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

Allegra

I just had mine. Very filling - definitely something to anchor you after a heavy day ! Taste-wise, it was okay - and there is nothing wrong with that, I do plenty of "okay" frugal meals as fillers in between the nicer ones - but while I'll be happy to eat up the rest of the batch made for the test month, this is not one I'll be taking into the post-Shirley era, either. It's the baked beans, really - I'm not keen on them at the best of times, and they didn't really acquit themselves all too well in this dish, either.

I will, however, use the dish as an inspiration for something similarly frugal - perhaps pinto or canellini beans in a curry with red kidneys - or a bean and potato curry, perhaps

Incidentally - and completely inconsequentally - Arty's pics have made me wonder how other people serve their curries, chillies, and other "with rice" meals. I see Art arranges them artistically side by side, but I always place a mound of rice centre plate, topped with a smaller mound of whatever-it-is. What do other people do ?

shanks77

Or do people think there's value in doing the whole thing together?

red pepper houmous No by both of us
pasta salad Yes
lentil pate Yes will try
tomato olive pie No by him i fancy it
veggie burgers Prob not by him
pasta funghi Yes
coconut rice pudding Yes me only
swede cloddies No
chilli Yes
vegan mayo Yes me only
vegan raisin scones Me only but my friend will be happy to try
moroccan rice Yes
saag aloo gobi Yes
panzanella Me only
shepherdless pie No
vegan risi e bisi Yes (Ex "were we not having that already"?):rotfl:
onion tarte tatin Yes
pasta con vegetate rusticana Yes
calzone Yes
sweetcorn fritters Yes
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprouts Yes
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy Yes me maybe ex

to name but a few, what are folk up for? [/QUOTE]
I like the doing stuff together as there is a lot of support but understand that real life gets in the way also prob a bit more difficult to persuade some members of family to try. I was actually surprised that ex was willing to try as many as he said yes to. However he is not prepared to do a planner but will try some meals throughout the following weeks.

Allegra i do the same as you. Arty looks good shame is didnt seem as tasty as picture

artybear

weezl74 wrote: »

I'm thinking I probably don't need testers for the whole of the 2nd and 3rd months as I think the glitches will be visible from this month's trial, (like the fresh veg!)

So I wondered if I could post some recipe titles and people could post if they fancy trying them?

Or do people think there's value in doing the whole thing together?


red pepper houmous YES
pasta salad YES
lentil pate Not convinced
tomato olive pie YES
veggie burgers YES
pasta funghi YES
coconut rice pudding NO
swede cloddies No
chilli YES
vegan mayo YES
vegan raisin scones YES
moroccan rice YES
saag aloo gobi YES
panzanella YES
shepherdless pie YES
vegan risi e bisi NO
onion tarte tatin No from mr arty YES from me
pasta con vegetate rusticana YES
calzone YES
sweetcorn fritters NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprouts YES
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy NO

to name but a few, what are folk up for?

They sound lovely weezl

Allegra Mr arty puts chilli/curry on top of rice but I dont really like food touching so I have them parallel to each other:o. I have made another batch of curry for tomorrow night as I am working late so will happily eat it again just probably choose not to make it again. It tasted of curried backed beans which was a bit odd.

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Going to Asda in morning so will weigh and price up some apples.

Jenny

Murrell

weezl74 wrote: »

I'm thinking I probably don't need testers for the whole of the 2nd and 3rd months as I think the glitches will be visible from this month's trial, (like the fresh veg!)

So I wondered if I could post some recipe titles and people could post if they fancy trying them?

Or do people think there's value in doing the whole thing together?

red pepper houmous
pasta salad
lentil pate
tomato olive pie
veggie burgers
pasta funghi
coconut rice pudding
swede cloddies
chilli
vegan mayo
vegan raisin scones
moroccan rice
saag aloo gobi
panzanella
shepherdless pie
vegan risi e bisi
onion tarte tatin
pasta con vegetate rusticana
calzone
sweetcorn fritters
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprouts
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy

to name but a few, what are folk up for?

These sound good. Look forward to seeing the recipes. Will not be around (as in off and on here during the day) over the next 2-3 weeks, as real life is going to get in the way. I am subscribed to the thread, so will catch up every morning and pop on when I can. If there is any vegan info you need help with, I will reply as soon as practical, but won't necessarily be as quick as usual and could be a day late.

Sandra
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Allegra

BTW, I think there's definitely value in people "living the plan" for a month, but realistically, I think life is gonna be a fair bit easier for me if I just test things out on a on/off basis, alternating them with more of our usuals. I am happy to test out any recipes that don't contain cauliflower - so saag aloo gobi is out at first glance. I am not keen on nut roast either - find them too dry generally - but will reserve judgement until I look the recipe over in more detail. Many of the things on the list we already eat, either regularly or on occasion, so happy to test out you versions.

SusanC_2

Allegra wrote: »

Incidentally - and completely inconsequentally - Arty's pics have made me wonder how other people serve their curries, chillies, and other "with rice" meals. I see Art arranges them artistically side by side, but I always place a mound of rice centre plate, topped with a smaller mound of whatever-it-is. What do other people do ?

I do a heap of rice then rub in the middle with the serving spoon so that there is a dip to contain the curry and I end up with a nice ring of rice around the edge of the curry. Curry is then ladled into the dip in the middle.

hornetgirl

I reckon it must be our Bob they're referring to in the email.

Like Arty I do the lining up side by side thing. I just think it looks prettier that way. If we're not being Bob and Shirley we would have a third stripe too with some salad.

We had a change of plan tonight. Somehow I just couldn't fancy the curry, so we had chilli instead (double portion made, spare safely stashed in freezer). I think that's something Shirley will like - because the whole month worth's meals are on the planner, if she doesn't want to make something on a particular day for whatever reason, she can see at a glance what she can swap around.

Lots of things on plan 2 and 3 sound delicious. I'm happy to carry on testing as often as I can. What's happened to the chickpea crumble?

HowlinWolf

red pepper houmous yes
pasta salad maybe
lentil pate Yes probably
tomato olive pie yes
veggie burgers Probably
pasta funghi possibly not
coconut rice pudding willing to give it a go
swede cloddies No
chilli Yes
vegan mayo no
vegan raisin scones Maybe
moroccan rice Yes
saag aloo gobi Yes
panzanella no
shepherdless pie maybe
vegan risi e bisi no
onion tarte tatin Yes
pasta con vegetate rusticana Yes
calzone Yes
sweetcorn fritters no
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprouts possible
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy possibly

sadly not able to test until June though
I'm also up for the IWM meetup if you'll have me

shanks77

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sadly not able to test until June though
I'm also up for the IWM meetup if you'll have me[/QUOTE

Why would we not want you Howlin? we are all friends now crazy as we may be following a mad woman from wales at least we will have that in common:rotfl:looking forward to putting faces to names. Are we going to call one another by our MS names or fess up our real ones? Oooh exciting