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

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  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    Sian_the_Green wrote: »
    you are still cheerful and bright and responding to everyone so nicely!

    methinks there are a coupla pages you've skipped there siany!:o:D

    any of those tests would be fab, I'd also appreciate your thouughts on how we successfully go eggless on the cakey things, and now that planner 3 has some balsamic, I wondered if you'd have a go at that lovely tarte tatin you found?

    xxx

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  • BARGAINHUNTER!
    BARGAINHUNTER! Posts: 848 Forumite
    Do you think we could allow Bob and Shirley £2 or so at the beginning to buy some packets of seed and grow some herbs on the kitchen windowsill? You can often pick up packets of common herbs (basil, parsley corriander etc) quite cheaply and would ensure that she had a plentiful supply. Same goes for pick and come again lettuce - cheap as chips and can be grown on windowsill in kitchen. And if they have a garden - well the world is their oyster! lol
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    Interest saved as of 25/05/11: £2,849.84 Projected term reduction as of 25/05/11: 9 years 11 months
  • Sian_the_Green
    Sian_the_Green Posts: 1,584 Forumite
    MMM, that sounds good! Caramelised onions are a particular fave of mine.

    I have given up cakes and biscuits for lent so I can test them on Sundays or have someone else eat them, lol. Will have a think about recipes when I get in and have a look in the cupboards, was all a little sparse last time I checked.

    P.S. I did skim through Ready-Brek gate. Will have a think of other uses for it, does it need to be a pudding?
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  • BARGAINHUNTER!
    BARGAINHUNTER! Posts: 848 Forumite
    Sian_the_Green wrote: »
    MMM, that sounds good! Caramelised onions are a particular fave of mine.

    I have given up cakes and biscuits for lent so I can test them on Sundays or have someone else eat them, lol. Will have a think about recipes when I get in and have a look in the cupboards, was all a little sparse last time I checked.

    P.S. I did skim through Ready-Brek gate. Will have a think of other uses for it, does it need to be a pudding?

    I sometimes whizz oats up into smoothies to thicken them a bit. Not sure if we could frugalize a smoothie but this might be a way to use up some Ready Brek?
    MFW 2011 challenge - Aim: Overpay £414.26 a month/£5,000 a year. Overpayment Total to date: £414.26:jMortgage start 28/9/07 £46,217.00 :TMortgage balance as of 25/05/11 £24,490.58 :T
    Interest saved as of 25/05/11: £2,849.84 Projected term reduction as of 25/05/11: 9 years 11 months
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    Sian_the_Green wrote: »
    MMM, that sounds good! Caramelised onions are a particular fave of mine.

    I have given up cakes and biscuits for lent so I can test them on Sundays or have someone else eat them, lol. Will have a think about recipes when I get in and have a look in the cupboards, was all a little sparse last time I checked.

    P.S. I did skim through Ready-Brek gate. Will have a think of other uses for it, does it need to be a pudding?

    nope! can be brekkie, lunch, dinner, as long as they actually eat it rather than use it for replacing the wallpaper (well we know all about Bob and the B and Q spend:rotfl:)

    snackie stuff has the slight advantage of being more easily included without seriously messing with the meals :)

    an oaty breakfast pancake with raisins made with half SR flour and half ready brek would be a good addition :)

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »
    I sometimes whizz oats up into smoothies to thicken them a bit. Not sure if we could frugalize a smoothie but this might be a way to use up some Ready Brek?

    do you think we could whizz some into the apple curd? or maybe some of the pates?

    xxx

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • BARGAINHUNTER!
    BARGAINHUNTER! Posts: 848 Forumite
    weezl74 wrote: »
    do you think we could whizz some into the apple curd? or maybe some of the pates?

    xxx

    I don't see why not! Is someone willing to give this a go?
    MFW 2011 challenge - Aim: Overpay £414.26 a month/£5,000 a year. Overpayment Total to date: £414.26:jMortgage start 28/9/07 £46,217.00 :TMortgage balance as of 25/05/11 £24,490.58 :T
    Interest saved as of 25/05/11: £2,849.84 Projected term reduction as of 25/05/11: 9 years 11 months
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    BARGAINHUNTER! wrote: »
    I don't see why not! Is someone willing to give this a go?
    I'll try it in the apple curd and the yummy liver and onion pate :)

    next time someone makes the onion tart, I wonder if they might try it with some readybrek in place of some flour in the pastry?

    xxx

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • BARGAINHUNTER!
    BARGAINHUNTER! Posts: 848 Forumite
    Would we be able to incorporate some into a bread recipie do you think?
    MFW 2011 challenge - Aim: Overpay £414.26 a month/£5,000 a year. Overpayment Total to date: £414.26:jMortgage start 28/9/07 £46,217.00 :TMortgage balance as of 25/05/11 £24,490.58 :T
    Interest saved as of 25/05/11: £2,849.84 Projected term reduction as of 25/05/11: 9 years 11 months
  • maltesers_2
    maltesers_2 Posts: 291 Forumite
    weezl74 wrote: »
    I'll try it in the apple curd and the yummy liver and onion pate :)

    next time someone makes the onion tart, I wonder if they might try it with some readybrek in place of some flour in the pastry?

    xxx


    Sorry is it me misunderstanding again or was the readybrek for the vegan plan ? I also thought none of the ingredients could be altered now.

    Please can we have some links to the current plans, menus and lists. I really am so very lost.
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