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

D&DD

JAMIEDODGER wrote: »

I havent got the choc yet:( on a really tight budget this week. need to get ds3 xmas prezzie sorted. once that is done, then only family to buy for as kids are all done:):T

the ironing keeps talking to me too:rotfl:, its like a petulant child but im ignoring it lol

i shall keep going on the baths. ds3 will NOT take the eyeQ (ds1 will though reluctantly lol) he nearly threw up when i gave it to him the second time! will have a rethink...any tips on good stuff to hide it in????:D

I'll stick DS3's ear defenders on then I might not hear it talking..:rotfl: works with the OH !!!!!:p

Re the eyeq,use it in the doughnuts,cakes, spread under jam on toast :search: they don't tend to taste it then..just don't lick your fingers when you touch it
I use it anywhere I would use oil for sweet stuff ie carrot cakes just sub a teaspoonful for a tspn of normal oil Its definately an aquired taste but worth persevering with..DS takes it off the spoon :eek: it took me 3 pints of coffee to get rid of the taste when I tried it :rotfl: You can also get away with a tablespoonful in bread

cheerfulness4

D&DD wrote: »

I am a sewing machinist by trade so I have a head start there..Comes in very handy!!

ahh that accounts for it. My mum was too and when I announced that I needed a kitchen pinny (quite deliberately in her presence :rolleyes: ) she had 3 made for me in the time it took me to find my navy cotton. Love my mum. She's so clever with a needle.

Well, listening to the comforting sounds of my doughnuts whirling in the BM, so now can drink my coffee and have a read up before making my food list.

Just remembered that I've got chicken leftover from yesterday, too, so think I'll make Delia's chicken, leek and cheese flan for tonight. Always impresses.

JAMIEDODGER

cheers dee, thats brilliant advice! i feel much better now knowing there are other ways i can get it into him!!:)

cheerfulness4

Woo hoo. Just cut out my doughnuts and I've got 28 good sized ones. :j

As I was getting the dough out of the BM I was doing mathmatical calculations in my head, trying to workout whether there would be enough made so that DS2 and I could sample a couple before the others got in (seeing as greed is my middle name). No need to worry now.

D&DD

cheerfulness4 wrote: »

I'll make Delia's chicken, leek and cheese flan for tonight. Always impresses.

Oooh just paddled in from the garden with some leeks..is the recipe in her books or online?? :j

PS how're the doughnuts..or can't you type with sticky fingers lol

bonsibabe

Does anyone have any recipes for chocolate spread or tomato ketchup?

It's sooo expensive and my kids love it (not together tho lol) that i thought i would try and make my own for a change.)

have been offered a breadmaker for nowt but need to see if i can get instructions for it online?

D&DD - thank you for the brownie recipe, my kids loved it! And it is the first thing i have baked that hasnt come out of a box. the kidsabsolutely loved them!! There are a few left but not too many so may just get 2 days of eating out of them!:T :j

Di:A

D&DD

bonsibabe wrote: »

Does anyone have any recipes for chocolate spread or tomato ketchup?

It's sooo expensive and my kids love it (not together tho lol) that i thought i would try and make my own for a change.)

have been offered a breadmaker for nowt but need to see if i can get instructions for it online?

D&DD - thank you for the brownie recipe, my kids loved it! And it is the first thing i have baked that hasnt come out of a box. the kidsabsolutely loved them!! There are a few left but not too many so may just get 2 days of eating out of them!:T :j


Di:A

Hi Bonsibabe I've done a gf/cf version of Thriftladys one from the Wartime Experiment thread, will dig it out and post later for you (got to go do the buns and leave them to prove while I dash out..)I have a *few*:o ketchup recipes too what sort do you like gloopy or thin lol...gf or normal??
Glad to hear the brownies went down well,they're next on my to do list today and times running out fast!

rosieben

bonsibabe wrote: »

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have been offered a breadmaker for nowt but need to see if i can get instructions for it online? ...

what make is the BM bonsibabe? hope you took it!! someone on here can probably help - I have a cookworks and a Prima one. tbh I'm sure the instructions wont be too difficult to figure if we put our heads together!

I know prima have an online manual and extra recipe book which is fab - I downloaded it last week.

Mollymop5

Hi does anyone make their own pasta? would you recommend it?

cheerfulness4

D&DD wrote: »

Oooh just paddled in from the garden with some leeks..is the recipe in her books or online?? :j

PS how're the doughnuts..or can't you type with sticky fingers lol

Ohh yum! The doughnuts are a total sucess. Both DH and DS1 are salivating over the thought of them as I've texted them both to say that they are done. We've eaten 9 between us. :eek: I honestly don't know how that many went.


Delia's recipe is in the Christmas book. Its called Turkey flan with cheese and leeks. If you need the recipe then I'll pm it to you.

Thats just reminded me that I have some leeks down the garden. They're not very big but they would be perfect for this and would save my onions. May have to trot down and pull a couple. :rolleyes:

Update: just checked, we've only eaten 8. Well that's a load off!