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

weezl74

Murrell wrote: »

because the oats would be yuk made with water!

Sandra
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weezl makes a half bowl of ready brek just with water. samples.

wallpaper paste

adds 30g raisins and some cinnamon: samples.

better.

adds 30g apple curd made with oil not buttery spread.

quite nice. Offers to DH 'would you eat this for breakfast?' DH, 'yep, it's nice , what is it?' :rotfl:

hmmmn will do further research! I'm hoping some kind of oat cake for having at lunches with the tangy bean pate and nut butters will also use up a fair bit of it, and I also wondered about the bread being a kind of oaty enriched loaf?

Think I need to add more pumpkin seeds to my list....

grandma247

I have a recipe for oat rolls but I am sure it will do as a loaf too. Would you like it?

shanks77

grandma247 wrote: »

I have found out how to make my own diastatic malt but I can not find a uk source of powdered buttermilk. I can only think of h&b but I know there are other health food stores. Can anyone give me some names to try. h&b do not seem to have it.

What about Julian Graves that is the only other one i can think of off the top of my head

poohbear59

weezl74 wrote: »

yes please to photos

surveys are coming, but potty has a very busy few days in work, so she will not have a chance to work on those til the weekend at least, but she will let us know:) Thank you. Just thought I might have missed them.

really sorry you've not been feeling too good, amazing you're managing to do all the cooking when you feel rough.I do have lots of helpers here. But that is how they got away with adding the sausage to the bean curry.

Thank you for still being willing to be part of our team:A That is okay, I enjoy it.

I used a pyrex bowl with a flat base. I think it is a 10 inch diameter one, but I can check if you like, it's in the dishwasher at the mo :rotfl:Excellent , I hoped it was the same as mine and it is. That has saved me a few pennies.

OT My first two were 13 months exactly apart. I do remember the juggling, etc. even before the second birth. So I think you are amazing doing this right up to now. :A

weezl74

grandma247 wrote: »

I have a recipe for oat rolls but I am sure it will do as a loaf too. Would you like it?

yes please:A

shanks77 wrote: »

What about Julian Graves that is the only other one i can think of off the top of my head

yep, and beanfreaks or cranks, do they have a website? xxx

Have uploaded a piccie plus amounts for a vegetarian version of the risi e bisi but I think I over frugalised it... Still I have high hopes for future tweakage

weezl74

poohbear59 wrote: »

OT My first two were 13 months exactly apart. I do remember the juggling, etc. even before the second birth. So I think you are amazing doing this right up to now. :A

Ooooh DH and I would love any tips for survival

OK turning in now chaps, another productive day here at the ministry of food

OH HANG ON, my post earlier got eaten!

Malteasers so good to see you posted earlier How are you feeling?

night all xxx

grandma247

Soft Oatmeal rolls

scant 2Tbs yeast or 2pkgs
1/3 cup warm water (120-130 deg.)
2 cups water
1 cup dry oats
3 Tbs butter
2/3 cup brown sugar
1Tbs white sugar
1 1/4tsp salt
5-51/2 cups

dissolve yeast in 3/4 cup warm water,set aside.
if using pkgs. you may be able to skip this part and put it in with the flour.
Bring 2 cups water to a boil, add oats and butter. Simmer for 1 min.
Pour oats into a mixing bowl. let it cool a bit.
add sugars,salt,yeast mixture,and half the flour. Mix well.
add enough of the remaining flour to make a soft dough.
turn onto a floured board and knead for 6-8 minutes until smooth and elastic
add additional flour if needed.
Place dough into a greased bowl turning once to grease top. cover. let it rise until double in size (about an hour)
punch down dough.
divide into quarters.
shape each quarter into six balls (24 in total)

Place in a 9x13 inch baking tin evenly spaced.
cover and let rise till double(45-60 min. approx.)
bake at 350f preheated for 20-25 min.
these rolls meld together while baking. pull apart to serve.

My Notes
These rolls are sweet.
these are some changes I tried...
I used wholemeal flour.
I also only used 1 pkg of yeast and it took far longer to rise in my freezing kitchen so will try 2 next time and put it in dining room to rise.

Plain rolls Leave out all except 1 tbs sugar and I used oil instead of butter. They were very nice and soft. I did 12 larger ones instead of 24 small so they were big enough for sandwiches.

Fruit rolls ADD: 1tsp mix spice,1 tsp cinnamon,1 cup mixed dried fruit.
this made 8 torpedo shaped rolls but i would have preferred them a little smaller. 1/2 white and half wholemeal might have made them a bit lighter.

EDIT re buttermilk: unfortunately none of those sites had it. I can only find it at iherb in the us. It is a good price but postage could be a killer. will look it up.

Murrell

weezl74 wrote: »

I was going to ask you about stock sandra! What's the cheapest vegan stock that tesco sell? Do you think marmite is a passable alternative?
Tesco 10 Vegetable Stock Cubes 110G 71p appear to be vegan and cheap, although some of the ingredients are showing as temptext! (the 19p one contains milk, the 19p ones in sainsburys are vegan however!) I always pay a bit more for a low salt version, I don't like using anything where the first ingredient is salt! If they sell them in our local tesco express I will check the ingredients. Marmite (tesco yeast extract) I think would work. Certainly worth a try as its contains extra vitamins including B12 and even though salty, its not the first ingredient. If I make these at the weekend, I will use yeast extract, as I have some out of date that needs using up! I have polenta, not cornmeal, but I don't think it will matter in this recipe.
Well, now you've got me wondering if I've got my calcs right, but it's a combo of the readybrek stuff, the cornmeal and a few other things that meets the 124g I was aiming for (in a 31 day month) it's here if you'd like to check my maths, I'm open to any feedback

Well done, will be interesting to see what you come up with for the meals.I didn't think about the readybrek stuff, as I have ordinary oats, used to eat this tesco stuff, until I realised the real thing tastes far better! Have some in the cupboard though, so if it gets used as a thickener or something else, I can make the recipe.

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Sandra
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Murrell

weezl74 wrote: »

weezl makes a half bowl of ready brek just with water. samples.

wallpaper paste

adds 30g raisins and some cinnamon: samples.

better.

adds 30g apple curd made with oil not buttery spread.

quite nice. Offers to DH 'would you eat this for breakfast?' DH, 'yep, it's nice , what is it?' :rotfl:

hmmmn will do further research! I'm hoping some kind of oat cake for having at lunches with the tangy bean pate and nut butters will also use up a fair bit of it, and I also wondered about the bread being a kind of oaty enriched loaf?

Think I need to add more pumpkin seeds to my list....

I see you will try anything in the name of research. Glad it turned out edible!

Sandra
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Murrell

aless02 wrote: »

not much to say, other than Susan's right in that every cornbread recipe I've ever seen has egg in it...I think it would disintegrate into a crumbly mess without a proper binder.

I just did a search for vegan cornbread recipes and there are lots of posts, but mostly the same using soya milk, sometimes egg replacer, vinegar and maple syrup. However I did find a simple recipe that doesn't include these expensive ingredients and if we changed the oil to rapeseed oil there would be omega 3s too.
http://vegweb.com/index.php?topic=5660.0

Of course it might not be any good, might be worth a try though.

Sandra
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