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

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  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    dont forget you can substitute nettles for spinach..yummy and better for you plus free!
    Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.

  • newlywed
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    Have you seen this low fat fruit cake in the slow cooker?
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=20932003&postcount=2121

    Seems like it might be more frugal than the boiled fruit cake??? Haven't tried it out yet but it's on my to do list...
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    newlywed wrote: »
    Have you seen this low fat fruit cake in the slow cooker?
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=20932003&postcount=2121

    Seems like it might be more frugal than the boiled fruit cake??? Haven't tried it out yet but it's on my to do list...

    fat free, no added sugar, frugal and uses the slo-cooker! wowzers! what a great recipe! :T:T:T:TWish I had a lid for my loaf tins...

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    tin foil is useful as a lid Weezl...asda smart price stuff is fine...if more delicate than others!!
    Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.

  • Bunny200
    Bunny200 Posts: 627 Forumite
    weezl74 wrote: »
    fat free, no added sugar, frugal and uses the slo-cooker! wowzers! what a great recipe! :T:T:T:TWish I had a lid for my loaf tins...


    ww-wise this whole receipe is 34pts but not sure how many slices you would from that. What do you reckon Weezl? Basically a Bara Brith. Yum yum
  • newlywed
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    fat free, no added sugar, frugal and uses the slo-cooker! wowzers! what a great recipe! :T:T:T:TWish I had a lid for my loaf tins...

    I figure foil topped loaf tin and if that doesn't fit in my slow cooker then I'm going to be trying a casserole dish with a lid :o


    Thought you might like it - I was sorting my recently printed recipes and noted the similarities between that and the boiled fruit cake.... ;)
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • Sian_the_Green
    Sian_the_Green Posts: 1,584 Forumite
    Mmm, all sounds yummy. We have a slow cooker in our house but haven't really made a lot in it to be honest, might have to start!
    I planted some more seeds yesterday, carrot, spring onion and more rocket, I figure plants that grow underground will be moveable in their pots, hope I'm right! I had to pull up some of the teeny tiny lettuce and rocket plants to thin them but I felt like a big evil giant doing it, is that just me or do other people get guilt when thinning their seedlings :(
    God is good, all the time
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  • newlywed
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    I feel guilty but added the thinnings to salads - read something about posh rich people having micro diets where they eat really young salad leaves as they have a higher concentration of vitamins and stuff in them - so thought why not just bung them in with my salad ;)
    working on clearing the clutterDo I want the stuff or the space?
  • Sian_the_Green
    Sian_the_Green Posts: 1,584 Forumite
    newlywed wrote: »
    I feel guilty but added the thinnings to salads - read something about posh rich people having micro diets where they eat really young salad leaves as they have a higher concentration of vitamins and stuff in them - so thought why not just bung them in with my salad ;)

    Lol, the phrase 'more money than sense' springs to mind. Mine are in the fridge awaiting being eaten. I think my idea of sowing sparingly is different from the technical gardening definition... :D
    God is good, all the time
    Do something that scares you every day
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    MORNING ALL!

    oops caps lock on, i'll stop shouting now!

    have just made a pea and smokey bacon soup in the slo-cooker, 12p per very generous helping!

    got a 500g marrowfat peas for 25p in a wholefood store, reduced cos it was out of date :money:so I cooked half the bag with 4 rashers of smokey bacon and blitzed.

    nomnomnomnomnomnom.

    shaz, how was the exam?;)

    isom, if it helps budget-wise you can flog me any left over paint and nitromors from the bedside cabinet?:D

    love weezl xxx

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
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