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

weezl74

gosh so many exciting things to catch up on!


Yay for aless's pie

yay for SMLsave's yeasty success :beer::beer:

yay for all allegra's triumphs and for sneakery in of illicit herbage :j:j:j

Yay for not having too much left over/too much to throw away due to being manky :T:T:T

Yay for offers of help with the website :D:D:D:D

And sorry to anyone I've forgotten

Jenny thanks for your PM, that's perfick :A

artybear

Hi Weezl :wave:

Hope you are feeling better now-

Something's I have run out of but some I have loads of still-I seem to have tinned tomatoes coming out of my ears...they are always useful though:). I bought the new Jamie Oliver recipe book today and he had a lovely recipe for pea risotto and with my frugal shopping leftovers (and a small amount of tweeking) I can make it yay!!!!:j

Had another go at bread-it was a disaster:mad:-thank goodness I don't have a burning ambition to be a baker :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:l!!!!!

Hugs to all!!!xxxxx

p.s. Allegra I thought your avatar was you-is it not????

weezl74

artybear wrote: »

Hi Weezl :wave:

Hope you are feeling better now-

Something's I have run out of but some I have loads of still-I seem to have tinned tomatoes coming out of my ears...they are always useful though:). I bought the new Jamie Oliver recipe book today and he had a lovely recipe for pea risotto and with my frugal shopping leftovers (and a small amount of tweeking) I can make it yay!!!!:j

Had another go at bread-it was a disaster:mad:-thank goodness I don't have a burning ambition to be a baker :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:l!!!!!

Hugs to all!!!xxxxx

p.s. Allegra I thought your avatar was you-is it not????

oh arty-poor you about the bread :mad:

did you run out of stock cos you halved it and went under, or cos I haven't put enough of something on the shopping list for shirl?

xxx

artybear

Its because I halved it and went under not because there wasnt enough. Another half packet of bacon for example would have been perfect!

No worries though we have eaten well this monthxxxxxxxxxx

Souk08

Just delurking to say loving the homous (though I am a bit of a plantpot and made it with olive oil!) GREAT thread Weezl. Not doing it all but have got lots of recipes from it and thorougly enjoying it all XXX

Allegra

artybear wrote: »

Had another go at bread-it was a disaster:mad:-thank goodness I don't have a burning ambition to be a baker :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:l!!!!!

Is it just th no-knead or have you tried the Paul Merrett one as well ? I found the PM one far easier to get on with, even if it is slightly more labour intensive. Trust me to feel affinity with the complicated:rotfl:

p.s. Allegra I thought your avatar was you-is it not????

Oh, it is me, I just have no recollection of putting it up, nor any idea why I would have done when I could not see any, including that one. I expect I popped it on as soon as I registered, and before I realised I could not see any, then forgot all about it

And yay for all the lurkers and their successes - having been Shirl for a month now, it all feels second nature and commonplace to me now to an extent, and sometimes it takes a few people popping up with fresh enthusiasm to make me remember just how extraordinary this little experiment of Weezl's is !

FrankieM

Hi,
We are back to 'normal' from this week.
I have loads of potatoes and onions left still and a jar of nutty butter, everything else seems to be at workable levels!

arty I found the PM bread worked for me, but not the no knead. I didn't find it hard work. I find it's quite a nice thing to make in the evening, cause you do a bit to it, then let it rise, then do a bit more etc. I guess it depends what your evenings are like? Or I have mixed it up, let it rise while making tea....I tend to also give it a second rise in my loaf tins for about 30 mins

In_Search_Of_Me

Just catching up and before I forget the pizza was yummy! Ferg and I happily munches our way through a fair chunk! Wish we'd had a video of him eating it...shoved a HUGE bit in his mouth and then happily wiggled and munched! sooooo cute...
Well done all of you...arty we must conquer the bread!! What went wrong with it? Maybe tell usstep by step what you did and we can try and assist?
Not been on much as mum in hospital - may come out today...keeping up with her 20 or so scrabble games is a feat in itself!!

Lesley_Gaye

Tried Allegra's Croation Potato Salad last night with a quiche I made using some of the red peppers I have a lot of in jars, and some very elderly ham that was in the freezer.

The salad was lovely, very simple and I will def be having it again. I used 'our' oil instead of the extra virgin olive oil I usually use to make dressings, some rice vinegar which I bought ages ago and not used any of instead of the horribly expensive balsamic that usually goes in, and whisked in some mustard as I like the emulsifying effect it has. Delish (and much cheaper)

I am using 'our' oil in all cakes and pastry now and hardly using any Vitalite any more, just a little bit on toast etc, so again, much cheaper.

I have now used up a jar of peppers, so have some juice to use up. Usually, I just bung it in whatever soup we're having that day, but I think I'll try the nut roast and see what that's like. Poss tom

artybear

Ok Im not happy:(

Just come home from work and mr arty has made the most perfect fougasse ( a bready thing with olives and tomatos on):eek::eek:.

The 'bread' expert now reckons I don't prove my bread long enough!!!! *rollseyes*

At least I have something yummy for dinner though!!:j:j:j:j

(also he's made a stuffed baguette for tomorrow's lunch):T:T:T

Hope your mums ok ISOM and its nice to hear tales of Fergiexxxxxxxxx