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

shanks77

CERIDWEN just wanted to say we tried your lentil bake tonight and nomnom we didnt have yeast extract so think it lacked a "something" but both really enjoyed it and would do it again so thanks for posting recipe

nopot2pin

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The tea thread in OS, has been moved to the Arms....

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

Lesley I think the launch of planner 3 will see you very pleased, as by shopping around I think the vegan planner would leave you £15 spare with which you could add in more fresh fruit (and there's already 1 piece daily) and some cheese so the delia tart and chickpea crumble would still be doable IYSWIM? xxx

ooh fab, that sounds good. It is very hard trying to price up a months worth of meals as I constantly scour my extensive cook book collection for interesting things to cook, and then there are the unplannables like the cheapy box bargains (what will they be) and in the summer we get lots of veg from the garden, so it depends what's ready as to what we have.

An interesting exercise tho and I am enjoying it and it's making me rethink things

We have been changing the front garden about and pretty soon I will be ordering cordon fruit trees for there, so I will be looking on Pomona as they have lots of different ones. This garden is very wet and as we have been here 3 years, we are still working out what works and what doesn't. It is also pretty acid, but the rhubarb seems to love it and is bushing up nicely, not that much of it is above ground yet after all the snow etc. Looking forward to more and different apples, got enough pears for the amount of garden we have, more plums, and maybe cherries if I can keep the birds off them

skaps

Making kiwifruit bread and thought you may want the recipe. Don't know how frugal it is but i always get kiwis when they are cheap.

[FONT=&quot]Kiwifruit Bread recipe[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Ingredients:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]¼ cup of liquid honey.
1/3 cup of vegetable oil.
1 medium egg.
1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour.
1 teaspoon of cinnamon.
¼ teaspoon of ground cloves.
1 teaspoon of baking powder.
¼ teaspoon of salt.
1 cup of kiwifruit pulp.
1 cup of chopped walnuts.
1 cup of raisins.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Preparation Instructions:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1)Thoroughly beat the honey, vegetable oil and egg.
2)Sift the flour, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder and salt; then and add to the honey/oil/egg mixture.
3)Lightly stir in the kiwi pulp, chopped nuts and raisins.
4)Spoon into an 8-inch oiled loaf pan and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 45 minutes.
5)Allow to cool.[/FONT]

Lesley_Gaye

Ceridwen, OT for this thread, but have you tried this one? Can't remember if I have mentioned it before or where I got it from as been doing it in the summer for many years, and lots of friends have stolen the recipe, so it's pretty popular

For the 2 of us, I take 1 med to large avocado, 1 large orange, about a handful of tomatoes and chop so that all are about the same size (about the size of a walnut in it's shell). Then toss in a good splosh of flavourful olive oil and grind in a bit of sea salt and some pepper.

We have it with a matchbox sized piece of brie and some focaccia fresh from the oven with rosemary sprigs on it crunchy with olive oil.

Quick, fresh and delicious

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

murrell/Lesley, any thoughts on a veganisation of the chickpea crumble?

xxx

The only thing that's a problem as far as I can see is the cheese and possibly the spread/butter.

The crumble topping may work using the oil instead of the spread and could have enough flavour just missing out the cheese. I'll try it and see

ceridwen

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

Ceridwen, OT for this thread, but have you tried this one? Can't remember if I have mentioned it before or where I got it from as been doing it in the summer for many years, and lots of friends have stolen the recipe, so it's pretty popular

For the 2 of us, I take 1 med to large avocado, 1 large orange, about a handful of tomatoes and chop so that all are about the same size (about the size of a walnut in it's shell). Then toss in a good splosh of flavourful olive oil and grind in a bit of sea salt and some pepper.

We have it with a matchbox sized piece of brie and some focaccia fresh from the oven with rosemary sprigs on it crunchy with olive oil.

Quick, fresh and delicious

That sounds lovely....thanks for that:D

ceridwen

skaps wrote: »

Making kiwifruit bread and thought you may want the recipe. Don't know how frugal it is but i always get kiwis when they are cheap.

[FONT=&quot]Kiwifruit Bread recipe[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]Ingredients:[/FONT]

[FONT=&quot]¼ cup of liquid honey.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1/3 cup of vegetable oil.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 medium egg.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 ½ cups of whole wheat flour.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 teaspoon of cinnamon.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]¼ teaspoon of ground cloves.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 teaspoon of baking powder.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]¼ teaspoon of salt.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 cup of kiwifruit pulp.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 cup of chopped walnuts.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1 cup of raisins.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Preparation Instructions:[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]1)Thoroughly beat the honey, vegetable oil and egg.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]2)Sift the flour, cinnamon, cloves, baking powder and salt; then and add to the honey/oil/egg mixture.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]3)Lightly stir in the kiwi pulp, chopped nuts and raisins.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]4)Spoon into an 8-inch oiled loaf pan and bake at 350°F (175°C) for 45 minutes.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]5)Allow to cool.[/FONT]

Hm...another one that sounds lovely too:D - right - next time I see some cheap kiwifruit......yum!

ifonlyitwaseasier

sorry for AWOL - had a mad week!

will catch up over this week (think i have about 40 pages!!!!! to read)



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nopot2pin

Surveys.........Survey Results

The first month....

Chicken and Onion Suet Pie……Chicken and Onion Suet Pie survey results

Onion Tart……………………..…… Onion Tart survey results

Risi e bisi………………………………Risi e bisi survey results

Thrifty Cottage Pie…………………..Thrifty Cottage Pie survey results

Spanish Omelette…………………....Spanish Omelette survey results

Roast Chicken - survey not done, as no recipe posted, just a list of ingredients;)

HM Pizza…………………………. . ...HM Pizza survey results

Chilli Mince……………………………Chilli Mince survey results

Bacon and Onion Pudding…………Bacon and Onion pudding survey results

Veggie Burgers ……………………...Veggie Burgers survey results

Sweetcorn Fritters………………...Sweetcorn Fritters survey results

Pasta Alfredo…………………………Pasta Alfredo survey results

Pasta amaticiana…………………….. Pasta amaticiana survey results

Baked Bean Curry……………………Baked Bean Curry survey results

Pasta Alfredo…………………………Pasta Alfredo survey results

Pasta amaticiana…………………….. Pasta amaticiana survey results

Lunchtime Pate………………………..Lunchtime Pate survey results

Pumpkin Seed Butter…………………Pumpkin Seed Butter survey results

Tangy Bean Pate ……………………...Tangy Bean Pate survey results

Frugalised chutney…………………..Frugalised chutney results

Apple curd spread…………………Apple curd spread survey results


Other recipes ..............................................................................................
Egg Free Onion Tart

Allegra's risi e bisi................... ...Allegra’s risi e bisi survey results

Cauliflower Cheese…………… ….Cauliflower Cheese survey results
HM Museli
Lasagne with garlic and mustard sauce
Egg Free Carrot cake
Eggless apple cake
FrankieM veggie burger mix
Lasagne Sheets
Breakfast pancakes
Bacon Turnover
Apple Flapjack
Oaty Raisin Cereal Bars(no oil)
Spicy peas and apple soup
Lentil Cheese Roast
Onion and Haricot Bean Savoury

Cream of Tomato Soup……………...Cream of Tomato Soup survey results

Carbonara recipe
Egg free saucy pasta bake
HM stuffing balls

Weetabix Loaf…………………… …Weetabix Loaf survey results

Pasta Puttanesca………………… ..Pasta Puttanesca survey results

Green beans and beetroot salad

Sweetcorn Soup………………… …Sweetcorn Soup survey results

Onion Bhaji's……………………… .Onion Bhaji’s survey results

Pork and apple burgers

Corned Beef Hash…………………...Corned Beef Hash survey results

Falafel…………………………………..Falafel Survey results

Lesleys Chickpea Crumble………….Lesleys Chickpea Crumble survey results

Chana matter masala
Hash browns with beans on toast
Firefox's frugal fishcakes
Onion Marmalade
Bargainhunters potato soup
HM peanut butter
Corn and Rye tortillas
Borscht
Carrot and corriander soup
Pea soup
Roasted beetroot tart
Gram Flour and spicy veg tart
Chickpea curry
Tomato tarte tartin with carrot pastry
Sweet golden onion soupl
Farmhouse Tea loaf recipe
Butter bean and veg curry
Spinach and Lentil soup
Cereal Bars……………………………Cereal Bars survey results







The TEA Survey……………………The TEA Survey results

Carrot Cake…………………………Carrot Cake survey results
Just a few surveys to be going on with....
And their matching results to be pondered over


Weezl, if you could copy these to Post 4 please, or post a link there to here if its easier

Also, if someone who is not too busy, could have a wee check of the links for me, to make sure everything works ok, and see if something doesn't look right......
I cant notice anything wrong anymore
Thanks



All the result data, up until 0130hrs on 15/03/2010, on all of the surveys, has been entered by myself, but it has been copied exactly as it was inputted on the original survey.
All data after this time, will be from individuals

I need to raid the wine rack now !!!:rotfl: