Memorygirls - The Matrix Reloaded

Memory_Girl

Yeah - I've got a halogen oven. TBH I just treat it as you would a very teeny oven. I pre-heat it for a couple of minutes and then cook as normal, although I find that it takes less time than a convential oven (about as fast as a fan-oven) and that I need to creep the tempertature on a recipe down by 10 degrees or so.

For instance a 2lb loaf cooks at 150 degrees for 30 minutes.

I find that silicon makes a softer crust but my usual flan and pie cases crisps up ok - especially if I sit them on the metal "plate" that the oven came with whilst sitting it on the lower of the metal stands. Quiche works best if I pre-heat the oven with the metal plate inside first so it gets a blast of heat radiating through its bottom too.

Best thing is how much money it has saved me - don't have to heat up the whole oven for our daily bread.

Don't have to batch cook - I know that sounds very anti-OS that recommends you fill the big oven full as you use it. But I find that baking little and often means we can have something we fancy - and it is FRESH. Sponge cakes IMHO should be eaten on the day they are cooked:D Get me - should go and join the SWRI right now!!!

Let us know how you get on.

BTW - spends for yesterday 0.47 on a tub of cottage cheese (Sunday night spinach lasagne) 0.99 on feta (quick pasta salad last night and greek salad on Monday) 0.49 on a ball of mozzarella for pizza tonight at 6pm sharp for the new series of Dr Who. JUst noticed - thats a lot of cheesy meals - but pizza chosen by DS2, lasagne by DS1 and pasta salad for speed :rotfl:

So thats the bank holiday catered for Total spends £1.95.

Off to update my total, thentake DS1 to golf lesson with his grandad.

Be back to set up the new thread soon - DS2 has a new Pokemon thingie online yesterday so I didn't get the computer till late,late, late.

MG

lucielle

Morning MG, sent you a pm yesterday.
L

MrsMoo2U

Morning all, raining here and had a fantastic thunderstorm last night. I do like a good storm. Mr C's parents here for weekend so I expect to be hiding away with the computer as often as possible
Just read this and thought of you lovely ladies. Always good to see how people aim at being happy I think
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-12935895

gilligansyle

Cheri - we had a lovely storm last night - I love a good storm too!

MG thanks for that, this one only has a low and high wire tray, no 'plate' so maybe that's the problem.

Firewalker

We are colouring eggs at the moment - some customs are fun to follow. And tomorrow we'll be having an 'egg fight'. Later going to a place with ducklings.

Firewalker

Memory_Girl

lucielle wrote: »

Morning MG, sent you a pm yesterday.
L

Just picked it up - what a b****y good idea - off to check how viable it would be. Would be really cool to have y'all visit

MG

Memory_Girl

gilligansyle wrote: »

Cheri - we had a lovely storm last night - I love a good storm too!

MG thanks for that, this one only has a low and high wire tray, no 'plate' so maybe that's the problem.

Just double up with a pie plate or cake tin or something metal.

BTW - I have finally perfected getting the "perfect bottom"on my home made pizza's. We like Pizza you can pick up by the slice and munch on - so soggy, gluey, doughy bottoms are a no-no.

I roll my pizza dough out to about 7mm thickness - we like our bottoms fairly crispy. Place on a piece of non-stick cooking parchment.

Heat the oven to it's highest temperature for 15 minutes with metal trays on the shelf so that they get really hot.

Put the pizza base on the parchement onto a wooden chopping board and quickly top with your tomato sauce and toppings. Then still on the board open the oven and slide the pizza onto one of the hot metal trays,parchment and all.

My oven goes to 220 and the pizzas take about 7 - 8 minutes each and they are stiff enough then to be cut with a knife or a pizza wheel and eaten by the slice.

Seriously - much nicer than flabby frozen ones and you get to choose your own toppings.

Mmmmmm I'm hungry now

MG

clairewop

Good afternoon

Stunning weather here today again, very hot out, although the market was quite cold.

Nothing planned for this afternoon.

Just asked a question over the other side for anyone who can help

Marru

Bitsy_Beans wrote: »

Marru - Happy Birthday :beer: Hope you have a lovely day today

Thank you I got child care voucher from BF for two weekends so that I can go to a course I have wanted to go to for a long time (he also got sun shades for my glasses) and his mum gave me a painting that she has painted herself that I admired in her place. She is so talented and the painting is just wonderful. So I am truly blessed AND I've got a cake, I've got a cake...

Firewalker

Happy Birthday, Maru. Let the Universe be generous to you and you be calm, collected, cheerful and resourseful. May all your wishes come true.

Firewalker