March 2014 Grocery Challenge

cw18

Frizzle wrote: »

Bake in the oven for 25 mins until browned and crisp!

I've never heard of oven baked bagels before - they're traditionally boiled.

http://www.sophisticatedgourmet.com/2009/10/new-york-style-bagel-recipe/

I made them this way a few times (16 years or so), and they were great. Really should try doing them again, as they're one thing I've rarely bought since pennies got a lot tighter!!


(I'm not saying baked is wrong, just that I've never heard of it before)

Frizzle_2

cw18 wrote: »

I've never heard of oven baked bagels before - they're traditionally boiled.


It was on the bbc good food recipe. I am new to all this baking lark! So I am no expert. You did have to put them in boiling water for a couple of mins. They tasted like bagels. I would only put three in a saucepan at a time next time as when I put 4 in they didn't seem to get as big!

Frizzle_2

I just read that bagel recipe and it is very similar. You need to put these ones in the oven for 20 mins x

cw18

Frizzle wrote: »

I just read that bagel recipe and it is very similar. You need to put these ones in the oven for 20 mins x

I missed seeing the baking stage on the one I linked to :wall:

I honestly don't remember using the oven when I made them :think:

Busymumofthreeplusdog

Mr A delivery ordered. £133, bit more than I had hoped but lots of essentials required like loo roll, washing powder etc. should arrive tomorrow night and last until hmmmmm, hopefully past the wkend!

GettingOrganised

First shop of the month today. Spent £58.17 in Aldi and didn't need to go asda afterwards. Apart from bread, I shouldn't need anything else this week. Happy with the spend, as picked up some extra bits which will go towards meals later on in the month.

cinnamonpie

I really enjoy reading how everyone is doing on this challenge as it helps me stay on track with my spending.

I did a stock take of the freezer and cupboards today so I know what needs to be used up soon. I'll try to run down our stocks before buying new things.

We had a beef roast with all the trimmings today. I tried a new cooking method. Had a 1.2kg topside roast and put it in the slow cooker for 5 hours and then transfered it to the oven for 10min to crisp it up a bit. It was delicious and so tender.

lushlifesaver

I have been meaning to try making my own bagels for some time but have never managed to get round to it. I must get some wholemeal flour and yeast in now having heard of everyone's adventures.
I thought all bagels were boiled then baked :S

NSD here :-) plans for the evening meal changed so I used the potatoes I'd prepared along with an onion, a tin of tuna, some grated red Leicester and some dried breadcrumbs from the cupboard to make some fishcakes. I thought I'd get maybe six or eight but I must have made them much much smaller than most people would as I got 14! Cooked two off for tasting and am flat/open freezing the rest and will then pop them in an old ice cream tub to keep until I fancy them.

Rather fancy getting myself some of the stackable freezer tubs from Lakeland but not sure if I can justify it just yet!

Florenceem

NSD.
We had Bucks Bacon Badger + roast potatoes + roast parsnips + cabbage, carrots, onion + gravy for dinner.
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Zippy001

cinnamonpie wrote: »

We had a beef roast with all the trimmings today. I tried a new cooking method. Had a 1.2kg topside roast and put it in the slow cooker for 5 hours and then transfered it to the oven for 10min to crisp it up a bit. It was delicious and so tender.

Thank you for this tip ....I too have started cooking my joints in the slow cooker , and the beef is always lovely, lamb rolled breast is also lovely done this way. and pork is also good with a drop of cider and quartered apples, this makes a great sauce poured over the meat. A great tip for instant thickening up the sauce in the slow cooker is to sprinkle some McDougall thickening granules, give it a stir and hey presto, spot on sauce. Also chicken thighs are good too reduced cooking time down so they dont fall apart.