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

ceridwen

...and in the spirit of carrying on...

For those who like a bit of academia:

I've read many books over the years about our food and whats in it etc - and forgotten most of it:o

....so I've borrowed another info. book to stir up my memory a bit on why I've made all the various decisions I've made about what to eat/not to eat personally and thought people might be interested if they fancy a good read:

"Eat your heart out" - Felicity Lawrence

from the blurb on the cover it sounds like it will help "stir up my memory" as to why....

"Who decides what we eat?
- how are corporations shaping our bodies, our minds and the future of the planet?
in just half a century, our diets have completely changed. Now a handful of ingredients, some of them barely used as food before the war, crop up in everything from baby food to cat food to processed meals. What happened? How did corn, soya, sugar, palm oil and factory meat come to invade our diets? "Eat your heart out" is an expose of how big business took control of what hundreds of millions of people consume - and how few of us even noticed......"

Hmmm...sounds like my sorta book I thought to myself:D. I could start a long-ish debate on Discussion Time on this theme (if I had the relevant "protective covering" to hand before I venture on that Board again:rotfl:) as to why I think the Government and Big Business have been in cahoots since about the 2nd World War on getting us to eat ersatz food - rather than Real Food....warning....warning...controversy looming...but thats for another time and space....:rotfl::rotfl:

nopot2pin

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Our tongues can discriminate between sweet, sour, salt, bitter and umami. Umami is a mouth filling deeply savoury taste found in things like (good!) balsamic vinegar, parmesan cheese, porcini mushrooms and Marmite and is very fashionable at the moment!

Wow... I didnt know umami was in Marmite...
I lurve Marmite

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

I def feel that people will want to carry on, I certainly do - what do others think?

I'm still in, when I can

And as such... my next post will be a couple of surveys

I just need to check a few things first....

• I am assuming that all the links in Post 2 are the current recipes that are being used ? I only ask, as this is what I am basing the questions on...
• The entries "pork and apple burgers" and "hash browns with beans" have stars, about needing to be checked ect, but have links... Are these valid recipes now ?
• Is the roast dinner still on the meal plan ? As I know there was some discussion about this... ............. Just checked the meal planner, and the roast pork/turkey is still there, so I will do those surveys next time.
• I am working off of the list on post 2 at the moment, but it appears that there are more recipes elsewhere , I take it these will need surveys too ?

Thats it for questions for now, but I may be back with more later

Thanks
Potty

canidothis

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Sure, we can keep going whilst our beloved leader is temporarily missing in action.

I vote for keeping going.....I feel Im a bit of a piggy backer rather than a contributor but this thread has helped me and my food budget sooooooo much I would be in terrible poo poo if I didnt have this resource:(

Have to say tho I am so excited about the day we get told that Kester has arrived, I reckon the 20th March is a good vintage...hee hee wont tell you my year tho

poohbear59

weezl74 wrote: »

Ooooh PB you eek lots more portions out of your mince than I was allowing! That's fab I think Bob and shirl may get some marmite! Or..... um what else was I going to give them if I could squeeze it in?

How much is in your pack of kidney beans PB? could I do it with 1x 400g can or would it need to be 2?

*Weezl looks forward to her and lesley getting heads together on this here stock checker spreadsheet! *

I would just use one 400g can of kidney beans. It makes a bit of different colour in the meal. My bags of reconstituted are about 250g and that is all bean, no water.

My family all seem pretty healthy on their frugal diet. We have been doing this a while now and DS1 is 6ft 2ish so he hasn't suffered.

I have been tempted by your baked bean recipe on your blog. I think my family may find that a step too far as they do like the fact that I keep tins of baked beans for lunches and late night snacks. And always the cheapest I can find:)

weezl74

nopot2pin wrote: »

Wow... I didnt know umami was in Marmite...
I lurve Marmite



I'm still in, when I can

And as such... my next post will be a couple of surveys

I just need to check a few things first....

• I am assuming that all the links in Post 2 are the current recipes that are being used ? I only ask, as this is what I am basing the questions on...
• The entries "pork and apple burgers" and "hash browns with beans" have stars, about needing to be checked ect, but have links... Are these valid recipes now ?
• Is the roast dinner still on the meal plan ? As I know there was some discussion about this... ............. Just checked the meal planner, and the roast pork/turkey is still there, so I will do those surveys next time.
• I am working off of the list on post 2 at the moment, but it appears that there are more recipes elsewhere , I take it these will need surveys too ?

Thats it for questions for now, but I may be back with more later

Thanks
Potty

oh heck post number 2 is obviously way out of date... I did another one after that....

will go hunt, sorry

ceridwen

canidothis wrote: »

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Sure, we can keep going whilst our beloved leader is temporarily missing in action.

I vote for keeping going.....I feel Im a bit of a piggy backer rather than a contributor but this thread has helped me and my food budget sooooooo much I would be in terrible poo poo if I didnt have this resource:(

Have to say tho I am so excited about the day we get told that Kester has arrived, I reckon the 20th March is a good vintage...hee hee wont tell you my year tho

:rotfl::rotfl: thats just given me such visions of Kester standing there nervously putting on a parachute.....standing there in the plane thinking "Any minute now...it'll be doors open and leap for it...hope that parachute is a good 'un".

Okays...Kester....time to jump soon....we're here ready to catch you:)

"Boarding now...will all those with boarding passes please get luggage ready...time for disembarkation coming right up....." - or summat...

you'll have to excuse me....glass of wine talking probably:rotfl:

shanks77

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Sure, we can keep going whilst our beloved leader is temporarily missing in action.

Once we have our spreadsheet discussion, I will have a better feel for what tasks are outstanding and what direction we could all go off in while you are not around.

If you have a (mental or otherwise) list of things you currently want to be done, we could get on with those
eg further testing of recipes, any more nutrition info, any new recipes that need testing, any thing else you want done

I def feel that people will want to carry on, I certainly do - what do others think?


Yes happy to carry on with recipe testing so long as the brainy ones can do the nutritional side of it and sure we can come up with some more ideas to surprise Weezl with when she comes back (might take her months to catch up i go away for a day and there is 6 pages:rotfl:) so we will have plenty of time eh?

nopot2pin

Some more surveys, to be going on with...

Weezl, can you copy to post 4, THANKS

Links removed

weezl74

weezl74 wrote: »

List here of recipes

apple curd spread for breakfast toast
thick onion tart (like an oniony quiche, delia originally)
weetabix loaf
pasta puttanesca
cauliflower cheese with green bean and beetroot salad
sweetcorn soup
onion bhajias and chutney
allegra's risi e bisi
carrot cake
sweetcorn fritters (not the ketchup)
pork and apple burgers
spicy tomato meatballs and pasta
roast turkey leg and trimmings
roast belly pork and trimmings
HM pizza
carrot and chick pea veggie burgers
corned beef hash
oaty raisin cereal bars
falafel
frugalised chutney
Lesley's chick pea crumble
chana mutter masala + rice
risotto vegetale
HM peanut butter
:staradminhash browns (with beans and toast)
lemon and raisin breakfast pancakes

this is the last time I updated, but still way out!

Potty are you able to start any survey making while I just find the latest version of each of these? Or will that hold things up? I can do a bit tomorrow morning

xxx

weezl74

nopot2pin wrote: »

• Is the roast dinner still on the meal plan ? As I know there was some discussion about this... ............. Just checked the meal planner, and the roast pork/turkey is still there, so I will do those surveys next time.
• I am working off of the list on post 2 at the moment, but it appears that there are more recipes elsewhere , I take it these will need surveys too ?

Thanks
Potty

there will be one roast dinner in the month, I was telling Frankie it's contents last night on here, it's a chicken, and then we're gonna make a chicken and sweetcorn pie after Vanda and poohbear offered a recipe there, and I think we can't go for the one with the soup sadly

Can we link to Howlin's pasta alfredo

have updated post 4