weezl and friends Phase 4 - recipe testing christmas treats!

puss14

Hi Everyone.
I am intending on trying some of the recipes of CFP and was wondering if people would mind giving their top 5 recipes from the site. Not sure if i have posted this in the right spot.
Also in regards to the bread recipe I am in Australia and have not seen the Allinsons yeast anywhere but I do have Lowans instant dried yeast. Would I still use the same amount stated? I don't have bread tins but do have trays to do rolls on, would this be fine also? Sorry for all the queries.
Thanks very much
Puss

artybear

Hi All!

We had an asda shop last week and its still going strong so yesterday we made 10 portions of chilli and 10 portions of veggie rogan josh ( a tweaked version from Jamies 30 minute meals) and we are aiming to make our food last as long as possible. New Years resolution is to lose weight and get healthy (isnt it always!!!??) so we have bought more fresh fruit and veg than normal and have less carbs, this obviously effects the shopping total quite alot so any frugal methods to keep the cost down I'm enforcing at the moment.

I have some smoked salmon trimmings (a staple in the house now Weezl introduced them into the CFR shopping list) do people think that I could mix it with potato to make fishcakes? I normally do it with white fish (which I do have too) but I want to save them for something else so am going to experiment later lol.

I'm off today but back to work tomorrow... sigh if only i could be a lady of leisure lol

XXX

Apricot

arty I've made fishcakes with smoked salmon over christmas and they were yum. I added egg yolk and tabasco to mashed potatoes then added the smoked salmon and then breadcrumbs.

Allegra

puss14 wrote: »

Hi Everyone.
I am intending on trying some of the recipes of CFP and was wondering if people would mind giving their top 5 recipes from the site. Not sure if i have posted this in the right spot.

You are in the right place - and welcome, by the way - but it's a tough task, lol. So rather than give MY top five, I'll go for the five-ish that seem to be most popular with people in general (or most mentioned favourably, I should say) - chicken and onion pie, pizza, calzone, onion tart, winter squash risotto, and a bonus dish from the Christmas planner - smoked salmon pasta.

Also in regards to the bread recipe I am in Australia and have not seen the Allinsons yeast anywhere but I do have Lowans instant dried yeast. Would I still use the same amount stated?

Yep Any dried yeast will work pretty much the same in same amounts.

I don't have bread tins but do have trays to do rolls on, would this be fine also? Sorry for all the queries.
Thanks very much
Puss

Not for the no-knead method, no - too wet to roll. If you use the same amount of dried ingredients, but only 1.5pts of water, and knead the dough, it makes lovely crusty rolls (24 from a 4-loaf batch of dough, IIRC).

shaz_mum_of__2

Happy new year everyone

Lesley - is there a recipe for the turkey and toor daal soup , back at uni next week and looking for something tasty for my food flask

Just doing a normal month here and trying some of the recipes, but i am particpating in a cost of living challenge so trying to only buy what i need to

I need some suggestions for my couscous mountain its already flavoured ....moroccan spiced as i recall .....any ideas

shaz

poohbear59

arty I love smoked salmon fishcakes. My favourite. Yum.

I still haven't sorted my plan for the month. Need to get on to it today.

Just tweaking business plan again!!

Sami_Bee

Hi all! I've found my way back after epic flu!
I need to get back into the swing of things but not getting any motivation/energy
We need to try to not spend much as off to Austria this month which will cost a pretty penny no doubt. I can't wait to gorge on gulaschsuppe every day though!


Weezl - I promise I will get back to looking at the lunchbox planner too, I have been meaning to ask you would 'eggy bread' with a few less wedges in the sausage, egg & wedges meal work out ok? My boys wouldn't touch a fried or any other just an egg type thing

poohbear59

This is my plan for the month. I will need to buy some potatoes, a chicken and some sausages. Checking out the freezer was good because we found a small beef joint which I will make for the boys before they go back to uni on Sunday.

Any ideas for something interesting with broad beans would be welcomed. I have a 2kg tin:o

Hi sami I hope you are feeling better.

4.Pasta alfredo
5.Chilli non carne (kidney beans, tomato from freezer)
6.Risi e bisi
7.Tuna pasta bake
8.HM pizza
9.Roast beef, roast potatoes, Yorkshire puddings, carrots and cauliflower
10.Spicy lentil shepherds pie
11.Toad in the hole, broad beans and jackets
12.Spicy bean curry in tortillas
13.Sweet and sour chicken in batter and rice and mixed veg from freezer
14.Fish pie and broccoli
15.Egg chips and beans
16.Beef stew, swede, carrots, leeks and herby dumplings
17.Spanish omelette
18.Spag bol
19.Butternut squash risotto and broad beans
20.cottage pie
21.Pasta ametricana
22.Cottage pie
23.Bacon and onion pie
24.Pasta alfredo
25.Chilli con carne
26.Chinese chicken
27.Ham shank broth
28. Pasta Alfredo
29.Poached chicken pie, jacket potatoes
30. Chicken bubble and squeak and stuffing
31 Chicken curry

aless02

Hello puss!

If you're using instant yeast, you don't need to activate it in water first so just disregard that step. I'd use roughly the same amount as the recipe calls for. Like Allegra said, the no-knead recipe is too wet to not use tins, but reducing the water and then just kneading the dough yourself for 8-10 min will result in a lovely shapeable dough that doesn't need tins . I mix, then knead, then let it rise altogether. Once doubled in size, form into the loaves on your trays and let rest maybe 15 minute before baking.

My top 5 recipes are:
- calzones
- salmon pasta
- butternut squash risotto
- onion tart
- raisin scones

queen_of_string

I found this post on a blog I read, it's a slightly different way of cooking a chicken, gives more stock whilst poaching most of it and still giving crispy skin .

http://matronofhusbandry.wordpress.com/2008/10/26/sunday-chicken/

I'm going to give it a try this week, hopefully. Will report back if I do.