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

mummysaver

Hi Donna - I use stale bread to make bruscetta - toast or griddle then rub with garlic! Kids like doing this! Can serve with anything you'd normally serve with garlic bread, but also lovely with hoummous, pate or dips. Can also grate and use as breadcrumbs, they freeze quite well. Guess you could prob use it for bread and butter pudding, if you like them?

edit: hob nobs are now sitting in the kitchen looking and tasting lovely, how easy are they to make! Also made some of the millie's cookies, this time with apricots and choc chips and vanilla essence, smell lovely - must hide them when they cool down, planning to put some in the freezer for lunchboxes, and they won't get there if I don't put them in before kids arrive home!

Justamum

OMG Shaz they look delicious!!!

mummysaver - what are Millie's Cookies?

donnajt

thanks mummysaver - i looovvvvvvvveeeeeeeee bread and butter and bread pudding unfortunately the rest of the family don't so it goes straight onto my hips/tums :mad: . am also looking thru the lovefoodhatewaste website - they have some really nice recipes on there

do you have the recipe for millies cookies?? i haven't tried these yet

mummysaver

Just a quick note to say this isn't my recipe, think it might be Weezl's or have come off her challenge thread, so thanks to whoever originally posted it! :j

3oz butter
3oz granulated sugar
3oz brown sugar (can just use all white granulated, works just fine)
vanilla essence
1 egg
6oz s/r flour
pinch salt
4oz choc chips

Mix all ingredients together. Preheat oven to 180c. Put spoonfuls on greaseproof paper and cook for 11 mins precisely.

Cookies should still be soft when they come out of the oven, they will harden a bit. Peel off greaseproof when they cool.

You can replace the choc with raisins and they are our fave at the mo! Also works well with orange essence and replacing a tbsp of flour with cocoa powder. We like tesco value choc best in these, asda stuff disintigrates! dd2 is an expert at making these now, she has made so many! Have had to give recipe to lots of neighbours in the village now - except one who laughed and said it's ok the girls can just come and cook at your house :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Just had one of my choc and apricot ones, not as nice as the raisin ones though!

D&DD

Just nipped in to say I managed to get a pie maker in TJ Hughes today for £10 :j :j
Been after one for a while *as if I need more gadgets...*
All is well with the boys we've been to see about DS2's op so we know whats what there now(I'll bore you all with the details later) and DS3 has finally been told he's going to get a specialist school :j WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!
So as things are currently looking good I'll be able to be about on here a bit more















PS *I also bought a bargain greenhouse from Wilkinsons!*

Chuzzle

Great news D&DD, I have read through this post from start to finish and had been wondering if things were ok wiht you as you'd not been around for a while. I shall alos be checking out my nearest TJ Hughes - although DH probably won't agree we need another gadget!!

mama67

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

Made hobnobs and drizzled with chocolate



They have disappeared overnight need to investigate


Shaz

Look scrummy Shaz

mama67

D&DD wrote: »

Just nipped in to say I managed to get a pie maker in TJ Hughes today for £10 :j :j
Been after one for a while *as if I need more gadgets...*
All is well with the boys we've been to see about DS2's op so we know whats what there now(I'll bore you all with the details later) and DS3 has finally been told he's going to get a specialist school :j WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!
So as things are currently looking good I'll be able to be about on here a bit more















PS *I also bought a bargain greenhouse from Wilkinsons!*

Great news D&DD

Yategirl

D&DD wrote: »

Just nipped in to say I managed to get a pie maker in TJ Hughes today for £10 :j :j
Been after one for a while *as if I need more gadgets...*
All is well with the boys we've been to see about DS2's op so we know whats what there now(I'll bore you all with the details later) and DS3 has finally been told he's going to get a specialist school :j WOOHOO!!!!!!!!!!!
So as things are currently looking good I'll be able to be about on here a bit more















PS *I also bought a bargain greenhouse from Wilkinsons!*

Great news Dee! Will be good to see you back on MSE/thread

Sorry everyone for not being round... time seems to have flown by and I have lost the inclination to cook goodies but slowly getting my steam back and hope to be back on thread soon

ravylesley

Well Dee long time no see:D

Glad that things are finally sorting themselves out for you and as for you boring us zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz never!:rotfl:

Hmmm Pie Maker I like the thought of it but does anyone else have one and what are the pies like?
Hubby might get a bit miffed though as I've just bought an Actifry and a new waffle maker:eek:

Lesleyxx