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

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

are you up for sending an email address to Lesley and she can invite you to the windows live workspace? We can pop them up there, and then link to them I think?

Also you'd be able to have a nose at the spreadsheets etc...?

xx

wasn't sure if we could load pictures, but have tested it and we can

weezl74

HowlinWolf wrote: »

It's effectively rubber chicken but just done differently ...

The onion tart is the only one so far that I think is too much faff for a weeknight although I suspect that the steaming time for the bacon and onion pud is going to make it a bit of a monday to thursday nightmare.

Wow! What an excellent idea! A great way to eat free-range frugally :T:T:T

ISOM, I think you and me need to get up to that farm again

Fergie will be well up for chicken chasing in a few months:D

Good news on the evening meals front, thanks, I'll have a look at Aless and allegra's evening meal planners and see if the onion tart can move to the weekend.

I'd like to say something I've been meaning to post for a while:

I really like the way we are considering this planner so carefully for shirley, all the nutrition, how hard she's having to work and make that easire for her, getting her a kit list etc etc. I've seen quite a few thrifty food planners on the web, and I genuinely think that what we've achieved together here is so much more careful and thought-through than the ones I've seen so far. I don't mean that proudly, I think it is the result of having done it as a team.

If shirley ever read the backstory to her recipe book, I bet she'd feel really loved

shanks77

Thanks, good thoughts as ever So 3/5ths of the recipe yields around 24 portions, so a whole batch might be 40 portions? How big are your bread slices shanks? I find we put less pate on HM bread cos the slices are smaller, so I wondered is yours a bigger sliced shop bought bread, or a smaller HM one...?

Interesting ex hates the idea of the curry. Was it the baked beanyness that is offputting?

Sorry to report that mine are SP slices of bread (hangs head in shame) so prob a good bit bigger than HM.
Yes its anyhing with beans in it he hated them as a child and wont even try things now even though i think he might like them. He will eat chilli con carne but takes out every bean before he starts eating so now i make it without and when the bean pate was made at least i knew it would be untouched when i went out so not all bad cause the pate was very nomnom but def not MSE as i think i would eat it too quickly as it is very moreish

HowlinWolf

Okay I can see the google docs stuff but how do I download something to it? sorry if I'm being a bit thick

ETA think it might be my email address that's the problem. Have sent lovely Lesley a different one

nopot2pin

Please ignor me ...
I am just testing summary's
And if they can be seen when I am not logged in
Ta

Oh... bummer... it doesn't work as expected...
I will be back ...

SusanC_2

Saturated fats:

How much total saturated do we need? During the 1970s, researchers from Canada found that animals fed rapeseed oil and canola oil developed heart lesions. This problem was corrected when they added saturated fat to the animals diets. On the basis of this and other research, they ultimately determined that the diet should contain at least 25 percent of fat as saturated fat. Among the food fats that they tested, the one found to have the best proportion of saturated fat was lard, the very fat we are told to avoid under all circumstances!

Unfortuantely there aren't any actual references so I'll keep looking.

nopot2pin

Ok,
You may have gathered that I am trying to figure out the summary tool, on google docs...
It does not give me a link to the pretty pictures....
And I am not sure if this is the sort of info that you are looking for Weezl...
This, is a shamelss copy and paste from the summarise button done by googledocs... so virtually no more work for me

Let me know if is the sort of thing you are looking for ??
It may be easier to share you to edit, so that you can see for yourself, rather than copy and paste to here ??


Summary See complete responses

Did you use the recipe, found in the link on post 2 or another version of this ?

Followed the link667%Other333%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Your initial thought, once the cake was cooked - Smell

Very moreish444%Its a nice snack333%Ok - but nothing to write home about00%It really needed something else added00%Horrible00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Your initial thought, once the cake was cooked - Look

Very moreish556%Its a nice snack333%Ok - but nothing to write home about00%It really needed something else added00%Horrible00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Your initial thought, once the cake was cooked - Taste

Very moreish556%Its a nice snack333%Ok - but nothing to write home about00%It really needed something else added00%Horrible00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Your initial thought, once the cake was cooked - Texture

Very moreish333%Its a nice snack556%Ok - but nothing to write home about00%It really needed something else added111%Horrible00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

Please specify what, if something else added
oil or spread and much less sugarI add a generous half tsp of cinnamon and about quarter to half tsp freshly grated nutmegnothing neededvery very dense !some spices cinnamon, mixed spice

And now for the 3 bears question.... and the quantity of ingredients.... - Weetabix

Too much00%Too little00%Just right667%Leave it out completely00%Substitute for something else00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

And now for the 3 bears question.... and the quantity of ingredients.... - Sugar

Too much778%Too little00%Just right222%Leave it out completely00%Substitute for something else00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

And now for the 3 bears question.... and the quantity of ingredients.... - Raisins

Too much00%Too little00%Just right9100%Leave it out completely00%Substitute for something else00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

And now for the 3 bears question.... and the quantity of ingredients.... - Self raising flour

Too much111%Too little00%Just right889%Leave it out completely00%Substitute for something else00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

And now for the 3 bears question.... and the quantity of ingredients.... - Milk

Too much00%Too little00%Just right9100%Leave it out completely00%Substitute for something else00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

If substitute for something else, what would you substitute, with what ?
raisins sub for mixed fruitI cut down my sugar by 50% and the cake was much better for itPorridge oats instead of flour

Would you make this again ?

No - never00%Yes - every month or so222%Yes - but it was too much of a faff to be too often00%Yes - at least once a month444%Yes - at least once a week333%Other00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How often would you and your family be prepared to eat this as a snack? - You

Until there is none left222%Once a day444%Once a week333%Once a month00%Never00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How often would you and your family be prepared to eat this as a snack? - DH/DW/Partner ect

Until there is none left113%Once a day563%Once a week225%Once a month00%Never00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How often would you and your family be prepared to eat this as a snack? - Child 1

Until there is none left00%Once a day267%Once a week133%Once a month00%Never00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How often would you and your family be prepared to eat this as a snack? - Child 2

Until there is none left150%Once a day00%Once a week00%Once a month150%Never00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How often would you and your family be prepared to eat this as a snack? - Guest

Until there is none left00%Once a day1100%Once a week00%Once a month00%Never00%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many out of ten, would YOU give this recipe

100%200%300%400%500%6111%7111%8444%9222%10111%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many out of ten, would DH/DW/PARTNER give this recipe

100%200%300%400%500%6225%7113%8225%9113%10225%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many out of ten, would CHILD 1 give this recipe

100%200%300%400%500%6133%700%8133%9133%1000%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many out of ten, would CHILD 2 give this recipe

100%200%300%400%500%6150%700%800%9150%1000%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many out of ten, would GUEST give this recipe

100%200%300%400%500%600%700%800%91100%1000%People may select more than one checkbox, so percentages may add up to more than 100%.

How many portions of cake did YOU get from the recipe ?
didn't count them, sorry. Sliced using a slicer, so more than OH hacking of lumps whilst still warm10I'm afraid I am a greedy girl - I just kept nibbling 1412made HALF a batch in a 1lb loaf tin & go...

If you worked out the costings, how much did each portion cost ?
just used what I had inNot sure, more than it should do, cos my portions are probably twice the size they should beas per origianl recipe costingsI don't know - sorry?7p

Did you serve this cake with anything
I put butter on mine, OH ate as it wasbutterBit of low fat spread on itWe had it warm with a dollop of sour cream at lunch time, and cold with butter type spread for teaNonoSometimes put butter on i...

What is your tip to frugalise this recipe
cant think of one reduce the amount of sugar in original weezl recipe - far too muchI use the lowest cost breakfast biscsUse less sugarI am sure it would taste fine with less sugarcut back on sugar ...

Thanks for filling in the survey, if you have any suggestions or comments, heres a wee space for you
This survey has been completed by Queen-BeeI cooked 50 min at 180 in a fan oven. Needed to cover with foil for last 20 mins. No - it is a very comprehensive survey!


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nopot2pin

:think:
Actually, on reflection, on how that lot looks on the thread, it is a bit intimidating eh ? :think:
Too much data, too confusing, unless you know what you're after.

:think:
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I cant think anymore....:o
Can someone please ask me something about this, to jog me into another direction that may work, or point me in the right direction:o
Thanks

weezl74

nopot2pin wrote: »

:think:

Can someone please ask me something about this, to jog me into another direction that may work, or point me in the right direction:o
Thanks

Wow! They're amazing!

Is it only you who can see them in google docs? Do they not give you a URL to linkie to from here so we can click on them if we like that kind of thing (me!) or not if it makes our head explode (ISOM:rotfl:;))

domesticgoddess789

We had some leftovers last night, I don't want to waste them!

I have had a look at your list and I'd like to have a bash at this one if that's ok with everyone? Having become quite the leftover queen myself recently, this is the one I'd feel most confident doing.

I was just wondering if you had anything specific in mind Weezl? I was planning to gather and put together some general leftover tips but if you envisaged it differently please do say