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

weezl74

Hiya Munchki,

apple cheese lovely and sweet and cinnamonny, a kind of apply low fat version of lemon curd, and several chutneys made with apple all appeared successfully in our christmas hampers for family and friends last year. Could that be an idea? I made them in October...

Weezl x

cw18

My parents are coming down our way on Sunday -- and have said they're bringing a load of apples with them! It's likely to be at least a couple of carrier bags worth (that's what I've had off them in the past, but didn't expect to get any this year), so I suppose I should be making some freezer space for those as well as this weeks cheap Aldi veg :eek:

Must work out what we're having for tea tonight, Friday, Saturday and Sunday! I know what we're having tomorrow as I picked up Whoopsie! pizza this morning for me and DS -- and hubby will be getting a ready meal from the freezer as he doesn't like pizza any more.

Won't make any less room than pulling meat out for all of us, as the one ready meal takes about as much space :eek:

Probably pulling out a large (plate type) chicken and veg pie for tonight, so that'll give more space too And I've got some ice cream (mine, all mine) that's almost gone -- so I could [STRIKE]eat that while everyone's out today/tomorrow[/STRIKE] transfer that into a smaller tub

cw18

weezl74 wrote: »

Hiya Munchki,

apple cheese lovely and sweet and cinnamonny, a kind of apply low fat version of lemon curd, and several chutneys made with apple all appeared successfully in our christmas hampers for family and friends last year. Could that be an idea? I made them in October...

Weezl x

I'd be very interested in a recipe for apple cheese if you have one please I don't like lemon curd, but can sometimes get hold of a (very expensive ) lime curd that I adore......

jenid

Turkey korma (you need a big slo cooker for this one!)


1 large turkey leg, asda smartprice or Tesco value- £1.37
200g red lentils- 22p
4 heaped tablespoons coconut powder 20p
cumin, fennel seeds, garlic powder, salt 10p
500g frozen fine green beans. (I snip these in half with scissors before serving, and then the curry and rice fits nicely on forkfuls!) 40p

bung all of the above with at least 1.5 pints of boiling water into the slo cooker and leave it all day or night. Lovely, and 23p per portion, serves 10 portions.

We had it last night and the rest is in the freezer in tubs.

Hello all haven't been online for a couple of months now so very behind on the news. First of all I wanted to say a HUGE congratulations to Weezl and Acetate Monkey on your fantastic news, I wish you both well and hope you're feeling healthy!

Weezl your Turkey Korma recipe looks great, can I just ask where to buy coconut powder, I've never seen or heard of this before and it sounds like a great idea.

It's great to read all your recipes and tips again everyone, thanks for the inspiration.

spotdogkez

I just wanted to second the comments made by Acetate Monkey with regards the Turkey Leg in the slow cooker, and thank Weezl for the tips and help she gave previously on this. I tried this for the first time last week and it cooked wonderfully and the meat just fell off the bone. The turkey leg fed 2 adults and 2 children as a roast dinner with all the trimmings and I saved enough meat to make a turkey and vegetable pie with for us all. Excellent value for money.

Thank you :T

munchki

weezl74 wrote: »

Hiya Munchki,

apple cheese lovely and sweet and cinnamonny, a kind of apply low fat version of lemon curd, and several chutneys made with apple all appeared successfully in our christmas hampers for family and friends last year. Could that be an idea? I made them in October...

Weezl x

Hi Weezl

Have never had apple cheese and dont laugh to much but I am not sure what it is or how I would use it!:cool:

All recipes would be most appreciated as I must admit I love making chutney etc and lots will be gracing xmas hampers here this year as well. The perfect filling for hampers!

kath xx

matmcgregor

Gonna sound daft now, but got loads of left over brocolli, off tomatoes and other veg

How do i make soup?

I haven't got a food processor!

weezl74

Hi there,

The apple cheese recipe I based mine on is here, but I didn't use cider, just water. (I expect it would be more of a luxury hamper item with the cider, and maybe last longer...)

Munchki, you would use it like a jam, spread on toast, bagels etc, or as a lovely filling for a sponge cake, or as the topping for a vanilla cheesecake....

My 90 year old granny declared she would just eat it out of the jar with a spoon!

Hello Matmcgregor, if you boil the veggies for long enough, and then squidge them with a potato masher, you would get a nice soup consistency, have you got one?

spotdogkez glad you thought the turkey leg was a good idea! I think it's great value

jenid, hello again and thanks for the congrats :D. I get the coconut powder in our local indian supermarket. It's very much like dessicated coconut, but milled to a finer powder. I wonder if blitzing some dessicated coconut in a food processor might make a similar effect. I've read about old-stylers using granulated sugar to make icing sugar in this way, so it's worth a try!

I was dissappointed earlier to read the martin-bashing that's been going on on the savings board:eek:, due to icesave investments being frozen. It's a nicer atmosphere here!

Weezl x

zarazara

Hi everyone, not been on here for awhile. love theturkey recipe weezl. I've jut been on your blog. good recipes on there, i wonder, if you get a spare minute (!) could you update the blog with more goodies? Ta!

weezl74

zarazara wrote: »

Hi everyone, not been on here for awhile. love theturkey recipe weezl. I've jut been on your blog. good recipes on there, i wonder, if you get a spare minute (!) could you update the blog with more goodies? Ta!

:rotfl:I've been thinking about my neglect of the blog....

To be honest it's the pig's head pictures! I was 6 weeks pregnant when I shaved the piggy and eviscerated his brain. I felt very dizzy, but didn't want to wimp out. Since then, I've had a real aversion to those photos:eek:! The meat was lovely, but I think I overdid my own boundary of sqeamishness:o for the first bit of pregnancy!

I really must stop avoiding it though!!!!