Feed a family of four for £20 a week challenge

joedenise

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I don't use milk or butter in mine, it is a wartime one that my mum taught me and it is lovely and less calories

Me neither. I soak the bread in water and then squeeze out the excess. I don't put in the fruit, sugar, spices until after the squeezed bread is in the bowl.


I also just use normal white sugar which is cheaper. To give it a bit of colour I use a bit of instant coffee powder or a small cup of made up coffee. You can't taste it in the finished pudding as it's quite a small amount in the whole pudding.


Denise

cuddlymarm

Hi threeboysmummy

I get the frozen scones out and pop on a baking tray. They don't need to be totally defrosted and I just put them in the oven when there's space.

Cuddles

RAS

You can soak bread, cake or dried fruit in cold tea for extra flavour.

moments_of_sanity

Butterfly_Brain wrote: »

I don't use milk or butter in mine, it is a wartime one that my mum taught me and it is lovely and less calories

You mean all this time I have been spoiling my lot, right going to try this next time I make any! :rotfl:

Butterfly_Brain

500g bread, torn up and soaked in water 25p
500g dried fruit 84p
mixed spice to taste, I use three teaspoons I buy it in Aldi for 49p a jar so approx 8p
2 medium eggs, beaten farmfoods 15 eggs £1.00 = 13p
1tsp bicarb 5p
50g granulated sugar (59p Aldi or farm foods) 5p............ plus a little for dusting
50g dark brown sugar 95p/ 500g Aldi so 10p

Total cost £1.50

Soak the bread in warm water, then squeeze out as much water as you can.

Put in a bowl and add the fruit, mixed spice, bicarb brown sugar, gran sugar and eggs and mix well

Put into a greased deep baking tray or ovenproof dish

Bake at 180c/fan160/gas 5 until a knife comes out clean

Dust with granulated sugar while still warm.

moments_of_sanity

RAS wrote: »

You can soak bread, cake or dried fruit in cold tea for extra flavour.

I tried making one of them with tea but no one liked that version here

NewShadow

You can ale soak them in apple or orange juice if people would prefer that?

RAS

Try this - minus the booze http://ansnagbreac.blogspot.co.uk/2009/10/jam-and-brack.html

pamsdish

I put suet for the fat in mine

Butterfly_Brain

Had a lovely dinner tonight, it is a variation of Chicken Amatriciana NPM gave me the link.

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/amatriciana-chicken-traybake

A bag of chicken portions £1.69 Aldi
A tin of tomatoes 25p from the cupboard
Half a bag of salad potatoes 50p
1½ tsp of Turkish pul biber (Aleppo pepper flakes) My Turkish neighbour brought me some back so I don't know how much, but she said it costs literally pennies over in turkey.
2 flat mushrooms, sliced I used the ones from Aldi super six that I bought on Wednesday just before it changed 25p
half a pack of pepperoni slices 49p

Halve the potatoes and parboil them
Put the chicken portions into a deep dish or baking pan and put them in the oven to roast.
When the potatoes are done, drain and put into the pan with the chicken.
After 15 minutes add the pepperoni slices, tomatoes, a tin of water using the tomato can as a measure, pul biber and sliced mushrooms, gently stir to combine well.
leave for another 15 minutes or so until the tomato sauce has thickened serve with home grown runner beans.
They all loved it

Total cost for five £3.18 or 64p per portion.