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

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P.S. Poor Weezl! I feel a bit sorry for you now. You asked for people to test recipes, and instead you get people with opinions!

domesticgoddess789

weezl74 wrote: »

Honey and raisin cereal bars

ingredients and costings:

280ml oil 26.04
100g sugar 9.8
250g flour 7p
350g oats 20.3
365ml cold water
150g raisins 19p
3 tablespoons honey 16p

warm the water in a pan and dissolve the honey and sugar in it. Add the raisins and leave to plump up as it cools.
when cooled add in the remaioning ingredients stirring well and spread the gloopy mixture into 2 large square baking trays. Batch makes 32 bars, so halve it if you don't want too much risk!!!!!


97.84p or 3.05p per bar

I have been looking forward to trying these out so will have a go, probably Wednesday as I think the cakes I have already made will last until then

Very excited because they are so cheap compared to shop bought cereal bars and undoubtedly better for you and nicer tasting!

Thank you for typing up the method Weezl :T

NualaBuala

Weezl, I just wanted to cheer you and your team on from the sidelines! I'm afraid I'm not in a position to help just now but I think what you are doing is just amazing. It doesn't matter how long it takes, just doing it at all is fantastic and helps so many people.

Terrific work, all of you! :T:A:T

weezl74

Avocet wrote: »

(Preparing myself for howls of contradiction and outrage from hardened frugalistas...)

I have been thinking about this proposed watering down of milk, and I'm not sure it's feasible to expect people to do something so radical. Everyone else here may disagree with me, but I think it is a step too far, especially in view of the calcium challenge. Sorry!

* Howls with outrage at people daring to have an opinion*:rotfl:

Weirdly enough Avocet I was just coming to the same conclusion, although it was calcium gate that got me there! I've been thinking of swapping to skimmed milk since it contains 315 mg calcium rather than 290g in whole. And as undiluted, we'll be using more of it.

We will of course let shirley know that if the kids are less than 3 the milk must be full fat for them and if below 11 it will be semi at minimum

However, I fear the cakes may take a wee bit of a diminishment to accomodate!

Thanks for your PM, very useful

weezl74

NualaBuala wrote: »

Weezl, I just wanted to cheer you and your team on from the sidelines! I'm afraid I'm not in a position to help just now but I think what you are doing is just amazing. It doesn't matter how long it takes, just doing it at all is fantastic and helps so many people.

Terrific work, all of you! :T:A:T

thank you

weezl74

Avocet was it you who'd done some research into amounts constituting a 5 a day portion? Can you advise me how much tomato puree would be a portion?

Many thanks

ceridwen

Weezl

Quick mini-thought there.

I see the recipe is up there now for this.

Follow the point re not coring them (every little helps) - BUT I believe I am right in thinking that its not advisable to risk anyone eating apple pips. I think the odd one or two is neither here nor there - but (correct me if I'm wrong peeps) I believe there is a leetle teeny bit of something inadvisable in apple pips (think its cyanide???? - cant recall for sure).

So - suggest amending the recipe to take out the reference to not removing the pips. I believe those pips DO need removing.

weezl74

ceridwen wrote: »

Weezl

Quick mini-thought there.

I see the recipe is up there now for this.

Follow the point re not coring them (every little helps) - BUT I believe I am right in thinking that its not advisable to risk anyone eating apple pips. I think the odd one or two is neither here nor there - but (correct me if I'm wrong peeps) I believe there is a leetle teeny bit of something inadvisable in apple pips (think its cyanide???? - cant recall for sure).

So - suggest amending the recipe to take out the reference to not removing the pips. I believe those pips DO need removing.

Duly googled, and fairly reassured by this:

wrote:

We routinely come into contact with naturally occurring poisons in a number of the fruits we ingest. Apples are one such fruit: their pips (seeds) contain amygdalin, a cyanide and sugar compound that degrades into hydrogen cyanide (HCN) when metabolized. Cyanide itself is a poison that kills by denying blood the ability to carry oxygen and thereby causes its victims to die of asphyxiation. Once a fatal dose has been ingested, there is no effective antidote, and death takes place within minutes.
Luckily for those fond of their Granny Smiths, the body can detoxify cyanide in small doses, and the number of apple seeds it takes to pack a lethal punch is therefore huge — even the most dedicated of apple eaters is extremely unlikely to ingest enough pips to cause any harm. Yet those who have heard apple seeds house a poison cling to the frightening belief that swallowing a small number of pips spells instant death. We've had folks fret to us that ingesting as few as three apple seeds would do someone in, a "fact" which, if true, would mean each and every one of us was flirting with the grim reaper every time we made a grab for a Delicious.
Apple pips also have a tough protective coating which makes swallowing them even less of a risky proposition; unless the pips are pulverized or masticated, the amygdalin they house remains safely contained within. Apple pips have hard, durable shells that allow them to pass intact through the digestive systems of animals, a quality which helps the apple to reproduce by distributing its seeds to new locations far from the originating trees. Were apple pips susceptible to the eroding effects of digestive juices, apple trees could not reproduce nearly as well as they do — their seeds would not be so widely spread, and a good many of the pips would be destroyed before germinating.http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/apples.asp

But good for you C to get to the core of the issue, and plant those essential seeds of doubt that others may miss, and get up early to pip others at the post of pointing this out. And I love how you appley (apply) yourself to an issue.

In fact in this rowing race we're in, I do see you as our encouraging cox....

:rotfl:
I'll get my coat

ceridwen

Found:

http://www.funtrivia.com/askft/Question74917.html

Yep - my memory was correct there..it is cyanide...and it is only teeny tiny amounts....but just checking we dont fall foul of any health and safety stuff...

(we could cover that angle by putting in a disclaimer in that recipe too if we wanted perhaps - think that would could cover it??).

but probably best to remind people to take out the pips in the first place.

EDIT: Crossposted with you - well...I endeavour to steer things in the right direction..........(I'll get my coat now too...).

weezl74

ceridwen don't get your coat! I have an important question for you! You made the carrot cake sugarless, but with honey right? Would you be willing to try it again, sugar free and honey free, but up the carrot and raisin for more sweetness? You can also use 2 cans of this for some extra richness and sweetness from non-sugar sources.