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

Allegra

SusanC wrote: »

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.

I used to do that ! I dunno why I stopped - probably an attempt at labour saving :rotfl:

Shanks, I've been Allegra online for so long that I just as happily answer to that as to my real name. But yes, putting faces and names to online tags is always a fun, albeit a slightly surreal activity !

shanks77

Just trying to imagine the faces of others as we start shouting across the room "poohbear, ISOM etc come look at this" hope we dont get locked up:rotfl:
PS nothing wrong with those names by the way just Allegra could be someones first name dont think any normal person would call their child "poohbear smith" etc please dont take offence pretty please:D

boredofbeingathome

shanks77 wrote: »

Just trying to imagine the faces of others as we start shouting across the room "poohbear, ISOM etc come look at this" hope we dont get locked up:rotfl:
PS nothing wrong with those names by the way just Allegra could be someones first name dont think any normal person would call their child "poohbear smith" etc please dont take offence pretty please:D

I don't know i think it is quite funny myself. Everyone will sort of think of folk by their user name anyway. I know ISOM calls me BOB anyways..very popular name is 'BOB' i notice

Sounds like the testing is going well Weezl. I have tried quite a few of the recipes, but didn't manage to make the month of the whole recipes. I have however kept to a strict budget, barring special occasions and enjoy the challenge of doing so. I think more of the recipes will be creeping in over the next coming months.
Bean curry is a firm fav in this Bob's household :rotfl:

Anyone who is thinking of having a go should. As my shopping steadily reduces and i can easily get the bill to under £150 and some months less...:money::beer: With food in the cupboards at the end of the month and tasty food at that.:D That has to be good! I know if i have to i can.

nopot2pin

aless02 wrote: »

U can buy tinned pumpkin in waitrose - it lives by the other tinned fruit. Not every branch seems to carry it, but i've never had huge difficulty in obtaining any. I confess i've never used real pumpkin before!!

I dont have a Waitrose near me. I think they are trying to open new stores up here, and I believe there is one in Glasgow, but its not anywhere I am near regulary .... Back to doing the HM stuff for me

weezl74 wrote: »

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 deffo yes, if its from the 50p days
tomato olive pie no... dont like olives
veggie burgers yes
pasta funghi Yes... have made this, would do again, biddies would like also
coconut rice pudding Ohhh... yes, one the biddies would love:D
swede cloddies Yes
chilli Yes
vegan mayo Yes
vegan raisin scones Yes, again, one for the biddies too
moroccan rice ...yes... maybe one for the biddies
saag aloo gobi..yes, maybe one for the biddies
panzanella Yes
shepherdless pie Yes...a good freezer/backshift meal for me
vegan risi e bisi Yes, have made it, would make again, biddies loved it
onion tarte tatin Yes.. biddies would like
pasta con vegetate rusticana... would need to see recipe
calzone Yes... biddies would also like
sweetcorn fritters yes biddies would also like
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprots... yes.. biddies would love this I expect
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy Yes

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

Answers as above ....
As previously stated, I do quite alot of cooking for my parents from time to time, so I have included what I think they would like too .
My dad is much more adventurous than my mum... hence why some stuff is included for them, and some not.... but then he is the cook, so is happy when there is a cooked meal for both of them, that he hasn't had to worry about making
I would be up for doing a month planner.... as would the biddies for some of the meals(a day later) as they wouldn't realise what was happening ;)

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 am with Arty on the rice and curry/chilli on a plate....
If I have both together, it is side by side
To be honest, I prefer rice to be the meal, like the risi e bisi, or risotto.
I prefer bread - either nan/chapatii with a curry, or pitta with chilli


I wish I had a chance to read the thread last night before I went to work
As I would have been able to help with the apple weighing ... I went to Asda on my break at 3am....... Ah well.... next time eh

Arty.. I haven't forgotten about your parcel....
It is sat on my sideboard, waiting to be parcelled up:o
I will try and get it in the post soon


Ok.... bedtime
Totally shattered today... was a busy wee night

FrankieM

Morning!

I've been moving my meals around a bit this week, due to assignments needing doing and DH being away from today until Saturday.

So I did Carbonara yesterday and I'm doing Risi e bisi tonight from the freezer.

I also need to bake more bread and another lunch snack..

I did a Tesco online shop the day before yesterday, buying sandwich fillers, drinks etc...but then cancelled it yesterday morning before it was due to be delivered...I just couldn't face the feeling of failure
So I'm pushing through till at least the end of the month....;)

SusanC_2

shanks77 wrote: »

Are we going to call one another by our MS names or fess up our real ones? Oooh exciting

I think my real name is pretty obvious.

Allegra wrote: »

I used to do that ! I dunno why I stopped - probably an attempt at labour saving :rotfl:

I'm glad you said that - I did wonder if everyone would think me a complete weirdo for dishing out in such a detailed way.

shanks77 wrote: »

Just trying to imagine the faces of others as we start shouting across the room "poohbear, ISOM etc come look at this" hope we dont get locked up:rotfl:
PS nothing wrong with those names by the way just Allegra could be someones first name dont think any normal person would call their child "poohbear smith" etc please dont take offence pretty please:D

I quite regularly call my daughter Pooh Bear in public. (Obviously) it isn't her real name but she's almost always going by a different name to her real one. The most embarrassing was probably going round a supermarket calling her "Monkey".

aless02

red pepper houmous Yes, already have some in the fridge actually!
pasta salad Yes
lentil pate yes
tomato olive pie yes
veggie burgers yes
pasta funghi yes
coconut rice pudding possibly, need to see recipe
swede cloddies yes
chilli yes
vegan mayo urgh, no
vegan raisin scones yes
moroccan rice ...yes
saag aloo gobi..no cauliflower...
panzanella what's this?
shepherdless pie Yes
vegan risi e bisi no
onion tarte tatin probably not
pasta con vegetate rusticana... would need to see recipe
calzone Yes...
sweetcorn fritters have tried it, not a huge fan
special fried rice with cashews and bean sprots... possibly
nut roast with bubble and squeak and onion gravy no

Anything that involves cabbage and/or cauliflower is a major no from me maybe trying more of these meals will cut down on our cheese consumption

Bigjenny

Results of apple weighing trip to Asda.

All the loose apples I weighed were well over 100g some nearer 200g.

Better option might be bags of apples, weighed and counted apples in following.

Garden Gang Great Stuff Apples - 8 apples, weight 800g £1

Smart Price Apples - 6 apples, weight 800g 67p

Cripps Pink Apples - 6 apples, weight 650g £1.97

I think a lot depends on what they have on offer week to week and how much is allowed in the budget for apples.

Jenny

poohbear59

My real name is poohbear!:rotfl::rotfl:

Actually my aunt who is 87 sent me an email about a post on another forum. She just said that she presumes I was the poohbear on there. And she was right. I haven't seen her for 6 years but she found me !!!

Rice on plates. I do a strip down each side and the topping in the middle.

Frankie, well done on not giving up. The lunchtime pate has been an amazing success here and DSs and DH are a lot happier with their diet now.

Bad news for me though is that I have gained another 2lbs. Must stop eating cake!!

weezl74

hi all, wow! that sounds very hopefullots of willing testers-yay!

jenny, I'm very grateful for the shopping info, thanks that's so kind :A
It's a bit sad about the apples, because that's going to cost the Kitty famly quite a bit more than I imagined.:(

but better to know at this stage! I was imagining 8p per apple based on 100g per apple bought loose, but sadly they are all larger apples than that....

I'm wondering about these instead perhaps... but sometimes the piccie on the web shows loads more in a bag than you can find in store...: