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

In_Search_Of_Me

mrs m...you have the whoe kitchen shop!! Any ideas for recipes?!

MuscatJane

Ceridwen and ISOM: Muscat is in Oman which is south of the UAE (OK, it is south of Saudi Arabia, but that bit tends to scare people). 1 hour flight, 4 hour drive from Dubai. Was there last week for an Ikea shopping expedition. We are on the edge of the Indian Ocean :-) - so lots of swaying date palms, etc. But far too hot to have a veggie patch so looking forward to all the rain in Brecon! (I know I will live to regret that last comment).

MuscatJane

Just calculated the fruit truffle recipes with pistachio and cardamon using JG and H&B, although it may well be cheaper using a large supermarket, or finding an Asian or Middle Eastern store. The pitted dates are on offer at JG at present for 2.49 per kg. I used about 200g in my recipe, so this is 50p. The pistachios are 2.99 for 200g (steep), but I used about 50g, which is 75p. Three pods of cardamon are about 5p. The total is GBP 1.30 and I get about 12 20g truffles from the mix: so approx 11p per truffle. Bars would be about 22p each, I reckon. Below is the nutritional profile per truffle.

Different_Corner

I also have a chicken brick, chicken is really tender and moist in one of these, cost us £20 from habitat some 10 years ago. I'll admit I've not been very adventurous with it though, only ever done a chicken with garlic, wine and lemon juice. Baked some rice seperatly and then stirred the juices into the rice before serving.

Jaynnie

Thank you for all the lovely hellos,

Gratz for passing your test M living in a little village I know I could not manage without mine (unfortunatly).

I to am looking forward to starting to grow veg my OH took the lawn up a few weeks ago and after reading here I have asked him not to lay a new one ready made veg patch Yay! although very new to all things outdoors of the garden vararity so will be asking loads.

Made my first spag bol with pearl barley no one noticed could not try lentils as son no2 can spot them at 500 yards.


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misskool

:wave: hi all,
I've been reading this thread for ages but never posted on it.

Just to congratulate munchki on passing and I've got my driving test tomorrow (woke up this morning dreaming that I had missed it and forfeited the test fee)
:rotfl:

janie63

I remember ages ago making a lemon sponge pudding that once cooked you had a 'magic' layer of lemon sauce on the bottom.........but because I've got a brain like a sieve these days cannot recall the recipe or where I got it from?

Can anyone help??

Thank You

shaz_mum_of__2

Afternoon all

Been busy tidying garden well hubby has and i have been directing still got loads of veg for over winter!!!

Roast chicken dinner tonight with spinach,roasted beetroot ,stuffing etc

saw some rose water in Mr T and got me thinking how do you make turkish delight ?..........anyone got a tested recipe my mum and hubby love it

Hope all are well and welcome to all the newbies and well done munchki

Mrs Mc your cupboard must be like mine - full of gadgets !! it will be fun when you move back to the UK....LOL


Shaz

MRSMCAWBER

Hi all

Janie -my mum used to call it "self saucing pudding"

have this "lemon layer pudding"

serves 4

1. grated rind and juice 1 lemon
2. 50g butter
3. 100g sugar
4. 2 eggs seperated
5. 50g SR flour
6. 300ml milk

• add lemon rind to the butter n sugar and whisk until light n fluffy
• add egg yolks and flour -and beat well
• stir in milk and 2-3tbs lemon juice
• whisk egg white until stiff, fold in and pour mixture into a butered oven proof dish (they don't give measurements but it looks like a glass 2pt loaf tin)
• stand it in a shallow bath of water
• place in 200c/400f/gas 6 and bake for 45 mins
• it will seperate into a sauce n sponge

I have a choc version somewhere too -will dig it out

Shaz -we have only been here a year -so some stuff is still in its boxes -things like the automatic pasta maker/extruder lol

janie63

Mrsmccawbwe you are a star!! They'll all be very happy with pud tomorrow night!