weezl and friends Phase 4 - recipe testing christmas treats!

Helen105

Hi guys, I haven't looked in on your thread for months so I hope it is still going well.
I was reading a new diary on the DFW board from someone who was worried about how she was going to feed her children cheaply and healthily so I recommended your website and I thought you would like her response:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the recipe site...I was nearly crying reading it. I was feeling guilty that I'd have to give up the boys' health food shop goodies. I've been buying them jars of pumpkin seed butter at £2.79 a pop...reading this site, I've learned how to make my own which will be cheaper and healthier. It would never have occurred to me to do that. It's made me feel I can stick to - and possibly even come in under - my new food budget, which had previously seemed impossible to me.


I think this is the sort of person you were trying to help.

domesticgoddess789

Helen105 wrote: »

Hi guys, I haven't looked in on your thread for months so I hope it is still going well.
I was reading a new diary on the DFW board from someone who was worried about how she was going to feed her children cheaply and healthily so I recommended your website and I thought you would like her response:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the recipe site...I was nearly crying reading it. I was feeling guilty that I'd have to give up the boys' health food shop goodies. I've been buying them jars of pumpkin seed butter at £2.79 a pop...reading this site, I've learned how to make my own which will be cheaper and healthier. It would never have occurred to me to do that. It's made me feel I can stick to - and possibly even come in under - my new food budget, which had previously seemed impossible to me.


I think this is the sort of person you were trying to help.

Nice to see you again Helen105 :wave:. That is such a lovely comment, Weezl will be absolutely thrilled with it :j. Thank you for alerting us to that. I am off to try and find that thread now to thank them again personally.

poohbear59

Helen105 wrote: »

Hi guys, I haven't looked in on your thread for months so I hope it is still going well.
I was reading a new diary on the DFW board from someone who was worried about how she was going to feed her children cheaply and healthily so I recommended your website and I thought you would like her response:

I LOVE LOVE LOVE the recipe site...I was nearly crying reading it. I was feeling guilty that I'd have to give up the boys' health food shop goodies. I've been buying them jars of pumpkin seed butter at £2.79 a pop...reading this site, I've learned how to make my own which will be cheaper and healthier. It would never have occurred to me to do that. It's made me feel I can stick to - and possibly even come in under - my new food budget, which had previously seemed impossible to me.


I think this is the sort of person you were trying to help.

Just wait until your boys can make their own pumpkin seed butter. Mine make their own to take to uni!!
All these steps towards money saving and healthy eating work towards helping our youngsters to be able to make their own healthy and frugal choices in future too.

It still amuses me to see DSs getting out the food processor and blitzing their nuts!!

Lesley_Gaye

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

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

for the soup, I simmered the turkey carcass with some bay leaves in exactly the same way as a chicken, and picked off all the tiny pieces of meat left, some was set aside for the soup, some for a pate

once I had the stock, I chopped a couple of carrots and 2 small SP onions and sauted them. Then added the stock, must have been 1.75 to 2 litres, and about 1.5 cups of oily toor dal and simmered until the dal were soft. Then whizzed it and added the tiny meat pieces back and s+p. Very tasty and extremely filling

you could add any soft veg from the fridge, or leftover cooked veg

the fleshy stems round a cauli are good for soups like this, and the tough end bits of a broccoli stem

I used oily toor dal because I have a big pk that needs using, if I didn't have that, I would have used any other pulse to hand

my sister was telling me that her fancy food processer chopped up all the bones and everything to a jelly that she gave to the dogs. Was a bit envious that she could use the bones and all, but I know the machine cost an absolute packet

made a lovely pate with the giblets, the rest of the meat from the carcass, a good splosh of sherry, a spoon of honey mustard and a lump of butter. Had some today on a slice of toast, with half a bowl of the turkey soup for lunch - yum

shaz_mum_of__2

Lesley_Gaye wrote: »

for the soup, I simmered the turkey carcass with some bay leaves in exactly the same way as a chicken, and picked off all the tiny pieces of meat left, some was set aside for the soup, some for a pate

once I had the stock, I chopped a couple of carrots and 2 small SP onions and sauted them. Then added the stock, must have been 1.75 to 2 litres, and about 1.5 cups of oily toor dal and simmered until the dal were soft. Then whizzed it and added the tiny meat pieces back and s+p. Very tasty and extremely filling

you could add any soft veg from the fridge, or leftover cooked veg

the fleshy stems round a cauli are good for soups like this, and the tough end bits of a broccoli stem

I used oily toor dal because I have a big pk that needs using, if I didn't have that, I would have used any other pulse to hand

my sister was telling me that her fancy food processer chopped up all the bones and everything to a jelly that she gave to the dogs. Was a bit envious that she could use the bones and all, but I know the machine cost an absolute packet

made a lovely pate with the giblets, the rest of the meat from the carcass, a good splosh of sherry, a spoon of honey mustard and a lump of butter. Had some today on a slice of toast, with half a bowl of the turkey soup for lunch - yum

Thanks Lesley i too have a large bag of toor daal :rotfl:

Sami_Bee

Hi all!
I typed a big post yesterday and lost it and was too annoyed to re type it.
I made marmalade cake yesterday, did it in 2 loaf tins but one looked done sooner than the other so i took it out of the oven, it was playing a trick on me it wasn't done and collapsed. I popped it back in and it recovered pretty well and the other is in the freezer.

I made the paxo meatloaf and it was gorgeous! I used cranberry & chestnut flavour that I got for about 15p plus 1 egg and a pack of pork mince. I was pushed for time so just chucked it in and had it with some leftover sweet n white potato mash and veg from the freezer. As I say it was gorgeous but when I make it again ( i have 5 more packs) I'll throw in some extra cranberries and some softened onions and I'll serve with more potato and have a smaller portion of meatloaf (we ate half the loaf between the 3 of us - Chris had already eaten)


Oh and after reading the link to the chicken idea QOS posted I popped a load of water in the tin with my spatchcocked chicken yesterday - fabulous idea! it didn't really affect how my chicken cooked but produced 3/4 pint of stock which I'm usually too lazy to make I'm so pleased.

I'm planning to make the peanut butter, choc, oaty bar things mentioned the other day, We just need eat the mountain of snacks we already have!

Also, I have some V squidgy potatoes what if anything can I use them up in?

aless02

Sami_Bee wrote: »

Also, I have some V squidgy potatoes what if anything can I use them up in?

Potato & onion soup - just like leek & pot, but cheaper and taste almost the same. I just chop some pots, chop some onions, throw all into a pot with boiling water and a stock cube. Cook until very soft and then puree down with a stick blender .

FrankieM

Helloooo, remember me?

I hope you are all well

I was actually coming on here to ask a favour..

Can anyone remember the recipe for the apple type cake that we tried on the first 'meaty' meal plan? I've looked on the website but can't see it on there....

Allegra

Hiya Frankie ! Nice to see you again Hope all is well with you and yours, and that the course is going well

The eggless apple cake never made it into the planners, which is why the recipe does not appear anywhere on CFR. You can get it off Weezl's blog though: http://weezl.wordpress.com/2010/03/02/eggless-apple-cake-very-yummy/

FrankieM

Thanks so much Allegra. What a shame it didn't make it. we really liked here. How many braeburns do you think I would need instead of one and a half cooking apples?

We are ok. Just typical winter/ after Christmas blues for me. I don't do so well when not in the sun! I'm just doing some assignments...yuck, especially economics and I can't get my accounting to balance....does that mean it's going well or not???

So what is the plan for the website etc now that Christmas is over...valentines meals, easter eggs and hot cross buns? I still have my favourite recipes that I use so well done everyone. xxx