Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

boredofbeingathome

Could i also say thanks to everyone for useful recipe ideas, its a lovely thread on this section of the board and i spent a lot of time last night writing down soup recipes and ideas for meals.

Mortgagefreeforme

HELP My husband came home the other day with a pheasant, already plucked thankfully. What do I do with it, in a frugal MSE type of way of course. A friend suggested popping it in the slow cooker, but for how long and do I brown it first? Also if I do that what do I put in with it? I'm a great baker, but awfull cook, my DH once broke a tooth on my roast beef!!
Hope someone can hep, thanks

D&DD

mortgagefree if you search this thread a little way back Jenagain had a pheasant and there were some suggestions and recipes put on here for her..I'll see if I can find a link to the right bit... http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?p=6900439&highlight=pheasant#post6900439

jcr16

ooohhhh no not me, i not had pheasent. lamb is about as unusal as i go, lol.

hope u do find some good recipes to use with for.

jame oliver last night jamie at home i think it was, had a few recipes using things fromt he land. and i'm sure one of them was game. ( thats pheasent isn't ) he makes it all look so easy , simple and tastey.

Mortgagefreeforme

:T Thanks D&DD and jcr16, I think I'll roast it the way they suggested as it dosen't take long. I'll try boiling the bones for stock too, goes against the grain not to dosen't it!

ravylesley

Mortgagefreeforme good luck with the pheasant it should be lovely

jcr16 glad that it seems to be some sort of virus rather than a prob with the baby.But take it easy and let hubby pamper you for a few days just in case.

Well its been a busy old day here as I've spent most of it either shopping or posting stuff on Ebay.I just dont know how people sell stuff on Ebay on a regular basis it is sooooo tedious.But if everything sells I might be able to afford my floor tiles!Hubby has finally got round to tiling the last wall and only a bit of papering and painting and its done.Well all bar the floor.I havent got any baking or housework done to speak of today and only just managed to make a quick tea of Corned Beef Hash before he ushered me out of the kitchen to start the tiling again!Oh well I think it'll have to be a large Vodka and a movie tonight

Lesleyxx

Mollymop5

D&DD hope yourday turned out ok.My cupboards and fridge have provided me with soup for the weekend,I made 10 bread rolls(now have only 3 left), a tub full of plain and chocolate doughnuts and I also made muffins.I put choc chips in some, hundred and thousands in others and have told kids they are surprise muffins and they have to eat them to find the surprise should keep them happy for the weekend!

D&DD

well done Molly :T so glad all the baking turned out well for you It so nice to see it all disappear isn't it ??
Today actually was very um...challenging at times but great at others..
Docs trip was an absolute nightmare!! He only had to walk to the end of our road fortunately but boy what a journey..Roadworks with drills :eek: luckily his ear defenders were tucked in my bag so they went on and he trundled in to the docs ok until he saw... a baby He just associates them with noise blesshim and the dear LO was fast asleep but he refused to enter the waiting room,sat in the lobby bit under his coat with his hoodie up!! Then he did his nut about the different doc and to top it all of we saw a dog on the way home..a whole street away mind but it was enough to make him leg it :eek: so theres me huffing and puffing to keep up...him running screaming, away from the dog BUT towards the roadworks..zigzagging the main road...blimey I was soooo glad to get indoors!
Then we had,'never going out again cos theres dogs'...
He finally settled when we went into the garden...
We then spent a lovely afternoon digging up some veg for some soup and he even helped me peel and chop some!!
Then we played some boardgames until the other 2 herberts arrived home then the usual chaos decended...
Finally got my chicken in at 6.30 lol so we just had dippers/chickenburgers and chips for tea but they went down a treat!!
I've got a much quieter week next week *as far as I know now!* so will be baking up a storm hooray!!!!!!

Mollymop5

D&DD wrote: »

well done Molly :T so glad all the baking turned out well for you It so nice to see it all disappear isn't it ??
Today actually was very um...challenging at times but great at others..
Docs trip was an absolute nightmare!! He only had to walk to the end of our road fortunately but boy what a journey..Roadworks with drills :eek: luckily his ear defenders were tucked in my bag so they went on and he trundled in to the docs ok until he saw... a baby He just associates them with noise blesshim and the dear LO was fast asleep but he refused to enter the waiting room,sat in the lobby bit under his coat with his hoodie up!! Then he did his nut about the different doc and to top it all of we saw a dog on the way home..a whole street away mind but it was enough to make him leg it :eek: so theres me huffing and puffing...him running screaming away from the dog BUT towards the roadworks..zigzagging the main road...blimey I was soooo glad to get indoors!
Then we had,'never going out again cos theres dogs'...
He finally settled when we went into the garden...
cont in a mo

aw bless! You just seem to take everything in your stride though Dee.My hat goes off to you

Kaz2904

Need to get cracking and do some more baking.
I have in sr & plain, baking soda, all sorts of sugar. Treacle, golden syrup, raisins, and apricots. Probably more stuff. Any ideas? Ooh- I do need to go out and get some cooking marge though!