1 mortgage, 2 babies, 3 years to be MF, 4 goodness sake!- weezl's diary

shaz_mum_of__2

Forgot to say i have canned tomatoes (passata with extra veg) runner beans ,pickled cues and carrots all from the garden except the sack of "pony"carrots

Havent managed a meal yet as you need lots of ingrdients and i will need a bigger pan for cooking them in the stews and curries need 10lb meat plus all the extras so waiting for the next beef from farm shop...................will definitely come into its own when we raise our own meat

better get some dinner on!

TTFN Shaz

weezl74

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Hiya Weezl (and everyone else)

I will be interested in the nutritional content of your meal too as the hoummus has protein to as well as the stuff you mentioned .................but i am no expert .

Hope you fergie,AM and bump are all doing well

Shaz

Hi shaz! We are well and bump is getting more active by the day which is lovely and reassuring

Fire_Fox wrote: »

You are far from dumb, I have been very impressed with your thoroughness! :T Depends what flour and pasta you are using and what portion sizes of course ... I noted that particular day was pretty wheat-heavy, so the chances of missing out on one particular amino acid are increased.

Ah yes, portion sizes good to include! Ok the HM bread I have each day gives 15.25g protein, 5 slices total.

8.5g protein in the oats (no milk on mine, sorry )

6g protein in the peach cobbler

2g protein in the milk in my tea.

Not sure what to allow for the houmous cos I didn't have much.

So that day I had at least 51g protein, which is about in the middle of my height/weight requirement.

I take your point about a balance of amino acids though, and yes, I definately think it was a more wheaty day than normal

I found another one that's more different proteiny if it helps:

breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 toast 17g protein 15p
Lunch: houmous sandwich 7g protein 5p
tea: jacket potato 2g protein, half can baked beans 10g protein 3 fishfingers 9g protein

milk in tea 2g protein 5p

total: 57p :money: Is that better balanced amino acid-wise?

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Forgot to say i have canned tomatoes (passata with extra veg) runner beans ,pickled cues and carrots all from the garden except the sack of "pony"carrots

Havent managed a meal yet as you need lots of ingrdients and i will need a bigger pan for cooking them in the stews and curries need 10lb meat plus all the extras so waiting for the next beef from farm shop...................will definitely come into its own when we raise our own meat

better get some dinner on!

TTFN Shaz

oooh so you're going to can meals like beef stew and stuff :T:T:T

ceridwen's batch cooking blog link will be useful

Thanks for that ceridwen, oh searcher of t'internet for good blogs

xxx

Fire_Fox

weezl74 wrote: »

Ah yes, portion sizes good to include! Ok the HM bread I have each day gives 15.25g protein, 5 slices total.

8.5g protein in the oats (no milk on mine, sorry )
6g protein in the peach cobbler
2g protein in the milk in my tea.
Not sure what to allow for the houmous cos I didn't have much.

So that day I had at least 51g protein, which is about in the middle of my height/weight requirement.

I take your point about a balance of amino acids though, and yes, I definately think it was a more wheaty day than normal

I found another one that's more different proteiny if it helps:

breakfast: 2 eggs, 2 toast 17g protein 15p
Lunch: houmous sandwich 7g protein 5p
tea: jacket potato 2g protein, half can baked beans 10g protein 3 fishfingers 9g protein

milk in tea 2g protein 5p

total: 57p :money: Is that better balanced amino acid-wise?

We work on 1g to 2g protein per kilo of bodyweight, the lower for an active person (e.g. 10,000 steps) and the upper end for those undertaking regular formal exercise. I'd definitely be looking for you to have two portions of dairy each day, which nicely takes care of a balance of amino acids at one meal as well as the calcium content. :j

Your second menu is better simply as you have two lots of animal (complete) proteins, but you could get away with one so maybe mix the egg breakfast with the puttanesca dinner and vice versa? Some of your menus are obviously ending up virtually vegan, so I'd want to see a more food combining - pulses with rice, nuts/ seeds with your homemade bread (grain). No need for huge portions of protein foods, as you know.

I have done a mega tins shop today as had mum and car at my disposal. I bought thirty three of pulses (boiling dried makes the flat damp) plus tomatoes plus fish so will be trying a few more of the recipes linked to in your earlier diaries, thank you!

shaz_mum_of__2

weezl74 wrote: »

thanks

And for those looking to make the food bills cheaper, here's a fat-free weetabix cake recipe costed out:

it's a bit of a bargain

... a very thrifty cake for DH's lunch box

Weetabix Fruit Loaf Ingredients:

2 Weetabix- 8p
190g Sugar- 8p
190g Sultanas- 25p
250g Self-Raising Flour - 7p
240ml Milk - 7p


Preparation:

1. crush the weetabix into fine crumbs
2. add sugar, fruit and flour
3. add milk and mix well
4. Pour into greased lined loaf tin
5. Bake at Gas Mark 4 / 350F for 60 to 70 minutes
6. Cool for 10 minutes
7.When cold store in an airtight tin

3.6p per slice! :money:

prices are from Asda and costco

is this for a 2lb size loaf weezl and how many slices?

weezl74

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

is this for a 2lb size loaf weezl and how many slices?

yep! 2lb loaf tin, 15 slices 3.666666(so really I should have rounded it up to 3.7p a slice):o

it's fat free apart from the milk shaz too!

curly_cabbage

Hi

I have just read throught your threads and you've mention a Living on 50p thread could you post a link as i can't seem to find it.

good luck i'm sure you'll achive your goals as you done so well so far.

CC

shaz_mum_of__2

thanks Weezl may add a few raisins too,we must be greedy i normally cut a 2lb loaf cake into 8 slices

shaz

freebird65

Wow Weezl - I'm hugely impressed by your achievements so far. I was also on the original MFI3 Challenge and failed beyond miserably. I'm determined to have another go starting in January and my mortgage is the same size as yours was at the start....yikes.

Good luck with your challenge - not sure I could go that extreme with the living costs, but it's food for thought!

shaz_mum_of__2

Was just thinking Weezl

you will be mortgage free before ferg starts school(or nursery).........................thats an amazing accomplishment

weezl74

curly_cabbage wrote: »

Hi

I have just read throught your threads and you've mention a Living on 50p thread could you post a link as i can't seem to find it.

good luck i'm sure you'll achive your goals as you done so well so far.

CC

It's just food that I managed for 50p a day, but I did it for 8 months

the thread is here...