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

phizzimum

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Pilchard Fishcakes
(four portions @ 32p each :money:)

Glenryk pilchards, drained 64p
Potatoes, 400g 11p
Lemon juice, 2 tablespoons 5p
Grated onion, 160g 6p
Mixed herbs

Serve with
Fine green beans, 240g 24p
and carrots, 240g 16p

firefox - or anyone who knows...are these pilchards in tomato sauce or not?

ETA: I guess it must be in sauce as that's what's on the shopping list, so ignore me!

weezl74

phizzimum wrote: »

firefox - or anyone who knows...are these pilchards in tomato sauce or not?

they are, but she has drained the sauce

ceridwen

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

If I was doing this, I would def use soup almost every day as lunch as I find it so sustaining, with a thinly sliced bread and cheese sandwich as well if I was extra hungry. I would use a flask that I bought specially for soup. It holds 500ml, is wide mouthed and is a stainless steel interior, so not easily breakable

Got it from Robert Dyas I think, but they are widely available

For me, heating some soup for a flask and making a sandwich would not be a faf, but it might for people not used to prepping food

We all have our own preferences!

Speaking personally - as someone who doesnt like a high Faff Factor:

- heating up soup and having it with bread and cheese (in sandwich form or otherwise) counts as "acceptable level" and not too much of a Faff:)

I would say that everyone will either have access to workplace facilities to reheat soup on the one hand or could use a flask on the other hand.

ceridwen

BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »

Made the carrot cake a couple of days ago in two 8" round cake tins - cut each into 8 pie shaped pieces (could have cut smaller really), ate some while still warm (very yum!) and put rest in tupperware container. Just had some more now and it is still delicious, moist and yummy!

That rather ties in with me reckoning that the carrot cake is 16 portions worth - not 32.

Guess it depends whether someone wants a "pinch" or a "Munch" as regards what size of cake they regard as "standard".

When I indulge then personally I want a "Munch" - not gigantic (as one sees in a few coffeeshops). Thinks....readymade chocolate muffins seem to come in three sizes - Baby Bear, Mama Bear and Daddy Bear sizes. I would expect Mama Bear size and expect to serve that sorta size to guests.

But - on the other hand - it aint all "bad news" on the portion front - as I personally think the Onion Quiche is 5 portions (rather than 4).

phizzimum

weezl74 wrote: »

ceridwen finds recipecal site very unweildy (as do others!) there are linkies to two others above. Maybe try just one and see if you can get your head round it?

How about: firefox's frugal fishcakes

I don't want the lovely IOIWE to have to do all of them

I've done the above recipe using the SparkRecipe site - relatively straightforward even for me. now what do I do with what I've calculated? do you want all the nutritional info or just the calories? cals per portion were 162.6 and protein 15.4g

weezl74

phizzimum wrote: »

I've done the above recipe using the SparkRecipe site - relatively straightforward even for me. now what do I do with what I've calculated? do you want all the nutritional info or just the calories? cals per portion were 162.6 and protein 15.4g

thanks! I've added your info to this post

marmalade challenge or more calorie counting are the only other next tasks I can think of! Or you can just enjoy your saturday!

phizzimum

oh dear, think I've done something wrong with my fishcake calculation...went back to the SparkRecipe website as I realised I'd inputted pilchards in sauce when they were in fact drained. so changed the ingredient to "tinned pilchards" - now the nutrional info is giving calories as 614 but protein as 2.4g. need to go through and check to see if it's me or the calculator, sorry. so maybe ignore my stats until further notice!

shanks77

DH heard a radio 4 report which showed that the average person knows and follows 9 recipes. When you think that at least one may be a special occasion meal (christmas lunch?) and another 1-2 possibly a pudding/cake type thing. That means that shirley average probably has 5-6 meals she knows and cooks on a regular basis.

A lot of you are fantastic old-stylers with creativity and flair in your cooking, but I wonder if this is the norm?

I think the meal planner may already contain more recipes than Shirley might want to learn:eek:, and I also feel it represents good variety.:D

I don't mean this defensively:), I genuinely want to know if that isn't the case, but am currently more worried about not bamboozling shirley with the variety rather than that the family may find the diet to bland or samey.

What do people think?

I certainly have more than 6 recipes in my repetoire and dont think that any of our meals is in any way beyond Shirley capabilities. There is nothing really complicated there just sometimes might be a bit time consuming but once she has done it once it will get easier and she can alway jump on here and ask for help if she gets stuck cant she?

Lesley_Gaye

16 Servings

Amount Per Serving



Calories52.8 Total Fat1.7 gSaturated Fat0.4 gPolyunsaturated Fat0.7 gMonounsaturated Fat0.4 g Cholesterol0.0 mg Sodium18.6 mg Potassium27.8 mg Total Carbohydrate9.9 gDietary Fiber0.6 gSugars6.2 g Protein0.0 g Vitamin A2.3 % Vitamin B-120.0 % Vitamin B-60.6 % Vitamin C2.3 % Vitamin D0.0 % Vitamin E0.4 % Calcium0.2 % Copper0.5 % Folate0.2 % Iron0.2 % Magnesium0.3 % Manganese0.5 % Niacin0.1 % Pantothenic Acid 0.1 % Phosphorus 0.2 % Riboflavin0.3 % Selenium0.2 % Thiamin0.3 % Zinc0.1 %

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

These are the stats for the Apple Curd. Garam masala is in there, but the info was added by a website user, so not sure how accurate it is. Buttery spread had to be converted to tbslp, so if 1 tblsp = 15g, 50g is 3.3 tbsp

Servings are 490g / 30g = 16.33, dropped the 0.33

Edit, these figs pasted in as a nice readable table, but have displayed as a list. Shout if you can't read it and I'll edit it somewhere

Lesley_Gaye

Nutrional Info for Cereal Bars

32 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories147.9 Total Fat8.1 g Saturated Fat1.2 g Polyunsaturated Fat4.5 g Monounsaturated Fat2.3 g Cholesterol0.0 mg Sodium16.5 mg Potassium83.2 mg Total Carbohydrate21.5 g Dietary Fiber1.5 g Sugars4.8 g Protein1.7 g Vitamin A0.0 % Vitamin B-120.0 % Vitamin B-61.3 % Vitamin C0.3 % Vitamin D0.0 % Vitamin E8.6 % Calcium0.8 % Copper4.2 % Folate1.6 % Iron3.5 % Magnesium5.2 % Manganese27.7 % Niacin0.7 % Pantothenic Acid 1.5 % Phosphorus 6.2 % Riboflavin1.2 % Selenium0.1 % Thiamin6.1 % Zinc3.0 %