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I too would definitely highly recommend a breadmaker. I was lucky enough to find a new Panasonic on Ebay 2 years ago for £30 and haven't bought bread since. Had very few failures in terms of bread recipes but we've settled on a few favourites now which are embedded in my brain, so easy to do and obviously depending on ingredients, I reckon on a large delicious loaf costing us around 75p.
This one is our current favourite and never fails to come out beautifully-
Sundried Tomato Loaf
300gms strong white bread flour
100gms wholemeal bread flour
100gms seed bread flour
1 sachet dried yeast
11 fl. oz. tepid water
Half a jar sundried tomatoes (180gms size jar) chopped
2 tabs olive oil from the sundried tomatoes jar.
1 tsp salt
Then I set it on basic, wholewheat, large and come back 5 hours later to a lovely golden loaf with a tomatoey flavour, great toasted with marmelade or cheese. I slice the loaf up and freeze half as there's just the 2 of us.
Think my bread would be quite a bit cheaper if I didn't use the tomatoes.
We usually reckon on around 40p-50p a loaf for the wholemeal and seeded ones.0 -
does anyone know what cups of flour/liquids are in grams/mlsSeptember GC 30th aug-4th Oct £332.74/£375 NSD 3
Gc Jan £234.85/200Feb £298.92/280:(March £298.42/£280:( April £270.49/280:) May Gc £351.08/£350 June £300.06/280 July £256.15/£240
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lizalloareds wrote: »does anyone know what cups of flour/liquids are in grams/mls
It depends what you're measuring. If I've got a recipe in cups which I want to convert then I'll measure it out in cups and weigh it and write it on the recipe (sometimes has to be rounded to the nearest few grams as cups aren't as accurate).0 -
hi hoo, SNAP! that Allison wholemeal loaf in S is £1.40-£1.50. i bought the cheap stuff for 70P but ended up on the allinsons as its so much nicer. i can only justify spending £1.50 of a loaf if ive made a killer saving on something else tho. maybe its time to dust off the old bread maker...Target Savings by end 2009: 20,000
current savings: 20,500 (target hit yippee!)
Debts: 8000 (student loan so doesnt count)
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Re: oats in things, I've never found it to go goopy, only creamier.
I tend to add them to bolognaise, and add them once it's pretty much got everything else in, sprinkling over the surface of the bolognaise, then stirring them in well.On the up
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Vampiric_Addiction wrote: »Re: oats in things, I've never found it to go goopy, only creamier.
I tend to add them to bolognaise, and add them once it's pretty much got everything else in, sprinkling over the surface of the bolognaise, then stirring them in well.
I'm sure I won't be the only one who admits to adding too many oats and ending up with bolognese flavoured porridge! Yuck!_pale_Father Ted: Now concentrate this time, Dougal. These
(he points to some plastic cows on the table) are very small; those (pointing at some cows out of the window) are far away...:D:D
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I'm sure I won't be the only one who admits to adding too many oats and ending up with bolognese flavoured porridge! Yuck!_pale_
lol, you're definitely not alone there! I used to use oats but switched to red lentils and much prefer it.The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt.Bertrand Russell0 -
Homemade bread tastes much better than shop bread and is cheaper. You don't need a machine to make it. Soda bread is the easiest and quickest kind to make.
As for mince, you can 'cut' it by about 50% using oats. (The cheapest porridge oats are fine). I sometimes make a 'poor man's steak' by mixing mince, oats, herbs, onion, garlic and a bit of oil, squash it all up together into a steak shape and fry it - lovely!'Never keep up with Joneses. Drag them down to your level. It's cheaper.' Quentin Crisp0 -
if good bread with no machine or kneading is wanted, buy this, seriously the bread is AMAZING! http://www.bookdepository.co.uk/book/9780091938949?redirected=true&gclid=CM6OgYe6jrUCFU3HtAodXhUAgQLove many, trust few, learn to paddle your own canoe.
“Don’t have children if you can’t afford them” is the “Let them eat cake” of the 21st century. It doesn’t matter how children got here, they need and deserve to be fed.0 -
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