken stock
• 1/2 pint milk
• Splash of single cream (if you have it!)
• 6 oz Stilton

Instructions

1. Chop the onion and soften in the butter for a few minutes.
2. Add the potato and broccoli and cook for a few minutes.
3. Add the stock, cover and simmer for 20 minutes.
4. Leave to cool for 15 minutes then process (I used a hand mix-y thing) until smooth
5. Add the stilton, milk and cream and heat gently stirring often until the stilton has melted and the soup is hot.

Just had some leftovers for lunch, delicious

shaz_mum_of__2

The blueberry muffins are in the oven

taste test,amended recipe and photo to follow if a success!

Shaz

shaz_mum_of__2

well they look ok

and they taste ok

not very sweet but the tartness of the berries makes up for that

the modified recipe was
Low Fat Blueberry Muffins

200g Plain flour (half wholemeal, half white)
50g sugar
2 tsp baking powder
Level tsp of bicarbonate of soda
Pinch salt
1 egg
1tsp vanilla extract
50g Flora light melted and cooled
100ml skimmed milk
100g Onken fat free natural yoghurt
100g fresh Blueberries

Mix all dry ingredients in a large jug and all wet ingredients in another

Mix the wet ingredients into the dry until well mixed don’t worry about lumps the less mixing the better the muffins

Pour into muffin cases

Bake for 20 mins at Gas 6


I only managed 10 out of the mixture so guess its still probably around the 2.5 pts mark?

Shaz