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

SunnyGirl

When I make fruit cakes I follow what I was told in cookery classes years ago (well not that many I'm only 42 ) Coat any fruit in some flour and it will stop it sinking to the bottom of the cake tin. This certainly works with cherries and other dried fruits so it should certainly work with dates. Cake sounds fab by the way

Guapa1

Watering the plants everyday? Ooops! Thank you Shaz, I'll start doing that.

weezl74

:rotfl:lol guapa!

ceridwen

..and if there be a mini-meet...then I'd be interested in details in case I can make it....

(goes off promising not to travel by broomstick - despite my name.....:D)

weezl74

I don't mind how you travel ceridwen, a broomstick is a frugal choice....

I'm going to make some savoury pies today, I had made an excess of pastry a while ago and have just defrosted the 'remains'. Corned beef pie for Mr Weezl and nettle and lentil pie for me...;)

Will post results later...

update on adding syrup and ginger to one of the loaves of no-knead bread, it's very nice but not quite sweet enough, so will tweak a bit more before posting about it!:D

fedupandskint

Mmm that bread sound nice esp is it is no knead!

I'd love to meet up but Wales is a bit too far away for me unfortunately (with an old poorly dog who can't leave too long or take too far), damm and blast living oop north!

I'd love to meet the 'real' people, maybe next time eh?

Spinach and potato curry for me today using up a couple of bunches of spinach.

Only problem is I am out of space in the freezer due to all the frugalling work. I've split up packs of foods into single portions and batch cooked tomato sauce and soup.

Potato curry for a few days it is then! Will have to use up the lovely lentil dahl too with tonights meal and I am having a go at making chapatis for the first time too. Found a nice spinach gnocchi recipe too (different to the last one I made) could have this and use up a tomato sauce portion. What a decision eh?!

Then I really need to use things up out of the freezer. On the plus side I only bought milk this weekend (better do the storecupboard challenge this week!)

Anyway I am off to carry on the wardrobe clear out for my peace of mind and declutter mission, it's taking way longer than I thought it would

In_Search_Of_Me

hello all...just back from my church w/e which comes under the "interesting" category! Am now happily at home and with no need to cook for the day...had huge breakfast and will raid the freezer/fridge for rest of day...have my final bottol of re in for the apprentice...Yasmina to win please sir A! Shaz do you want to pm when youre in the vicinity and we'll try and arrange meeting peoples then..will be exciting but I remember whe Weezl and I met it was like a first date!! Scarily exciting!

fedupandskint

Just made Spinach Gnocchi for tea.

250g Spinach 30p
200g Potatoes 15p
1/2 tsp Nutmeg grated ?
1/2 tsp Salt
1 egg yolk Don't have a cost for the last 3 ingredients

46 pieces of gnocchi

estimate 2 meals (generous ones)

Serve with tomato sauce in freezer 43p for 2 portions

Cost 43p + 45p = 88p

Cost per portion = 44p

Could stretch this further I am sure for 3-4 meals making it 22p per portion at the cheapest

feefeelalabelle

hi all, just trying to read through this thread while DD is at her nannas, my word its taking ages!, i will read through it all but basically im just starting out so can anyone advise me where i find all the recipies (maybe its on another thread?) also im not too sure how much i need to spend on shopping..... mmm
seems like a friendly thread, look forward to chatting to u all xxx

SunnyGirl

feefeelalabelle wrote: »

hi all, just trying to read through this thread while DD is at her nannas, my word its taking ages!, i will read through it all but basically im just starting out so can anyone advise me where i find all the recipies (maybe its on another thread?) also im not too sure how much i need to spend on shopping..... mmm
seems like a friendly thread, look forward to chatting to u all xxx

Hi :wave: A lot of the recipes are at the beginning of this thread on page 1 listed in order of main meals, sandwich fillimgs etc. Some of the other recipes are just as people have posted them along the way. Get ready to do a lot of pasting into Word documents I've done loads! It is a very friendly thread so welcome & enjoy the mouth watering recipes