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

morwenna

donnajt wrote: »

I have one mammoth week ahead of cooking, DD turns 8 on tuesday and I have to cater for a picnic of 12 adults and 11 kids. I was going to be naughty and buy a platter of M&S sarnies for the adults but the cost...so, I have a beef joint which I will slow cook on Monday for beef & horseradish, was going to do coronation chicken (easy peasy), and something plainer - any ideas???

Kids, I am going to make two types of sarnies, babybel cheeses, yogs, fruit and crisps

I'm going to make a huge batch of sausage rolls for all of us and a load of cupcakes with the delicious chocolate frosting that one of your lovelies posted - I've experimented and DD's favourite is white chocolate with pink icing

Then I have got 30 for dinner so I am going to make the biggest pizza's and serve it with salad

Dessert will be birthday cake, more cupcakes and left over xmas chocolate

If anybody has any fantastic picnic/lunch ideas - I'd love to hear them

I made sausage rolls with cranberry sauce, put a bit too much cranberry in but they disappeared in 10 mins

I would definetly (sp - I cannot spell that word!) do Nigella's mini meatloaves - dead easy and DD2 (11) and DS (23) loved them! The tomato an bacon flan recipe I posted ages ago on here is good and sturdy! (so good picnic food, transports better than regular quiche which is too floppy, IMO.)

shaz_mum_of__2

Hi Donnajt

How about :

veg fritatta baked in the oven then cool and cut into slices (a quiche without pastry if you like

Savoury scones spread with cream cheese

What about a soup in a flask after all its still a bit cold outside

Mini pasties (ready rolled puff pastry at tesco on bogof) corned beef onion and mash potato filling

Chicken drumsticks

Homemade scotch eggs not difficult but time consuming

Homemade cheese straws(puff pastry eggwashed and sprinkled with lots parmesan then twisted and baked can use seeds instead of cheese too)

Thats all i can think of for now

Sharronx

Ps is that the 1st April if so its my mums birthday too but shes 60 and i am doing her a buffet as a surprise

boredofbeingathome

Donna how about sparkly jelly for the kids as well?
Any pack of jelly with lemonade instead of water (sugar free varities) Mine all used to love it when little- in fact they still do...lol.
They also like home made pizzas, and stews or hotpots always go down well at parties as does a pasta bake with garlic bread. Have done all of the above and nibbles for well under £10 and everyone loves it. My family very big so over 20-25 there on and off.

minimooch

I usually make the spinach fritata I posted a while back (search for "tata", I just did to get the number then promptly forgot it - doh) when doing picnics, can make a day in advance, cut into cubes.

and of course what about an apple braid, or savory version. Thats a firm favorite for any picnics now.

I also like to make pinwheels, from the panny book. the ones where you roll out the dough, throw on a filling, roll it up like a swiss roll, then cut into slices and bake. They freeze well so good to make in advance. I've found tomatoe puree and cheese, or cheese and ham very popular with the children, and less messy than a grated cheese sarnie

mas999

Why not have a look at

www.traybakes.co.uk

there are over 50 traybake recipes both bake and non bake.

This is a forum site set up to share recipes, free just register and use

mark

D&DD

:hello: Wow its late must get off to bed

Things are a bit dodgy here at present due to school issues STILL :mad:
Looks like we'll be off to tribunal soon and DS2 has been told to prepare for his spinal fusion :eek: so its unlikely I'll be about much still for a bit longer

.I REALLY miss the forum but just too pressed for time at the mo to post *too busy [STRIKE]nagging[/STRIKE]lobbying MP's * :rotfl: if you see some mad woman in a rather fetching pinny chained to the railings outside the Education Offices you'll know its me

Hope you're all keeping well and baking up a storm!
love Dee XXX

chardonnay_2

missed you d&dd, all the best and hope things sort out soon

carriebradshaw

everyone misses you, especially on this thread Dee,hope you get everything sorted out and all is well
xx

shaz_mum_of__2

No One has been posting im sure Dee would rather we kept up the good work in her absence so i will start

i have been delving the depths of the freezer and pantry this week sunday we had Leftover hash :loads of cooked veg(onion,peppers, peas cherry tomatoes) and potatoes(diced ) fried up in a pan then put in an ovenproof dish topped with 1 can corned beef cut into cubes and some grated cheese grilled until golden served with scrambled eggs and barbecue beans

Monday:spicy prawn bolognese Onions mushroom courgette chilli garlic fried few mins add prawns and passsata and italian seasoning simmer 20 mins serve with pasta shells good as hold the sauce

Tuesday :bacon and stilton pie :value bacon bits sauteed with onion leek and mushrooms add flour milk mixed herbs sir in crumbled stilton and a cooking apple (diced) after 10 mins add some walnuts put in a pie dish top with ready rolled puff pastry (bogof @Mr T) bake til golden


I have pics how do i post them my posting rules box says no attachments???

Shazx

morwenna

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

No One has been posting im sure Dee would rather we kept up the good work in her absence so i will start

i have been delving the depths of the freezer and pantry this week sunday we had Leftover hash :loads of cooked veg(onion,peppers, peas cherry tomatoes) and potatoes(diced ) fried up in a pan then put in an ovenproof dish topped with 1 can corned beef cut into cubes and some grated cheese grilled until golden served with scrambled eggs and barbecue beans


Shazx

Thanks for that Shaz_mum_of_two! I have been looking for something "different" to do with Corned Beef.

I am having a cheap month this month - so have done a lot of "store cupboardary" cooking :rotfl:

Made HM pizza - using actual BM dough. Made beef stew using fridge remnant veggies and frozen beef stock. Made Twinks Hobnobs using "posh porridge" as mentioned earlier - scrummy! Need to use up lemons now - any ideas?