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

danksshady

this thread is amazing - I have spent the last 3 days reading from page 1 :eek:
got to say you all amaze me and have inspired me to store more and cook more from scratch.
my resolution this year was to cut back on grocery bills,cook more from scratch and clean naturally rather than chemicals.
I have 6 kids two of which have ASD - DS13 has more ASD tendancies than DS8 who is more ADHD
I can realate to so much in this thread - so well done all of you so inspiring:T

Ellidee

danksshady did you know that there is a thread, started by Snaggles, on the Ms in Marriages, Relationships & Families board , called 'Aspergers/ASD Support Thread ' ? HTH

danksshady

Ellidee wrote: »

danksshady did you know that there is a thread, started by Snaggles, on the Ms in Marriages, Relationships & Families board , called 'Aspergers/ASD Support Thread ' ? HTH

thank you - I will check that out:T

joey_2

Wow! The apple and cherry braid worked perfectly even though I put the unmelted butter straight in the breadmaker. Absolutely gorgeous thankyou.:j

rosieben

joey wrote: »

Wow! The apple and cherry braid worked perfectly even though I put the unmelted butter straight in the breadmaker. Absolutely gorgeous thankyou.:j

I never bother to melt the butter first, it works fine. Got one in the BM now, will do a savoury (cheese and chopped onion possibly) and a sweet one, going to try spreading jam or lemon curd on the inside, then ice the top when cooked...... :j

amanda40

I probably wouldn't have melted butter either....

WIll know to do it now - thanks Joey

bebee_2

Well i have become totally inspired by this thread. Today i sorted out my baking cupboard i have to admit i had to fling quite a few things away as they were sooooo out of date.
I have now checked my store and replenished my flour and bits and i'm raring to go.
I did Liver and Bacon Casserole in the SC and bakes some small cakes for after tea. although half had gone before tea was put onto the table.

Also did some printing of today of some of the recipes, although the Soft rolls i can't find what gas mark to cook them on ? can anyone advise me please

jcr16

joey i always melt the butter for my apple braids. nto sure why but always have melted butter beforeadding to BM recipes.

however i find the braids turn out just as good weather butter melted or not , so i guess it just down to personal choice in the end.

well last night hubby went out to hockey and both kids fell asleep really quick. i was so bored and restless , that i though if i don't get on with stuff i am really gonna go insane.

so i measured out all the ingredaints in a bowl to make the rainbow cakes then i sat in lounge just mixing away. didn't wanna stand for too long or make myslef poorly so i just took it easy. i made a bathc of rainbow cakes and a batch of chocoalte fairy cakes. it eas so relaxing i felt great. i really enjoyed it.

i have at the mo got a chilli in the slow cooker. it uses chunkc of lamb but said beef would work just as well. i got it from this months Easy cook magazine. it smells very spicy. my taste buds are all pete tong at mo so no idea if i will like itlol. just waiting for little girl to go to bed then hubby and i gonna have our tea. son is already in bed asleep. he is shattered.

first night in ages hubby and i are havign a sperate meal to kids. havign time to ourselevs.

ravylesley

jcr16 hope the meal is lovely and make the most of it as you'll be back to hastily consumed meals once the new baby comes along

I've made the braid recipe loads of times now and never used melted butter and its come out lovely every time

Well been a busy old day here.Had to spend ages getting parcels ready for posting of the items we sold on Ebay and also contacting the sellers to collect the bigger items.Managed to get a bit of cooking done tried out the banana bread and it is much nicer than my old recipe which was a bit stodgy.Also made some scones to be filled with cream and jam tomorrow.Naughty I know but lovely:D Also made some Choc cornflake cakes as we had half a box of cornflakes that needed using up.We had an extra mouth to feed for tea as my ES had a schoolfriend round for tea.They had HM Chicken Nuggets and wedges and I ended up with clean plates so it couldnt have been that bad:D

Lesleyxx

D&DD

Tomorrow is
MUFFIN DAY :j
On the agenda so far are...
Sweet
Raspberry and white choc
Apple spice
Blueberry and Cranberry
Choccie and choc chip

Savoury
Onion chilli and cheese
Ham and cheese
Bacon and apple*
Sweet potato rosemary and sesame seed*

I have quite a few muffin tins as well as the mini muffin tin so should plough through all these hopefully
The last two are new ones on me out of the shiny new muffinbook but look scrummy!!
I'm more of a savoury snacker so are the two older boys so hopefully these'll come out ok!

Today had mini toad in the hole with powdered sage,onion,pepper and chilli added in to the batter was lovely!
Just made it a bit different as this is one of our staple dinners..the boys love their sausages and yes we do buy good ones now!!

Got HUGE strawberries today in Tesco's also picked up freebies from Julian Graves via the daily mail
5 packets of snacks free!!
Got my kettle and I needn't have worried about the whistle being too loud...ours sounds like a sparrow with tonsillitus !!!
Also used my boots health club thing to get halfprice vits and a pigsback boots voucher to pay for it so ended up with change...