Weezl's phase 1- recipe testing and frugalisation- come one, come all!

weezl74

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

I would like to see if we are getting all the nutrients, colour of f+v etc.

There are so many things to track, I thought it would be useful to see how you have done it, if you don't mind

I've charted the F and V and colours mostly on the calcium spreadsheet, but not got as far as collating the nutrition yet.

That'll be a big job methinks

canidothis

weezl74 wrote: »

would anyone who has raisins in the house mind doing an eggless version of those pancakes? Ideally with 20g sugar too

I did an eggless version over the weekend - I used all the other ingredients listed but sorry I didnt do any measuring - but if you just need to know if they work without eggs then yes they do - if you need to know more than that then I will be happy to make them again sometime:)

weezl74

canidothis wrote: »

I did an eggless version over the weekend - I used all the other ingredients listed but sorry I didnt do any measuring - but if you just need to know if they work without eggs then yes they do - if you need to know more than that then I will be happy to make them again sometime:)

many thanks, I think we'd have to buy a whole other tray of eggs otherwise which seems daft!

weezl74

Firefox, back to our omegas, how much raw rapeseed oil means we could lose just one can of the pilchards? Sorry about this but we're £11 over budget and I'm trying to see if we can do anything about that!

there are a couple of recipes where it will work ok if introduced raw, like the tangy pate, the dressing on the bean salad...

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

It's really enlightening isn't it all this! I'm glad I take a pregnancy vitamin plus iron and calcium each day or I'd be pretty worried after all this research! I do like the way that this experiment is actually benefitting some of US too rather than just Bob and shirl. Sorta makes it worthwhile even now IYSWIM?

I was fascinated by the eggshell for calcium thing. I am in the process of working out a months worth of minimum expenditure meals for the way we like to eat, but as I cost recipes, I must admit, I am rethinking a lot of things.

I am wondering how OH would react to eggshells in the soup! Although if I cook them in with the stock, I think that would prob add enough. All these things are top of the head tho, I have yet to work out what we typically have in terms of any vits and minerals, I have just been going on with the vague feeling that we eat healthily

Lesley_Gaye

Avocet wrote: »

I've sent you a PM, but my spreadsheet doesn't cover any nutritional stuff at all -- only the costs and quantities, the deadly dull stuff. I think Weezl may be your man (OK, woman) for nutritional spreadsheets. :-)

Thanks Avocet, as I said in my reply, I don't find spreadsheets dull at all, I really like them. In a previous life I was a project manager, so used them a lot then

weezl74

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Fibre: the good, the bad and the ugly? :cool:



The bad: my gut feeling is there is a good deal of soluble fibre (heart health, regulates blood sugar) but not sufficient insoluble fibre (digestive health). Insoluble fibre is found in wholegrain wheat, brown rice, nuts and seeds, potato skins, leafy veg. Soluble fibre is found in oats, barley, pulses, fruit and veg.

The ugly: Asda keeps throwing me out of the website! :mad:

Been pondering this too firefox...

Inclined to swap to wholemeal, but am aware we lose half the calcium! Grrr, all swings and roundabouts!

hex2

Hello everyone, really enjoying this thread even if I can't contribute.

Re the chicken - I use just the breast meat thinly sliced for two adults, two hefty teenagers and two small boys without any complaints, matching the veg quantities etc. If I put it on as a lump they do notice the size so I do the thin slicing. A trick my mother taught me is to serve a sausage for the men if they really moan about the lack of portion.

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

brill

I hope you don't mind but I changed the bean curry to 4 portions rather than one so I could check the vit C :D

Thank you so much :A:A:A:A

IOIWE does your offer of help include any more entering of recipes? Feel very free to say no, I know it's a faffy tool!

And Lesley how do you feel about doing a bit more of that or are you wanting something different to do?! :D

So we don't double up, I have done Bread, Onion Tart, boodles biscuits (trying to do Kaz's too but hit a techno-hitch) the porridge with raisin breakfast, and the HM wedges

lesley has done apple curd, baked bean curry and cereal bars

IOIWE has done, carrot cake, chana mutter masala, green bean and beetroot...Goes off to find out what else back in a min... adds apple & carrot chutney cauliflower cheese a la weezl chickpea crumble

I don't mind doing these at all. I have looked at the recipe list in the very early post, and I think the sweetcorn soup and sweetcorn fritters haven't been done yet, so I'll do them. I am assuming you would like the recipe used that is on the link in the early post.

I don't mind you changing them at all, I'm just trying to help, so if you need something different, feel free

aless02

just throwing this out there as I had a random thought - health food shops sell a product called Orgran No Egg, which is a very good egg substitute marketed towards vegans. I think it's around £2.20-£2.50 a box that yields 66 eggs, making it cheaper than even value eggs (but more ethical!) and definitely cheaper than barn/FR eggs. Obviously you couldn't use it for quiches or scrambles, but it's perfect for baking.

Not really suitable for Bob & Shirley but maybe one for the "hints list".