Weezl and friends Phase 2 -giving it a whirl for Shirl! Testing meal plan for a month

aless02

weezl, pumpkin pie!! A girl after my own heart!!

(you say "pumpkin pie" to most Brits and they run a mile. It's one of my very favorite things EVER, though I'm very un-OS and use tinned pumpkin with tinned condensed milk! )

I go back to the work in very early October (I think...haven't worked it out exactly yet) so a meet before then would be grand.

arty, oh dear what a day! you deserve that glass of wine for sure.

haven't been eating many weezl meals in the past few days, so haven't been commenting much, sorry. Tomorrow's another off-plan (spinach & lentil soup, so still very MSE ) but then we're back to several in a row after that. Need to make more bread soon, so hoping you get the piccies of the bread up soon as I may brave 1 more attempt before giving up on it completely :rotfl:

artybear

aless are you a yank?? Pumpkin pie seems very thanksgiving to me??

Apologies if you are not.
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hornetgirl

Dinner plans went a bit awry this evening as DH had car troubles on the way home from work, had to call the RAC, didn't get in until almost 9pm - and brought fish and chips with him!
Hope to be back on course tomorrow, and looking forward to trying the bean curry. Yesterday's bread was good. A much heavier texture than shop bread, and therefore much more filling. It was a bit tricky to cut, but that might be down to my bread knife. I have an electric one somewhere, maybe I'll use that next time.
We watched this week's Dr Who tonight ( a bit behind I know), and I just think now of Arty whenever Amelia appears

artybear

hornetgirl wrote: »

We watched this week's Dr Who tonight ( a bit behind I know), and I just think now of Arty whenever Amelia appears

Oh I sooooooo wishxx

stressed.mum

Hi all - Just wanted to say have been following this thread from the beginning but not posting.

We had the pizzas for dinner tonight and they are amazing!. I made half a batch, which did us as we are a family of 6. Did cheat a bit cos kids are used to toppings on their pizza, so used up a couple of chicken thighs (hot counter reduced to pennies!), sweetcorn and mushrooms(all value!)

I would be interested in being a tester for planner 2 or 3 - DD1 is vege so would mainly be me and her most nights id that was ok - the others wouldn't cope!!

Stressed xxx

nopot2pin

Allegra wrote: »

Meant to say earlier - Potty, you are a cook after my own heart :rotfl: I behaved myself in the kitchen tonight though, followed the instructions correctly and had a very pleasant and sufficiently filling meal as a reward for my good behaviour !

My dad says that I can read anything except a recipe :rotfl::rotfl:
But I do read the recipe ....honest :whistle:
Sometimes I just forget to recheck the quantities

aless02 wrote: »

The reason we have not included the cost of seasonings in our £100/month planner is because the £100 is designed to cover a 31-day month. Since not all months have 31 days, this leaves a remainder of approximately £22.40 over the course of 1 year, which more than pays for the seasonings being used in the planner's recipes.

That sounds good to me :T

artybear wrote: »

I just ask silly questions but once I am a great cook thanks to you lot I will not ask silly questions any more!!!xxxxxxxx

Questioning, shows interaction, and interest
The only silly question, is the one you DIDN'T ask

Lovin the pumpkin pie recipe
I LOVE pumpkin pie .... I even froze some HM solid pack pumpkin at Halloween last year
Aless, where do you get your canned pumpkin ??

I haven't gotten round to making the tomato and lentil pudding yet :(
Life/work has kinda got in the way. Hopefully, I will be able to test it next week sometime

Ok, bedtime for me now.
TTFN

ashia_2

*delurks*

Hi:wave:

Can I just say that I'm amazed at how much your all putting into this, even getting down to nitty gritty such as these.

aless02 wrote: »

The reason we have not included the cost of seasonings in our £100/month planner is because the £100 is designed to cover a 31-day month. Since not all months have 31 days, this leaves a remainder of approximately £22.40 over the course of 1 year, which more than pays for the seasonings being used in the planner's recipes.

I know I'm just a lil' lurker, but I just wanted to say that I think this explains it wonderfully (not that I didn't understand your version Weezl). I read this thread every day (it has a permanent tab on my browser so I never lose my place) and I wish so much that I could be more involved but my OH is not liking what I'm telling him about some of the meals, though I think I could probably work some of the vegi/vegan meals in more than the meaty ones (weird huh?), will do some investigating...

*relurks....for now*

grandma247

ashia wrote: »

my OH is not liking what I'm telling him about some of the meals, though I think I could probably work some of the vegi/vegan meals in more than the meaty ones (weird huh?), will do some investigating...

*relurks....for now*

Tut tut haven't you learned the secret yet? what they don't know won't hurt:rotfl:

I love pumpkin pie. Have you ever tried pumpkin in a chocolate cake? it is sooo moist.

weezl74

good morning all and welcome to stressed.mum

All testers very welcomed, and thanks for coming out of lurkdom

lovely new index arty, thanks

weezl74

ashia wrote: »

*delurks*

Hi:wave:

I know I'm just a lil' lurker, but I just wanted to say that I think this explains it wonderfully (not that I didn't understand your version Weezl). I read this thread every day (it has a permanent tab on my browser so I never lose my place) and I wish so much that I could be more involved but my OH is not liking what I'm telling him about some of the meals, though I think I could probably work some of the vegi/vegan meals in more than the meaty ones (weird huh?), will do some investigating...

*relurks....for now*

hi ashia

Sorry DH doesn't like the sound of some of the meals, but glad the veggie and vegan ones appeal a bit more, I look forward to hearing your thoughts

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