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

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Good morning everyone.
jtb2412 please keep us updated with your allotment adventures - was given Paul Merrett's "Using the Plot" as a birthday present, have just finished reading it and loved it. Allotments are unknown in this 1/4 acre paradise, but they sound like a lot of fun.
Have spent the last couple of weeks getting my garden ready for the great Spring planting, will spend today sorting and sowing seeds.
Have a great day everyone
Jennie

cw18

very quiet in here today......

Well, I was adventurous (in a bland way) for tea tonight. I picked up some Whoopsie! lean beef mince in Aldi at the weekend, with the intention of coming home and looking for a recipe for meatballs for Sunday tea (figured they won't work with the cheapo mince I normally buy). Found a recipe on the grocery challenge thread, so set to making them up using breadcrumbs made by grating a few slices of bread I'd thrown in the freezer as hubby was about to bin them.

Hubby then distracted me, and it was only after I'd combined everything I realised I hadn't soaked the breadcrumbs in milk like the recipe said..... still, too late to do anything about it by them! But hubby had been telling me he was going out for football, which made cooking meatballs impractical (he doesn't much like pasta reheated in the microwave, and was wanting something he could warm up on his return :mad:)

So the meatballs all went into the freezer, split into quantities for 2 meals.

Got one lot out today, but then couldn't find a sauce in the freezer or cupboard to go with them -- so I made my own (1 tin value chopped toms, 1 chopped onion, 1 piece garlic, black pepper, mixed herbs and paprika -- would have used a red pepper instead of paprika, but don't have any in). Whizzed the sauce ingredients in my blender, fried the meatballs until browned, tipped in the sauce, and left that to simmer for a bit while the pasta was cooked.

I didn't think it was too bad. Verdict from hubby? Nothing said, but none in the bin so can't disapprove of it Nothing at all from son yet, which is also promising..... if he doesn't like something I normally get a "what is this?"

Just costed the meal up (allowing for only having used half the mince) and it came in at just under 37p each :j (Almost a Weezl budget day for us with this for tea )

Even if the mince had been full price it would only have worked out at under 58p each, so it looks like this could be on the menu more often (but preferably when I find the lean mince on Whoopsie! or special offer) :T

Must remember to look out for Whoopsie! red peppers as well......

perrywinkle

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Evening all...welcome back muncki...hope youre ok and had a good break?
yes is quiet on here...hope you ok weezl and not too poopied?
does anyone havethe linky to the wool shop that I think mrs m said about - want my mum to do me a jumper (if baby weezl gets one then so do I - only fair innit!!) but shes lost the link and now so have I - thought I'd bookmarked it...
Just made strawb jam and chutney but alas british strawbs are def smaller and make less at this time of year - another batch will be needed...! shaz I love the cookie jars - can you give step by step instructions of what you did...would make fabby christmas pressies...

Hi ISOM,

I think it might be this one that Mrs M spoke about http://www.kempswoolshop.com/home.aspx

HTH
Perrywinkle

meanmarie

Had a very frugal dinner to-night....mackerel (free courtesy of DS3's fishing) fried potatoes (free, brother cooked too many yesterday) carrots (25c) so total for 3 if you include something for gas...50c...at 51c it would be 17c each...must cost more stuff as I cook

ISOM...Kemps wool shop is to be highly recommended

Marie

MRSMCAWBER

Hi there

Yep thats the one ISOM ..im waiting for my order to arrive.. now I can crochet there will be no stopping me :rotfl: blankies all round me thinks
Well I have to start somewhere..and straight lines is it for now
I have done some more this evening..the colours are out on the pic because of the flash... but you get the idea :rotfl:


right i had better get off... have a good one all

carebearbecky

Well success on a minor scale has been had... Last night my fella polished off his HM cottage pie which was stacked with hidden veg and lentils (thereby having enough to feed him for another few nights + lunches, before I even think about what I'm going to do with the vast quantities of frozen mince & sauce. I love my slow cooker ) He's so fussy I never thought I was going to get away with it - but I did! :j Though I think the HM apple crumble might have swung it for me....

So jealous of all your crochet & knitting abilities.... I really have to knuckle down and do some.. if just practice will pull me through as I have a lovely pattern book and want to make them, but just struggle so much....

B.

weezl74

carebearbecky wrote: »

Well success on a minor scale has been had... Last night my fella polished off his HM cottage pie which was stacked with hidden veg and lentils (thereby having enough to feed him for another few nights + lunches, before I even think about what I'm going to do with the vast quantities of frozen mince & sauce. I love my slow cooker ) He's so fussy I never thought I was going to get away with it - but I did! :j Though I think the HM apple crumble might have swung it for me....
B.

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well done!

We've been having a run of frugalicious curry this week, it's 16p a portion, but is very tasty. With rice that's 26p per evening meal :D:D:D.

300g mince
200g lentils
garlic
chilli
cumin
2 cans tomatoes

very nomnomnommy;)

ISOM, can you post the make and model of your fan, I'll try and do your maths if you can tell me those things:D. Yep, have been a bit pooped. Trying to get on top of housework is my big problem at the moment.

Need to make 4 loaves of bread today, and some biscuits.

Have cleaned the dyson filters, so feel a bit more virtuous!

Love Weezl x

Plum_Pie

Weezl, if you ever want a variation on lamb mince curry, you can make the recipe above but substitute lentils for potatos and add some kolonji seeds. It's really nice, esp with flat bread. (Would be lower in protein though!)

carebearbecky

I'll have to work out costings... but it can't be that much to be honest... and it's going to go miles. I'm just so happy that I'm getting him to eat some veg as he's the fussiest eater that I know.

Upset the guys in the office as well with my HM bread and cake in my lunchbox. Got to keep it going, so I have a bit of a question Weezl if you don't mind. I read in your earlier thread that you freeze your sandwiches. Do you just make them all up, then bob them in the freezer? Defrosting overnight before or just in the morning?

Actually that turned into a few questions, sorry!

Cheers,

B.

Plum_Pie

carebearbecky wrote: »

Upset the guys in the office as well with my HM bread and cake in my lunchbox

By 'upset', do you mean 'made them writhe with envy'?!