Mardathas meal planning thread

juliettet

Can't help you much with the meat meals Mar but all the above will help for when you feel low with your ME too. Why not smile at the local butcher and ask him for ideas?

rigsby1967

Caterina wrote: »

Cheese and potato pie

A few large potatoes, peeled and mashed (save the peel for soup - more of this later).
Pound of fatty bacon, or ham leftovers
2 eggs
1/2 pound cheddar, grated
Herbs, salt, pepper and spices to taste.
1 tomato for topping

Chop the bacon in small bits and fry. Mash the potatoes and mix with the fried bacon and its oil, beaten eggs, cheddar (leave a bit for the topping) and spices. Grease a baking tin and spoon mixture in. Top up with finely sliced tomato as a garnish. Cook in oven, covered with foil, for 20 minutes-half hour, then take it out, sprinkle saved cheese on top, put back into oven at high temperature until cheese is nice and crusty.

Mardatha, knowing you I am not even trying to suggest that you serve this accompanied by anything remotely green, but it would be ideal served up with steamed buttered cabbage or spring greens.

Need any more recipes? x

That recipe sounds sooooo nice, i have to test this one out tonight .
Must try the other recipes too :T.

Indypop

Toad in the Hole is yummy and cheap - esp if you put onion wedges in with the sausages.

Baked potatoes with various fillings make for a good lunch

Your home made bread if stale could be make into bread and butter puddings or panzanella (a lovely italian salad - just bread toasted into large cubes with tomatoes, onion, basil and a vinegarette x

maman

Dead easy suet pudding recipe for the microwave:

3 tbsp golden syrup
100 g self-raising flour
50 g shredded suet
50 g caster sugar
1 egg
2 tbsp water
4 tbsp milk
2 drops vanilla essence

Pour the golden syrup in the bottom of a lightly greased m/wave proof (glass, ceramic or plastic ) 900 ml basin.
Mix the flour, suet and sugar together to a smooth batter then add the egg, water, milk and vanilla essence. Make sure no lumps....
Spoon the mixture on to the syrup in the basin.
Set the microwave at maximum (full). Cover the basin with m/wave suitable cling film and cook for 2 minutes.
Remove the cling film and turn the basin round.
Cook for a further 2 minutes.

Leave the pudding to stand for 2 minutes before turning out and serving.

Vanilla essence isn't essential and it works just as well with jam.

mardatha

I always keep stale bread but end up throwing it out cos I dono what to do with it!
No weird pulses like chickpeas in this house Cattie - the only ones allowed in here are red lentils who know their place - in soup!
Yes we like liver and hubby has low iron so it would do him the world of good and I keep forgetting about it, ty for that.
No microwave maman!
And no chip pan either - and I so miss chips & egg!
Thanks everybody xxx

tiny_courageous

Indypop wrote: »

Toad in the Hole is yummy and cheap - esp if you put onion wedges in with the sausages.

Baked potatoes with various fillings make for a good lunch

Your home made bread if stale could be make into bread and butter puddings or panzanella (a lovely italian salad - just bread toasted into large cubes with tomatoes, onion, basil and a vinegarette x

I'm making toad in the hole for tea, onion wedges is a great idea, I've a glut of onions at the moment that need using up.

fuddle

So pleased you posted this Mar because otherwise I would never have known about Mrs L's meatloaf

You know I'm a fan of steamed pudding in the slow cooker... enjoy

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/search.do?keywords=steamed+pudding&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=&filterItem=

[Deleted User]

MAR - you can freeze the breadcrumbs and use them when you need them, I even blitz crusts I've cut off if I've got them, breadcrumbs is breadcrumbs, and crusts work just as well as the doughy bit. Very thrifty eh? Mind you it doesn't half upset the birdies in the garden!!!!! Cheers Lyn xxx.

zippychick

Maradatha , you might need a new page - i've heaps of links for you :j:j:j

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DIY mince meat

lamb mince recipes

recipes for pork mince

turkey mince

Does anyone buy frozen mince?

pasta salad

pasta sauce recipes

pasta bake recipes

pasta sauce with no tomatoes

liver recipe needed

lambs liver recipe

liver and bacon

liver and onions

what to do with stale bread

how to make HM breadcrumbs

What to do with breadcrumbs

Soup recipes

HM beef stew

Just the weather for stew

Ideas for leftover stew

Sausage casserole recipe

Beef casserole

Lamb casserole

Pork casserole

Diabetic desserts

I'll merge this later on with your previous meal planning threads (i've merged them all to keep the information together) which also are packed with ideas to suit your dietary needs

Good luck, let us know how you get on!!!!!:A

Zip

mardatha

Zippy - what I really need is a CHEF!