Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

cw18

I've had the Lidl pizza (in the last couple of weeks, and have one in the freezer that's coming out for tea tonight). They're a looooong way from the best I've had, but I can't afford to pay £3-£4 a pizza, so they're good enough. I get the 'plain' ones and then add toppings to them (ham & mushroom for DS, and the same plus chopped tomato for me - with salami for both of us and pepperoni for him if I manage to get some on Whoopsie)

I'm actually looking forward to DS getting back to college in a couple of weeks, as I want to try making my own (albeit from a packet mix for the dough). If I do it while he's home I'll get constant interruptions (to be told I'm doing it "wrong"), so it's easier to have him out of the house for the first time :rolleyes2

HannahCB

Not sure if its mentioned on here already, Does anybody have a good recipe for fishcakes?? I have some trout and some cobbler in the freezer and fancy having a go, My mum makes fab onesbut i can never get the bread crumbs to stick!

rosemary54

MrsE wrote: »

We don't make pizza from scratch, I buy the base & we make pizza. Its far better than any Lidls or any cheap/medium price pizza (I would rate it up with Pizza Hut).
No way on earth is any homemade pizza bettered by Lidls!

made pizza dough in my breadmaker,basic recipe gave me 2 huge thin base pizzas which tasted as good as any restauraunt mmmmmmmm

MrsE_2

thriftlady wrote: »

Maybe they like it? I think people can spend their money on whatever they like can't they?

I'm just puzzled at how you can spend £400 pw & be shopping from the basics range

Rossy2692

I am probably going to sound contraversial here ( if thats spelt right! lol) but the famillies on this programme so far just seem to me to be the last people to need guidance??!!?? They all seem well off to start with, am i missing something here????

MrsE_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

You can't say that without having tried Lidl's pizza And to be fair, your pizza isn't "home-made" it's "home-assembled"

Maybe its not fully home-made because the base isn't, but it sure tastes better with generous fresh toppings instead of frozen.

cw18

MrsE wrote: »

I'm just puzzled at how you can spend £400 pw & be shopping from the basics range

it could be that the bread is the ONLY item they buy from the basics range...... I used to pride myself on buying a lot of value branded items, but still managed to spend what I now see was an horrific amount on food each month :eek:

Rossy2692 wrote: »

I am probably going to sound contraversial here ( if thats spelt right! lol) but the famillies on this programme so far just seem to me to be the last people to need guidance??!!?? They all seem well off to start with, am i missing something here????

The families have all suffered (or been facing) a loss of income though.
In the first the lady was about to lose her job
In the second the blokes main business had collapsed and they'd lost 80% of their income (sold a car, house up for sale etc)
In last nights it said the bloke had sold his last business for a good price, but his new one wasn't taking off as fast as hoped (recession impact)

Penelope_Penguin

MrsE wrote: »

Maybe its not fully home-made because the base isn't, but it sure tastes better with generous fresh toppings instead of frozen.

And I'm sure that 5 mins spent making dough from scratch would make it taste even better :j

MrsE_2

misskool wrote: »

We cook all meals from scratch and grow enough veg at the moment not to have to buy any of it in and love home made bread but NOTHING beats the cheap bread for a toasted bacon butty. :rotfl: That's my absolute weakness.

I can't spend £400 pw in the supermarket & I buy mostly the premium stuff anyway. How can you spend £400 & be dipping in the basics range thats my point.

Not that people shouldn't buy it, but how can they be buying it.

I'm a bread gourmet (gourmand:o:o:o:o) & I rate Waitrose & Cuisine De France's bread;)

MrsE_2

Penelope_Penguin wrote: »

And I'm sure that 5 mins spent making dough from scratch would make it taste even better :j

Yes, I'm a bit scared of pastry & dough:o