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

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  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    weezl74 wrote: »
    Kester is not breech any more :D:D:D:D

    And he is 3/5ths engaged!:eek: But that doesn't mean too much...

    It means pack your bag and stop being a revolutionary for a few minutes!!!! (please will someone else add a nag for me)
    Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.

  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    Apple curd spread on HM toast, ingredients and costings, will add method…

    385g net weight apples so use approx 400g 50p
    50g buttery spread 12.5p
    75g sugar 7.35p
    2 tsp garam masala or mixed spice/cinnamon if you have it 2p :D

    70p per 490g batch with 3 slices HM toast from a 2lb loaf tin, breakfast is 7.8p :)

    Ummm...:p...well...I will try that with my substitutions for sugar (not suitable for Bob and Shirleys meal - but will do nicely for mine methinks:D).
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »
    It means pack your bag and stop being a revolutionary for a few minutes!!!! (please will someone else add a nag for me)

    I only live 1.8 miles from your house! You could've reached me with size 5 font....

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    minjara wrote: »
    Well this is what came out in the end!

    http://munchbunch66.blogspot.com/2010/02/borscht-glorious-borscht.html

    Definitely nice but cant have a lot of, its a bizarre sweet and salty taste from the beetroot but definitely satisfying and not high in cals either!
    :T:T:T:T loving your blog :) and thanks for testing borscht :A

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    Well this way by the time I arrive on Friday you might even have started collating the ingredients for bag eh!! Size 7 was definately required...
    mutter mutter...
    :)
    Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.

  • canidothis
    canidothis Posts: 226 Forumite
    Gosh you folks have been busy today, its great to come home from work and find a lot of exciting recipes to try, thank you :T, it will make Shirleys life so much easier Im sure. I know this is really cheeky because you have all been working so hard but I wonder if theres a chance of a flatbread recipe:o Only I tried to make some last night and they turned out really rubbish and Im sure Ive seen some yummy ones around recently.

    Since saturday Ive tried to cook from the plan, although last night I did make pancakes, but I havent got a lot of oil left Weezl, should Shirley be this low so soon, or is it just me?

    I was thinking about Shirley and pancake day and 'is it achievable in the plan' and I thought Feb is only 28 days so she can take the ingredients from the other 3 days - would that work?
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  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
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    weezl74 wrote: »
    Kester is not breech any more :D:D:D:D

    And he is 3/5ths engaged!:eek: But that doesn't mean too much...

    YAY! YAY! YAY! Well - I guess those there healing thoughts coming from (probably) quite a few of us did the trick then:D:D:D:T

    Knew it...knew it....yay! cartwheels on Weezl's behalf:D.

    Well - thats a little (errr...probably about 7lb in weight:)) weight off my mind.

    Good Kester...good lad...thats the way to go...:):A
  • ceridwen
    ceridwen Posts: 11,547 Forumite
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    In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »
    Well this way by the time I arrive on Friday you might even have started collating the ingredients for bag eh!! Size 7 was definately required...
    mutter mutter...
    :)

    Our Weezl

    Wot - no birth bag ready yet...:eek:. Now - from someone even more organised than I (usually) am...:eek:.

    BAG:cool: NOW...NOW.....NOW.....NOW....

    It aint a gonna take you long to get it together .....

    EDIT; Has anyone got a suitable list for that bag that they can post up for our Weezl now - so she doesnt have to devote headspace to wondering whether she might forget owt purlease? (yep...that IS a genuine request.....as I seem to recall Fergus was a home birth...).

    Gotta look out for our Weezl...
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    canidothis wrote: »
    Gosh you folks have been busy today, its great to come home from work and find a lot of exciting recipes to try, thank you :T, it will make Shirleys life so much easier Im sure. I know this is really cheeky because you have all been working so hard but I wonder if theres a chance of a flatbread recipe:o Only I tried to make some last night and they turned out really rubbish and Im sure Ive seen some yummy ones around recently.

    Since saturday Ive tried to cook from the plan, although last night I did make pancakes, but I havent got a lot of oil left Weezl, should Shirley be this low so soon, or is it just me?


    I was thinking about Shirley and pancake day and 'is it achievable in the plan' and I thought Feb is only 28 days so she can take the ingredients from the other 3 days - would that work?

    I'm pretty worried about the oil supplies too:o

    Basically avocet's fab tool will be able to easily work out where we're needing more of an ingredient, but she's away for a few days. So my plan was to try to link to as many recipes as I can between now and then, hence today's flurry, or at least the ingredients and costings. And then if Kester does make an early arrival, you've all got something to do while I'm away :rotfl:

    I'm sorry I've never made flatbreads :( Mrs Macawber will doubtless have posted a fab recipe for them. Just put her username and faltbread into the search tool and I'm sure you'll be happy :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • ariarnia
    ariarnia Posts: 4,225 Forumite
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    http://shirleygoode.blogspot.com/2010/02/cut-our-coats-accordingly.html

    thought you might be interested in the second paragraph.
    Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. Anne Lamott

    It's amazing how those with a can-do attitude and willingness to 'pitch in and work' get all the luck, isn't it?

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