Weezl and friends Phase 3 - sitting pretty with Kitty

aless02

Allegra wrote: »

There you go m'luv:

http://www.cheap-family-recipes.org.uk/recipe-veganpate.html?opt=p3m1

Okay, it definitely isn't linked from the recipes page.

Sian_the_Green

Pasta Funghi good the next day with a dollop of home made tomato and chilli jam and a few of the olives from my jar. I think I should have put more chilli in the first time. I wonder if you could encourage people to taste the sauce before stirring the mushroom in. I found an easy way to cook the mushrooms is to put them into a pan and then put a plate upsidedown on the top, it means you keep a lot of the juices as well...

weezl74

aless02 wrote: »

Okay, it definitely isn't linked from the recipes page.

it's under dairy free and also lighter meals and snacks

weezl74

Sian_the_Green wrote: »

Pasta Funghi good the next day with a dollop of home made tomato and chilli jam and a few of the olives from my jar. I think I should have put more chilli in the first time. I wonder if you could encourage people to taste the sauce before stirring the mushroom in. I found an easy way to cook the mushrooms is to put them into a pan and then put a plate upsidedown on the top, it means you keep a lot of the juices as well...

where could they taste it in method 2 sian? glad you liked it more the next day. I don't think it would be right to aim for 10/10 on these recipes though, much as part of me would like to! :rotfl:

weezl74

ChocClare wrote: »

Hi Weezl, just saw your reply to my post on August Grocery Challenge and was going to pm you, but I'm utterly useless at spotting when I have pm'd replies, so thought I'd better post here!

Just to clarify: I LOVE your site - I think it's the best thing I've come across in a month of Sundays and I've been recommending it to everyone.

When I say that I wouldn't want to live on it for a month, therefore, can I just clarify that this is because of MY GREED. I will go on and blatantly steal every recipe on there - my daughter is a veggie and it's nice to see some appetising-looking veggie recipes we can all enjoy. We had the onion tart on Saturday (though I admit we probably had far more cheese than you specified) and it was yum - even if we were up all night as a result (I always forget that the reason I don't make onion tart more often is that lots of onions act as a diuretic)! Delish though and worth the extra stroll to the loo in the middle of the night. My DH thought he'd had too much coffee before bed...

If I had only £100 to feed my family of four, I would use the site to the letter (and be thanking God daily for your existence and calling down blessings on yourself and your family). But I am lucky enough not to be in that position, so I will incorporate lots of your recipes into my meal planning, combined with perhaps some more expensive ones of my own (that's not to say you don't get the blessings too, of course - you do :rotfl:). That doesn't mean that there is anything "wrong" with the cheaper recipes or even intrinsically better about more expensive recipes - quite the reverse.

I think the "problem" - if there is one - is mine: I just CAN'T follow a planner to the letter, that's all. I would go with the veggie option on the planner - but I keep hens, so free range eggs are "free" for me; I grow lots of fruit and veg; I have a store cupboard that would see us through World War III (don't get me started on my husband's siege mentality - I keep saying to him, it was your MOTHER who grew up in occupied Paris during the war, WE can get hold of food quite easily...). As a result, I can "afford" to have all my favourites AS WELL (lucky me) without necessarily spending more. And of course, I still would want to incorporate all my family's own tried and trusted favourites, otherwise they'd rebel against it.

Believe me, the LAST thing I meant to imply was any criticism of the site. You are doing a magnificent job, the recipes are great - I hope you'll soon feel the benefit of all these extra blessings being rained down on you by your grateful public! :T

clare I'm not sure if you'll see this but thanks ever so much for such a thoughtful great response.

I didn't feel you were criticising, more that if you had a valid critique I didn't want to miss it. Sorry if I wasn't clear, and thanks such a lot for the confidence booster

Sian_the_Green

I think maybe dont season the flour mix but make the roux sauce with the onion and mushroom and then season to taste with the salt, pepper, chilli. I think that way the flavour of the onion and mushroom will have a chance to develop in the sauce and you can decide how much seasoning to add based on that. Some onions are quite fierce and you dont need much salt.

I dont think you need to aim for 10 out of 10 but I think this wasnt as good as a lot of your other recipes. I loved the panzanella when I tried it last time and I am looking forward to trying it again tonight

aless02

weezl74 wrote: »

it's under dairy free and also lighter meals and snacks

Oh, I was looking at lunches where all the other spreads/pates are!!

weezl74

aless02 wrote: »

Oh, I was looking at lunches where all the other spreads/pates are!!

it needs to be there too aless, I agree but i'll need to ask mr arty to rerun the macro to produce it, so can't fix that very soon I'm afraid

artybear

Ill ask him to do it this evening weezl if you want??

He doesnt check skype unless I say you need him for something so if you do just let me know and I will pass the message on
xxxx

weezl74

artybear wrote: »

Ill ask him to do it this evening weezl if you want??

He doesnt check skype unless I say you need him for something so if you do just let me know and I will pass the message on
xxxx

ok! here is my basic message to mr arty: any idea why the database isn't putting red lentil pate in the show all lunches output?

It is marked as a lunch so theoretically should do- can you see any obvious glitches?