January 2013 Grocery Challenge

Shelski_2

katholicos wrote: »

You are very welcome

My batch of lemon curd is in the slow cooker right now. I find that it is a lovely filling for a sponge cake. A lemon drizzle cake would be scrumptious with a lemon curd filling. Also, as upsidedown bear writes, it is yummy in a pastry case as a lemon tart.

I saw a Jamie programme last week where he put lemon curd in a meringue base. Sounded lush:)

tessie_bear

hi...what a good idea sc lemoncurd...i make mine in the micro but will try that...we had a very expensive initially organic/free range chicken for lunch...i got it ys and roasted it there will be enough for pack up sarnies and a pie and i am going to boil up the carcass for soup tomorrow

been out for tea and need to finish a shopping list for tues
take care tess

lizalloareds

£14.54 Spent today, budget blown again.
spends as follows
£1.28 aldi
£7.61 mr A
89p hb
£3.76 lidl (bought 2 pks of pain au chocolat hopefully they will last 2 wks)
£1.00 pw

sig updated

Shelski_2

Sorry if I sound thick, but what is ys? cannot work it out and it's driving me mad!!

shell2001

yellow sticker - reduced goods

Kitchenbunny

ys = yellow stickered (reduced items)

Today has been an NSd - hasn't happened for a while, but glad to be back on the NSD wagon. Tomorrow will be a spend day though.

Tea tomorrow night will be the 2nd half of the pie I made for tonight (and it was good) probably with chips. Have a good evening, everyone.

KB xx

she_who_can_not_cook

katholicos wrote: »

Of course you can ask

I make lots of slow cooker meals because my cooker doesn't work. I do have a combi microwave but it isn't that great nor ideal for cooking family meals. I have a 6 litre slow cooker so When i use it i try to fill it up and thereby always try to have a home made ready-meal in the freezer.


Today for example i chopped up loads of veggies...carrots/peppers/onions/ potatoes/sweet potatoes. I put them, along with a tin of tomatoes, about 3 cups of red lentils, some garlic cloves, curry powder, coriander seeds, celery sticks, salt and pepper and a big knob of butter....and left it for about 5-7 hours. Nice vegetable curry the easy peasy way.

So tonight i scooped all that out of the slow cooker and there was still a good half pint of sauce at the bottom, so i added more hot water, another load of lentils and some chopped onion and a tin of tomatoes and this has now been simmering for a couple of hours and this is now becoming a hearty lentil soup. I will whizz it with the stick blender later and season it to taste.

We might have it for tomorrows main meal with some crusty bread, or it might get bunged in the freezer for another day.

Edited to add: i make a massive batch of pasta sauce up with onions, garlic, basil, tinned tomatoes, tomato puree, oregano, salt. I let it simmer all day and when it is nice and thickened many hours later, i batch it up in empty margarine tubs and bung them in the freezer.

Another meal i make is chickpea curry: put chickpeas in the slow cooker and cover with tinned tomatoes, and add curry powder, onions some coconut milk, frsh tomatoes if i have them, spinach if i have it, or alternatively chard.

I think the key thing for me is to leave it as long as i possibly can. I like nice rich, flavoursome sauces. These kind of meals are so very easy. I really really like my slow cooker

Thank you for that

she_who_can_not_cook

JIL wrote: »

Thank you for the link to the lemon curd, apart from on bread what else can lemon curd be used for? Its something I had as a child but have not had in years.

thank you for any suggestions.

What about jam tarts and lemon curd tarts yummy

she_who_can_not_cook

Upsidedown_Bear wrote: »

Lemon curd tarts are yummy

Oops I am a copy cat

DanielleNic87

The weetabix cake from the 1st page is so nice. I made it yesterday and had some today. Will be making it again. So easy to make.