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

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  • elle_gee
    elle_gee Posts: 8,584 Forumite
    Have been a lurker in this thread for a while - took me six hours to catch up, reading everything I'd missed when I first found it!

    Thank you for all your fab recipes - I'm going to copy them all down and start baking instead of raiding the cake bar aisle in Tesco everytime!

    Please can i have your recommendations for breadmakers, model nos etc? I'm going to keep an eye out for bargains on ebay!

    Thanks again :)
  • Yategirl
    Yategirl Posts: 839 Forumite
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    MMMmmmmmmmMMMMMmmmmHHHHhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!! those iced buns were DELISH!! (I only had a corner mind! :lol: ) I made 8 - 4 have gone and got the seal of approval from ds's, dh and FIL - "just like shop bought" (which is *the* seal of approval from dh who believes only shop bought is best :rolleyes: ). We have 4 left for tea and these have home-made choc spread in them :D Next time I will double the number of buns as they were too large but yummy for a special treat!!

    I remembered that I have my mum's biscuit "gun" - looks like a tube, you can fit different nozzles/shapes on the end and you have a press handle to squeeze the mix through to make shaped biscuits - guess what.... there was a nozzle just perfect for putting the filling inside the buns!! :D (it is made by William Levene Housewares and looks like this (but plastic) )

    elle_gee - I have Lidl's breadmaker - was £30-40 (can't remember exactly) and it is wonderful! comes with a recipe book but I have had better success using other recipes.
  • jcr16
    jcr16 Posts: 4,185 Forumite
    how did u make home made chocolate spread please. that sounds delish in the bun's.
  • elle_gee - i dont use a bread maker - i do it by hand. which granted takes longer but is still jsut as rewarding and you still get to do all the chores or extra bakign because you have to leave the bread to prove (rise) for a bit then knock it back (beat the hell out of it) then shape and leave for a bit again before baking. If you fancy havign a try this way - seek out kethry or ill see if i can find a link because shes awesome when it comes to bread making.

    Thansk all for the kind words - am not feelign too bad now - had a nice bath this mornign for a bit and have sat down and chilled a bit today

    Of my list ive done
    [STRIKE]drying done[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]washing up done
    [/STRIKE]sheperds pie made
    [STRIKE]special reindeer cards written[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]list of little gifts needed[/STRIKE]
    elf gifts wrapped - will do tonight whislt watching Vernon :p
    bens room tidied
    bens bed redone with quilt
    dogs jumper washed - couldnt find it
    [STRIKE]our bedroom cleaned round[/STRIKE]
    clothes away - they are in the bedroom now atleast
    [STRIKE]bed made[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]bathroom tidied[/STRIKE]
    [STRIKE]toilet cleaned[/STRIKE]
    twinks hobnobs baked

    and at present Owen (bf) is bathing our 3 year old and ive just ordered my mother in laws family tree to be drawn up and the good news is i dont have to pay till after its done and she'll send me a copy of it to see if i want to change anything before the actual one is printed off. In total is going to cost me £16.50 (includign postage and packaging) plus she is really good and emails me everyday to double check things

    Am going to have to try and make some iced buns next week i think. and mreally must start makign the christmas list of things to get for christmas like little nibbles etc becasue bf tends to pick alot over christmas. keepign my fingers crossed i dont have to wrok christmas eve this year -because i love sitting down and wrapping all my presents on christmas eve. last year i had to work 1 - 8pm then come home, prepare the dinner and wrap all the presents - dont think i got to bed until about 2am ish - fingers crossed

    now i have to sit down adn go over recipes for my sisters bakign book which i havent written yet!

    QUESTION - when you first became a partner or homeowner etc what were the recipes you wish you'd known??? my sister is 20 and jsut setting up home with her bf of 2 years - they have a baby daughter (almsot 12 weeks) and a 2 year old in teh house and i forever get phonecalls of - how do i boil an egg so its dippy in the middle? Ive decided im goign to make her a baking book, as ive made her a baking hamper fro christmas (includes things like mixing bowl as the hamper, rollign pin, icing things (including tube for buns!) cookie cutters, sieve etc everythgin she needs, tins) so ive got a book for it ready to becoem a baking bible but im stuck for what to include. Im going to include recipes form this thread - will do a basic bread recipe too for making by hand etc - basic cake mix too and twinks hobnobs. any other suggestions appreciated!
    Time to find me again
  • rosieben
    rosieben Posts: 5,010 Forumite
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    a couple of soup recipes? there are loads on one of the threads here, let me know if you want a link

    apple braid!! sounds so yummy, I'm going to make some this week, you could include the savoury options too

    how about cauliflower cheese (good one on MrBadExample's cooking thread!),

    If she's a real beginner how about including scrambled eggs (microwave or saucepan versions), poached eggs, potato wedges, jacket potato with ideas for fillings, nice mash, cheesy mash etc potatoes are so versatile

    back if I think of more! :)
    ... don't throw the string away. You always need string! :D

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  • Hey peeps

    I knwo this is off topic but i figure your so good with every other aspect of things, baking, making and problem solving etc that im hear to wrack your brains for ideas - provided they arent eitehr ice bun coated ro doughnut coated yet!

    i want to make my dad a grandads survival kit for christmas and am making my final 'to get' list now. So far I pan ot put them in a nice box and include the following

    Marbles - to replace the ones you've lost raising your own kids
    safety pins - remember to stay safe always
    peppermints - because your worth a mint
    clock - to remind you that time passes too quickly - so cherish every minute.
    energy bar or tin of red bull - for that added boost when your grandkids arent tired, but you are.
    pain caplets/deep heat - to ease those aches and pains after a day of grandkids
    matches - to hold you eyes open after 7pm.
    sour sweets - to remind you kids can be sweet one minute and sour the next.

    Ok anymore ideas???
    Time to find me again
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Haven't been able to get on a pc all day *kids are home* :rolleyes: Will be in later when they're all in bed I only got on here now as they're having dinner!!!
  • lil_me
    lil_me Posts: 13,186 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    In a Grandad's box maybe a photo of the grandchildren, just for men that covers grey :rotfl: a cap/hat to cover where they make your hair fall out, gloves for when it's cold and you have to push them on the swings, a minature whiskey or whatever he likes for when they've all gone home and it's peaceful again. Ear plugs! A must with my 2.

    Well made lasagne with some of the bolognese batch cook, enough for 4 portions left after we had it for tea, I love lasagne so couldn't resist making it. I made the cheese sauce with powdered milk which I have never done before and was just as nice, will remember that for next time as milk is getting more and more expensive, I would have had to get more from the shop if I haddn't as I would have used up what we get delivered. 10 portions of chilli frozen and 4 of bolognese aswell. No bad work I don't think. :) enough chilli to last us until after Xmas really.

    Only made biscuits, to be honest the recipe was not very good and they are more like small cakes than biscuits.

    Going to nosey on the uktvfood website as Donna Hay I think her name is was on a Market Kitchen I watched last night and she made some lovely looking chocolate puddings, see if I can find the recipe as I fancy something chocolate.

    Need to meal plan tonight for the week, week tomorrow is the end of my GC target and fingers crossed I will come under budget again. I need to work out the budget for December aswell.

    D&DD hope you manage to nudge them off soon, I'm a naughty Mam as they both have their own PCs in their bedrooms, we also have a main PC and 3 laptops. They hate me because even if it's in their room I restrict how much they use it, because I am mean. I use the laptop on a night as I keep my legs warm with it, PC is in the conservatory, it's freezing in there and I refuse to put the electric heater on because I am too tight. DP did comment of why buy a heater then won't use it :rotfl:
    One day I might be more organised...........:confused:
    GC: £200
    Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    Hi Sammy theres a load on here for you to wade through :D

    http://www.budget101.com/survival_kits.htm

    lil_me we have 2 pcs in bedrooms and DS2 has laptop as he can't sit up at one but I still couldn't find an empty one! They have now finished dinner and are currently annihalating Dad upstairs :rotfl: so I grabbed the laptop :D nice and snuggly ;)

    *rolls sleeves up*
    Right bakewell tart recipe is coming in a sec..I have a nice bramble and apple curd recipe also if you're like me and have a deluge of blackberries from the garden shower you everytime you open a certain drawer of the freezer...
  • D&DD
    D&DD Posts: 4,405 Forumite
    1lb blackberries
    1 lb cooking apples (peeled cored and diced)
    juice and finely grated zest of 2 lemons (unwaxed)
    1 lb caster sugar
    4 eggs,beaten
    4 oz butter (unsalted is best for this but not essential):D

    Chuck fruit in a pan with lemon zest+ 2 tablspns water and cook til pulpy.Put fruit through a sieve (or mouli if you have one..I got one of these after watching Hugh Foo Woo with one..).
    Put pulp into a microwavable bowl add lemon juice and sugar.Stir til sugar dissolves.
    Beat eggs lightly and add to fruit pulp.
    Cook on 50% power until thick and creamy (or over a pan of hot water on the stove)
    Pour into cool sterilised jars.Store in the fridge for up to 6 weeks..*never lasts that long here*..lovely used in tarts and cakes for something different;)
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