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

System

OK, here is the store cupboard status after cooking only those recipes listed a few posts back (in post 1360), in the quantities indicated. Note that all is not rosy in the larder! We have run out of some things. Red shows a deficit, green shows available supplies, and black shows that we have run out of a particular item, but don't need any more for the recipes included in the analysis. I have omitted salt and pepper because I am not counting them in any of the recipes, assuming that 3kg of salt will last a lifetime, and that pepper is a personal taste so will vary too much to be worth counting.

Apples 10 left (6 used)
Oranges 10 left (2 used)
Carrots 280g left (2,620g used)
Beetroot 250g left (750g used)
Onions 8760g left (7,240g used)
Potatoes 1250g left (6,250g used)
Salted Peanuts 150g left (50g used)
Raisins 2330g left (1,670g used)
Dried Marrowfat Peas 500g left (500g used)
Leo Dried Peas 250g left (none used)
Milk 7990ml left (1,090ml used)
Eggs 14 left (16 used)
Buttery Spread 1650g left (350g used)
Cheese 425g left (575g used)
Pork Leg Roast none left (700g used)
Pork Mince 500g left (none used)
Beef Mince 400g left (none used)
Turkey Drumsticks none left (2 used)
Cooking Bacon Pieces 450g left (50g used)
Green Beans 280g left (2,720g used)
Cauliflower -907g short (2,721g used)
Peas 1708g left (1,920g used)
Sweetcorn 1114g left (700g used)
Vegetable Oil -440ml short (3,440ml used)
Garlic Puree -40g short (130g used)
Garam Masala 25g left (75g used)
Chilli Powder 66g left (33g used)
Baked Beans 9 left (3 used)
Tinned Tomatoes 4 left (11 used)
Corned Beef none left (1 used)
Pilchards none left (6 used)
Red Cabbage in Vinegar 0.5 left (0.5 used)
Red Pesto Sauce 142g left (48g used)
English Mustard 20g left (180g used)
Honey -23g short (448g used)
Stock Cubes 7 left (5 used)
Wheat Bisks 42 left (6 used)
Porridge Oats 3550g left (1,450g used)
Plain White Flour 1800g left (2,700g used)
Self Raising Flour 1250g left (1,750g used)
Strong White Bread Flour 12000g left (1,500g used)
Lemon Juice 130ml left (120ml used)
Bicarbonate of Soda 190g left (10g used)
Yeast 115g left (10g used)
Sugar 323g left (1,677g used)
Pasta Shapes 2000g left (none used)
Rice -200g short (3,200g used)
Chick Peas 130g left (1,870g used)
Sage & Onion Stuffing Mix none left (4 used)
Tea Bags 80 left (none used)

got-it-spend-it

weezl74 wrote: »

A word or two about variety, and then I shall do some research about a birth pool and type up fergie's day planner for if he is being looked after in an emergency. (totally off topic, but will reassure Aunties Ceridwen and ISOM that I am indeedy not neglecting myself whilst persuing the challenge)

Variety:

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?

xxx

I would agree with you that the meal planned is about right in terms of variety.

I wonder if this might be one of those situations where averages aren't particularly useful. For example I would say I know way more than 8 or 9 recipes by heart, but I know for a fact that my OH knows none! So between the two of us, and average of 9 each may be fair! I wonder if Bob and Shirley are like us?!

I am also very happy to follow a recipe, from a book, from a website, whatever! I don't think I'm in a minority in that, either.

Am I a super-cook old-styler? Probably not really! I'm a crazy veggie career woman, currently having a break to have a bubba! But I do know quite a few recipes that I can whip up to please most palates!

ifonlyitwaseasier

weezl74 wrote: »

don't worry about methods, we have them saved here (or we will have )

Just a minor tweak, the green beans are a babyfood jar in the recipe you've entered, I think you have to search just the veggie section to weed out all these processed foods the recipcal database throws at you. Sorry to be picky but it's quite a lot more calorific than the beans alone, so it might skew Bob and Shirley's nutrition profile

okies, well spotted, changed now

and chutney now added

Lesley_Gaye

Baked Bean Curry Info

[FONT=Arial,Helvetica,Geneva,Swiss,SunSans-Regular]Baked Bean Curry [/FONT]

4 Servings

Amount Per Serving

Calories342.0 Total Fat2.1 gSaturated Fat0.1 gPolyunsaturated Fat0.2 gMonounsaturated Fat0.2 g Cholesterol0.0 mg Sodium172.8 mg Potassium371.2 mg Total Carbohydrate66.4 gDietary Fiber10.8 gSugars13.2 g Protein14.8 g Vitamin A2.6 % Vitamin B-120.0 % Vitamin B-614.3 % Vitamin C25.2 % Vitamin D0.0 % Vitamin E2.7 % Calcium6.2 % Copper9.8 % Folate20.6 % Iron13.8 % Magnesium8.3 % Manganese33.7 % Niacin12.1 % Pantothenic Acid 6.7 % Phosphorus 9.3 % Riboflavin4.8 % Selenium12.8 % Thiamin16.5 % Zinc5.4 %

I had to enter the data for the baked beans as the existing nearest equivalent entries were nothing like baked beans, but I could only enter cals, protein, carb, sugars, fat, fibre and sodium as that is all that was on the tin. So the Vit percentages etc aren't counting the baked beans

weezl74

ifonlyitwaseasier wrote: »

okies, well spotted, changed now

and chutney now added

thanks m'lovely I really appreciate your hard work.

Bob and Shirley need to nominate you lot for an OBE after all this!

weezl74

linkie to protein and cal info so far, have I entered all your hard work ladies?

weezl74

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

I had to enter the data for the baked beans as the existing nearest equivalent entries were nothing like baked beans, but I could only enter cals, protein, carb, sugars, fat, fibre and sodium as that is all that was on the tin. So the Vit percentages etc aren't counting the baked beans

wow! And it looks pretty vitamin tastic without them! Thanks for that lesley. Sorry fuddled brain, were you using recipecal too or another tool?

IOIWE, sorry to be a pain again, can you up the value of the rice in the channa masala plus rice to 400g total/100g per person?

Thank you!

shanks77

IWe have been enjoying our own little ministry of food project together.

And so, If one saturday probably Novemberish of this year, any of you fancies a London saturday afternoon meet up at the Imperial War museum, London, to look round and to say hello to a Weezl, Acetate Monkey, Kester and Fergus, it would be absolutely grand to meet you [/QUOTE]

That sounds like a plan i would def be up for that if anyone else is interested would be fun putting faces to names, and a bunch of girls together (maybe some men) what could be better, the world will be put to rights in no time

weezl74

Avocet wrote: »

OK, here is the store cupboard status after cooking only those recipes listed a few posts back (in post 1360), in the quantities indicated. Note that all is not rosy in the larder!

Many many thanks Avocet.

I have been sat reading over your post for a while now, and I'm realising I've probably hit the edge of my skill set here.

I know there are tasks now which your excellent audit have revealed, but I can't get my brain to work out what they are! I feel like I'm on property ladder and I'm trying to project manage the house build myself, and Sarah Beeny is about to show up and say I need to hire a project manager!!!!

Does anyone have that kind of systematic brain which can spot what needs to happen next?

I am one stumped Weezl

ifonlyitwaseasier

weezl74 wrote: »

wow! And it looks pretty vitamin tastic without them! Thanks for that lesley. Sorry fuddled brain, were you using recipecal too or another tool?

IOIWE, sorry to be a pain again, can you up the value of the rice in the channa masala plus rice to 400g total/100g per person?

Thank you!

lol how on earth did i leave it at 1 gram???

ok changed now