Economy Gastronomy - new budget cookery programme; BBC

missjennipenni

Thank you!

artichoke

wow - lots of suggestions here for cook once and eating a different version later in the week.

art

MrsE_2

Economy Gastronomy is being repeated on Sky - Good Food.

I'm watching it again (off this week) & getting all inspired again:D

Chicken biryani tonight:drool:

ETA, where is EG 2:j

cooking-mama

I watched it yesterday MrsE...didnt see much economy realy tho,the family of 2 adults and 3 children( 1 school age +2 twin toddlers),had a target budget of £130 a week...(and even at that they overspent by £3.odds),altho in their defence i think they had been used to spending nearer £200.

MrsE_2

cooking-mama wrote: »

I watched it yesterday MrsE...didnt see much economy realy tho,the family of 2 adults and 3 children( 1 school age +2 twin toddlers),had a target budget of £130 a week...(and even at that they overspent by £3.odds),altho in their defence i think they had been used to spending nearer £200.

Its subjective, its economy to them;)

To be fair there are 2 of us now & I still spend nearly £100 a week (no booze or cat stuff either).

So if I was to shave £25 off that, then £75 would be economy to me.

Its notr economy, its economy gastronomy:)

cooking-mama

MrsE wrote: »

Its subjective, its economy to them;)

To be fair there are 2 of us now & I still spend nearly £100 a week (no booze or cat stuff either).

So if I was to shave £25 off that, then £75 would be economy to me.

Its notr economy, its economy gastronomy:)

Yes I agree,thats why i added "altho in their defence i think they had been used to spending nearer £200."
,it just isnt very economic for me,...economy for me is...A family meal for a fiver type thing...a bit like the sainsburys 5 family meals for £20 campaign,not exactly gastronomy,but we're trying the smoked salmon,courgette pasta tonight(may cheat and buy some extra salmon tho,not sure the 120gm pack of flakes will go far)..;)Perhaps the shows title is a bit misleading to someone like me that focuses more on the economy part,:o
still enjoy watching economy gastronomy tho.

Kitchenbunny

Just echoing what someone else has asked from further up the thread - does anyone know if there is going to be another series of Economy Gastronomy? I too am watching the repeats on Good Food and would be interested in knowing whether another series is on the cards.

TIA

KB xx

MrsE_2

Kitchenbunny wrote: »

Just echoing what someone else has asked from further up the thread - does anyone know if there is going to be another series of Economy Gastronomy? I too am watching the repeats on Good Food and would be interested in knowing whether another series is on the cards.

TIA

KB xx

Maybe we should email them:T

kaz0705

Hi,

I hope I've posted in the right place- sorry if I haven't!

My boyfriend bought me the recipe book 'economy gastronomy' last week and I have started on the first 'bed rock' ingredient which was shoulder of pork.

In the first recipe they call for 'polenta, not ready made' (or something). Well, I couldn't get hold of polenta in any form so substituted it with mash potato for that particular recipe.

However, using the polenta left overs, I'm now supposed to be making a butternut squash polenta gnocchi al forno type dish (I don't have the book to hand! Sorry!).

Being that I don't have any polenta to use in this dish and that I have already spent a fortune on this 'economy gastronomy' (not quite sure what budget they're using!), I don't fancy now going out to hunt some down.

Can anyone recommend an alternative substitute for the dish? I always though gnocchi was potato anyway so thought I could just use the left over mash?

Sorry if I sound a bit clueless!

Thanks in advance,

Kaz

anniemf2508

Polenta is just corn meal which you should be able to find in most supermarkets