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

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

weezl74 wrote: »

Thanks Taka, that's helpful

I'm getting the smartprice potatoes as 50p a kilo grrrr :mad: is this a potcode thing d'you think? Is it these ones?

What about the Smartprice oven chips? IIRC, they do frozen chips that can be fried or baked...

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weezl74

off to bed now to recover from the sickness.

Can anyone do a bit of googling about doughnuts?

I'm thinking with our normal bread dough and some golden syrup inside?

lesley I added one more bag of bread flour another jar of olives and that really helped, including the spices and mustard

poohbear59

Hi, Just a quick message to say after having no or deathly slow internet for weeks we may be back on line:D I will try to catch up tomorrow when it is quieter in the house.

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

taka wrote: »

No these ^^^^^ are the small potatoes (I get the same price as you for them).

The ones at 94p/2.5kg are called Smartprice potatoes (in the picture they look like they need washing). They are on mysupermarket at the this price and also on the ASDA website with no postcode info in either site.

Yeah, they DO need washing, and it's a right pain in the rear! It doesn't seem to be "mud", IYKWIM, it's like the spuds have been rolling around on a hot dusty country track for a few days before being bagged - PROPER muddy spuds (from the greengrocers) are clean after being washed with a little rub - the SP potatoes need SKER-RUBBING!

And don't even ASK about how quick they start to grow!! Weeks of being stored, transported, stored, displayed...yet within 3 days of them reaching my dark, cool cupboard THEY'RE SPROUTING!! :mad:
(and I have tried leaving them in the bag, taking them out, putting them in cardboard, paper, glass, leaving them on the shelf, putting in the fridge - nothing works!)

(sorry, rant over! )

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

weezl74 wrote: »

sounds like lots of our members need a hug, I feel cos I think of this team as my pals I am really enjoying working with.

Hugs all round

Shall I make us a cake?

Choc gateau please, with lashings of double cream! :T

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

weezl74 wrote: »

rainbow! Are you there:D?

How much (dry weight) of chick peas was required to make that snack you mentioned? roasted with the spices I mean?

You're going to have to work this backwards as I only ever use tinned chick peas (and of course, the dried chick peas need to be cooked before eating/adapting anyway) and I've only recently started cooking with dried pulses & beans...:o

1 tin (400g) of chick peas, drained and rinsed

This will give you (once roasted) at least TWO generous servings (ideal instead of popcorn with a DVD, or if using instead of pasta/potatoes). Can be eeked to smaller portions for more people if nibbling in place of peanuts (for example) etc.

I love them with a dollop of mayo and shovelled in with a spoon.
(you didn't read that bit, OK? :A)

Now someone's going to test-cook this snack and realise I'm a complete pig with my quantites

hornetgirl

I think breadcrumbs would definitely be better than oaty cereal, I'm sure that was the cause of the stodginess.
Not sure how much difference it would make changing kidney beans to chick peas. My personal preference would be for chick peas as I like the taste of them better, but in terms of texture there probably wouldn't be much in it.
Hope you feel better tomorrow xx

r.a.i.n.b.o.w

weezl74 wrote: »

off to bed now to recover from the sickness.

Can anyone do a bit of googling about doughnuts?

I'm thinking with our normal bread dough and some golden syrup inside?

lesley I added one more bag of bread flour another jar of olives and that really helped, including the spices and mustard

DOUGHNUTS?????????????????

*faints*

I'm not going to be able to leave my flat via the front door at this rate!! :eek::D

Lesley_Gaye

weezl74 wrote: »

lesley it's 1577 total cals for the 3 jars yeast extract, does that help?

and if we allow 75 cals each daily for the piece of fruit, that's 9300 more

OK, I've hard typed that in

deficit down to 19,737, less the 9300 for the fruit, so 10,437, or 84pppd

we're getting there

shanks77

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I said I'd do this as and when I had the time It does take a while cos you have to virtually read every post! If it is time critical then let me know.[/QUOTE]

Sorry Morag wasnt meant as an accusation just that Arty was bored at the time and was looking for something to do. There is no rush didnt mean to offend:o