Gregg Wallace programme on TV

wannalot

@jackieblack - i think all the recipes are on the bbc website somewhere. I found the recipe for the salmon and broccoli frittata (from the episode a couple of weeks ago) just by googling "salmon and brocolli frittata" and "eat well for less".

lessonlearned

Cornucopia wrote: »

https://www.john-west.co.uk/our-recipes/mackerel-recipes

https://www.john-west.co.uk/our-recipes/salmon-recipes

Thanks for that.

. Ds2 kept talking when I was trying to watch that bit so couldn't concentrate on the screen.

Islandmaid

I thought there were some really good recipes on this episode.

The parents were a bit 'wet', in my opinion, Hubby, as a firefighter, would have worked shifts, we have several friends in the same profession who work a 4-4-4 works pattern ( before you judge, I work shifts in a 24-7 violent environment and have for near on 20 years, and still managed to cook from scratch 99% of the time)and even if he was cooking adverse, if he was my OH, would have got a kick up the butt as he appeared to be on the sidelines and looked as if he had nothing to do with their £330+ spend per week.

On the positive side - they were in an 'easy' rut and appeared to have realised that cooking wasn,t that time intensive, and their kids took to the 'new' food with relish - good on 'em.

suki1964

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jackieblack wrote: »

I wasn't but sorry if it came across that way, (I thought by clicking 'thanks' you would know I appreciated your post)

I saw your thanks later

I agree the recipes were good and tasty sounding which is why I looked them up

I'm not a fb fan but I can see why they used that or twitter


I'm not dumb but I do use fb for things like this

maman

Islandmaid wrote: »

On the positive side - they were in an 'easy' rut and appeared to have realised that cooking wasn,t that time intensive, and their kids took to the 'new' food with relish - good on 'em.

To me that's been the best part of the series. In every family IIRC the children have tried new things willingly and appreciated the home cooking.


Too many threads on here start with women (more often or not) wanting to 'eat well for less' but qualifying it with fussy, faddy children and worse still adult partners who wont eat this or that, must have brands, must have loads of meat, loads of snacks........


I'm sure you've all read them:D.

Ken68

Have given up watching. Too formulaic and Blue Peter talk.

missyrichards

Goldiegirl wrote: »

The thing that made me grin, was when she served the fish and chips in a bowl.... surely fish and chips is a plated meal!

:rotfl: I thought the same thing. I would have had a meal like that on a plate.

PasturesNew

Goldiegirl wrote: »

The thing that made me grin, was when she served the fish and chips in a bowl.... surely fish and chips is a plated meal!

I find that a meal in a bowl is more 'comforting' .... I have plates I rarely use, most meals I now serve in a bowl - and I plan to buy a small 'pasta bowl' shortly to be my main meal dish of choice.

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The children were great this week wern't they, so willing to try things.Mum seemed surprised at how easily the kids took to things Even the little boy was honest enough to say what he liked and didn't like.The children at times seem to be more sensible than the adults, although this family were really pleasant and I wonder if they will do a follow up programme to see if the families really do change their habits of eating well for less ? I think it would be interesting to see how they fared in say 6 months time

Gigervamp

I was reading the DFW board the other day and saw an SOA where the family of 5 are spending £900 a month on groceries. They would be ideal candidates for this show.

They were directed to Old Style, so hopefully they'll come here and have a look at the threads.

I can't imagine what they can be buying to spend that much and I wonder if they have a lot of food waste.