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

nopot2pin

The spinach and potato curry looks fab, and very easy to make...
On my ever growing list of things to try
Thanks

nopot2pin

Whilst I was shopping the other day, I noticed the difference in the price between red lentils and the other colours of lentils... 5p per 100g in some cases... ...

I wondered if anyone has tried to make lentil pate, with lentils other than the red ones, and if so, how was it ??

Many thanks in advance
potty

phizzimum

thanks fedupandskint - I'll try that soon (maybe tonight)

weezl74

morning all!

recipes involving corned beef would be most welcomed! I have made a corned beef pie in a 2lb loaf tin, used it in a tomatoey pasta sauce, made tarts... and that's only 1/3rd of the tin gone! Costco bulk buys eh?! :D

tattoed_bum

when we were kids my mum used to make what we called corned beef hash it was basically corned beef mixed with bake beans then topped with mash potatoes and a bit of cheese its really tasty.

you can use this mix in individual pasties as well

if you have a meat slicer you could just slice it and freeze it

SunnyGirl

Here in Lancashire they make corned beef hash by cooking chopped potatoes, carrots & onion in stock then adding cubed corned beef for the last 10 mins. It may sound pretty disgusting but with added pearl barley, seasoning and a spoon of mustard it's really yummy. It's traditionally served with pickled red cabbage although I don't as I hate the stuff :eek:

My Mum used to make pasties with corned beef too. Boil potatoes, carrot & onion then mix with corned beef and put into circles of pastry. Fold over, crimp the edges, wash with egg/milk & bake until pastry is cooked. It was my favourite tea with tomatoe sauce and baked beans

Editted to add: How did you get on with the weaning chat at your Mum's group yesterday? It sounds complicated at first but you soon get into the swing of it - honest!

shaz_mum_of__2

Weezl

we like shepherds pie made from corned beef and the pasties are good too , what about mixing with mash like a fishcake and breadcrumbing and frying nice in toasties with cheese and pickle too....................yum

Thanks for the ideas for wrinkly peppers going with the bacon and tomato pasta sauce option done in the SC the house smells yummy ...

Shaz

queen_of_string

At the risk of sounding like a Mrs M advert. Page one of the grocery challenge has Mrs M's corned beef hash. It uses veg, dumplings and marrowfat peas so should be quite frugal prolly get 6 servings out of a normal tin. I think I prefer the mashed into potato mash version personally, but Mrs M's makes a nice pie. linky

LOL just noticed the original post is on this thread somewhere :-D Thanks for the link instructions weezl, that's my first attempt and I am so proud I feel like a proper nerd now, my son would be so proud (not).

weezl74

thanks for all the excellent corned beef ideas. I'd also love to make a meat loaf, perhaps by adding some liver or kidneys, onions etc.... any thoughts?

xxx

queen_of_string

Googling around, sauerkraut, cheese and mustard seem to be the classic additions with corned beef. Was wondering if you could do a home pickle of cabbage and then mix that through. I can see how it might work as I like pickled cabbage (the red stuff) with normal corned beef hash :-S. Maybe some kind of mustard sauce with your meatloaf. I think giant mustards in costco are quite cheap too ;-)