I'm eating out of the freezer and cupboards challenge

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Florenceem wrote: »

Coconut Lemon Cake.

I will give the recipe if anyone wants it.

Yes please!

*SallyCinnamon*

canspendnomore wrote: »

I have a dilemma. I made a Veggie stew with tomato juice and didn't much like it but froze 2 portions. I keep putting off eating it. I did think about blitzing it and doing with pasta but I'm still not keen. Should I just bin it as I long have a dog?

How about a soup.... blend ir with some stock & herbs

add either pasta & basil for a minestrone
or lentils & harissa paste for a Moroccan lentil
Chilli & beans...
Lentil & curry paste for a dhal soup

Florenceem

4oz margarine - I used butter. 1oz desiccated coconut.
4oz self raising flour.
4oz caster sugar.
2 eggs - I used medium.
1 small orange (or use lemon)

Cook in 7 1/2 inch greased lined sandwich tin - I used a 6 inch tin and cooked for longer time.
Cream marge/butter with sugar. Beat in eggs. Then beat in grated orange/lemon rind and juice. Fold in 1/2 oz coconut and flour. Put in tin and sprinkle remaining 1/2oz coconut over cake.
Bake - centre - oven - 190 - 30 minutes or until cooked. I cooked at 180 as my oven is hot with the new fan.

recovering_spendaholic

Hi All,

Been MIA for a few days as I had a huge cupcake order to get out over the weekend and I have done nothing but bake. The display looked really lovely though, but unfortunately my beautiful 12 tier clear perspex cake stand got broken - DD was carrying it up the stairs (I told her to go in the lift) at the venue and tripped and it smashed. Grrrr....:mad:

Did the veggie week, mostly:o and really enjoyed it. Given all that we are finding out about the way meat seems to be being adulterated I might continue, unless I can afford to buy good locally sourced organic meat, which won't be very often. It's not so much the horsemeat per se, its the idea that they are doing all kinds to cut corners and we just don't know what we are eating!

Tonight I made a cottage pie with veggie mince - it was lovely as I used mashed sweet potato and butternut squash for the topping, and we had it with some of the red cabbage I made and froze at Christmas. As usual I made loads too much so we will have to eat it tomorrow as well!

Hi to all the newbies (surfsister, theatrefirl, sally cinnamon and anyone else I have forgotten).

My freezer is not over full at the moment but my cupboards are bursting! I bought some tuna on 3 for 2 in Sainsburys before and that has added even more. I buy the no-drain tuna and it is expensive, however I noticed tonight that the little tiny tins were marked as £1.29 per 100g and the larger tins (which I normally buy) were marked as being £1.69 per 100g - both were the John West no-drain so I got the smaller tins.

Hope you are all well - off to have a good read of the thread now!

canspendnomore

I can't really remember what's tastes like but I remember not liking it much. I didn't like the texture either. Used a frozen stew pack. I think will need blending and then something added. I've no idea what harrissa paste is, but maybe some chilli powder might be ok. That's ks for your ideas. You might just have talked me into using it!

Thanks for the cake recipe, I love baking.

skilly

Hi can I join in please .need to make some room in freezers dd1 is moving soon and i need to make some space for some freebies should they come my way . So far today out of freezer
2 bread ,3 sausages . Nothing in .

Lip_Stick

Morning all.

Heading into town soon with ds to buy him a skylander. Will also grab some dinner too. Had no brekkie so starving!

Probably going to mam's for tea and pancakes tonight!

Catch you all later!

Edwardia

Florenceem - nice looking cake there

Ms_Night _Ryder - thanks for thinking of me xx I had noticed them in my mother's local Sainsbos when I was down there for the cookery course and came back with three carrot cakes for the freezer OH took one to work today.

I had artex in my hall which didn't look good in an Edwardian house so I had plasterer plaster over which was fine. It wasn't really pronounced.

Kirri - I never thought to look at TK Maxx for kitchen stuff :T I have Le Creuset but also a Tefal with the spot in the middle which goes solid when ready to use. My mother got it on offer in Sainsbos. Very handy, really light but so non stick I'm chasing fried eggs round the pan

Last night OH hd a Pegoty Hedge lasagne out of the freezer and I had eggs.

Anyone doing pancakes today? OH is away so when he comes back I my get one as a treat.

Jelly_Biactol

canspendnomore wrote: »

I can't really remember what's tastes like but I remember not liking it much. I didn't like the texture either. I think will need blending and then something added. I've no idea what harrissa paste is, but maybe some chilli powder might be ok.

Maybe drain off the veg if it's the tomato juice that's affecting the flavour, and add the veg to fresh stock, or just blitz it into soup consistency.

Adding chilli would help the flavour; or cumin & coriander; and/or turmeric; maybe simmer with a cinnamon stick?

Adding rice or noodles would help with the texture.

Harissa is a north African chilli paste (fiery and very tasty:p, one of my store-cupboard essentials). Most larger supermarkets should sell it, eg Mr T
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=273042590
or ethnic shops. Or you can make it from scratch; here's a River Cottage recipe but there are lots of others
http://www.rivercottage.net/recipes/harissa-paste/

Lynsey

Afternoon all.

Welcome to skilly and surfsister (thought yo posted in the past, sorry. Must have read your other posts elsewhere). Good luck, hope you save and clear stock.

Kirri - seems like the mini burgers are OK? I still feel I'll not be able to eat them properly though? Another item for hubby to clear. lol

Just baking ciabatta now and trying to stay away from shops today.
Had the usual toasted hot cross bun this morning!!
Pancakes in half an hour.
Soup later.
I'll have a "proper meal" tomorrow, pork I think.

Just had delivery of my Son's new iphone (just a 4s), hope he appreciated it. It will be strange paying for a phone contract, we normally get them for free or even paid!! Not an iphone though and just a lower end one.

Just been searching the Jobcentre Plus website as was going to apply for the Pope's job for hubby. Always fancied living in Rome. lol
Do you think they'll check his CV?? He's not a Catholic.

Lynsey