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

morwenna

I've been meaning to post this for a while, as it's very easy and most people have the ingredients in. It makes for a quite robust flan too, good for picnics or taking to someone's house. You will have to bear with me on quantities as this is truely one of those concocted things based on what I had in the first time I made it!!

4 rashers bacon, chopped (I use smoked.)
One onion, chopped.
One can peeled plum tomatoes. (Also chopped but I don't buy them that way, drained of excess juice.)
2 eggs
Grated cheese, I use Mature cheddar a good couple of handfuls.
Worcestershire sauce
Pastry case, baked blind

Fry onions and bacon until the onions are soft, add tomatoes and cook on a low light until the excess liquid has gone and the tomatoes are mush. Let cool for a bit then add the beaten eggs and cheese stirring to combine. Add Worcestershire. Dollop into the pastry case and bake at about gas 4 for about half an hour until risen.

It puffs up a lot when cooked, and sinks as it cools. This is good hot or cold and very substantial.

(thanks everyone for your kind wishes I guess I was having a bit of a blue day yesterday, I am back on form today!)

Yategirl

Morning had a good time at IL's... came home with a "doggy bag" which will be great for a snack tea in front of "Elf" tonight with the kids - will make some popcorn and maybe a jam sponge to go with it Unfortunatley... ds1 was up in the night throwing up.... he is fine now though :undecided just hope no-one else gets it......

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!{hugs}}}}}}}}} to everyone in need. Morwenna - you ok? As Dee said.. come and chat/pm if you need to chat

D&DD wrote: »

Yategirl ... now come on confess were you really that well behaved :rotfl: Did you really only buy one thing ???;)

Yes! actually spent quite a bit :rolleyes: 2 goes on the bouncy castle, guess the weight of the sweets x2, guess the name of the cuddly toy x4, 5x goes on the tombola (won one item), 4x goes on the red stall, 4 strips of the raffle, 2 lucky dips, 2 visits to santa... and then ds's bought some lego and a jigsaw out of their own money... so technically... I bought only one thing for me ah well.... tis a charity and ds's have benefitted from the preschool

Am a bit of a loose end today... have a roast in the oven and have cleaned the bathroom... can't make cake till the oven is empty... guess I should get it ready though and make use of the heat.....

LashyLashla

I won a donut maker from Ebay today :j No Tescos in Australia for the bargain one but i got it for $11.00 and $15.00 postage. Got it with my earnings on Paypal. Ive told hubby he can give it to me as my
Christmas :snow_laug pressie as long as he also provides all the related donut making ingredients so can someone please give a couple of recipes for the beloved donut.

Thank you

jcr16

lil_me yes i did ask for it , can't say i didn't i spose. but omg. the dust.:eek: lol

ddd sorry to hear you had a bad day. hope things get better soon.


i feel mega stressed , yet really calm. my belly has grown over night :eek: and i am having lots of back pain. so generally feel yuckky at mo. so much i want to do , but not been sleeping so feel shattered.:mad:

last night i made spag bol for dinner. found a jar of ragu i forgot about and oh it was the neicest meal i had in ages,:j as it was so quick yet filling. made me feel great. kids loved it. ( so did the cats , lol):rotfl:

lounge looks even worse now.:eek: but as saying goes ' it gets worse before gets better'

hopefully tho will get a fair bit done tomoz as hubby got a half day at work as we got our 20 week scan.:T

the quiches recipe looks great will have to try that out, when i get organized.

i must admit yesterday i felt so bogged down with the cleaning. i just stopped left the house a state :rotfl: , made play dough for kids and i made a cake. it felt wonderful. kids and i had a great time. 2 friends dropped in ( they had to climb over stuff, anthea turner would die) but we had a good giggle :grouphug: and chat which was excellent:coffee: .

it blowing a gale here , feels like house is about to take off , rainning heavy and i LOVE it.

Were off out on a family outting to local garden centre which has the most amazing xmas display's :xmastree: . then dinner at in-law's.

kids can't wait to see santa :santa2: . hope he got a spare hour or 2 while my daughter tells him the long list of htings she wan'ts :rotfl: .

Lashylashla congrats on winning the donut maker - think i',m getting one for xmas. mil mentioned she saw a nice pink one.;)

Yategirl

Could someone please link me to Kethry's onion marmalade recipe... I can't find it!

!!!!!!!!{hugs}}}}} jcr16... forget the house mess.. get dh to give you a hand! more important you rest and have fun with your littlies

ravylesley

This is my first post on this thread but I've been reading it for a while before I decided to open my gob and chip my two pence in lol

I have a donut maker and I love it to bits but I dont ice my donuts I just do them plain and stick a bowl of melted chocolate on the table as a dip and I know its unhealthy but the kids love it

Taurusb you are going to love your ice-cream maker I used to have one of those ones with a freezable bowl.But as my freezer is always crammed to the gills I never had any space to freeze it so I treated myself to one with a built in refridgeration unit and its one of my best buys ever as the kids love the stuff and its really quick and easy to use.

Now I want a dehydrator to play with in the summer when there are plenty of fruits and veg about that are cheap.I couldnt even begin to think about growing my own veg as our garden is full with slides and swings and is strictly the property of my four kids.But I am full of admiration for all of you that do though

Lesleyxx

johanne

jcr16 wrote: »

i feel mega stressed , yet really calm. my belly has grown over night :eek: and i am having lots of back pain. so generally feel yuckky at mo. so much i want to do , but not been sleeping so feel shattered.:mad:

JCR16 - OOOh so glad im not the only one...! My baby belly grew overnight too! :rotfl: Im 21 weeks tomorrow and know exactly how you feel about not sleeping, back pain and feeling generally yucky. I had my 20 week scan on thursday and told were "probably" having a little girl! :j :j




Im trying so hard to resist buying a donut maker and now you through ice cream makers into the topic aswell??!! What are you trying to do...!! I just dont have the space..! :rotfl:

Still trying to live out the freezer... had takeaway this week and 2 nights eating out at mums and OH's so hardly used any of my food as havent cooked at home since tuesday Even had to bin some fridge stuff this morning :eek: :eek:


I did make a gorgeous batch of baking last sunday though which included sausage rolls, cheese and onion pasties, iced buns and an apple braid which ive been eating throughout the week for lunches in work etc. Just dont have the energy this week to stand in the kitchen baking

But still keeping inspired by this thread....!!

D&DD

:j Whew its been a different day altogether today thankfully!!!
Got up early and by lunchtime had finished all the washing backlog..did my 'Mount Everest' sized pile of ironing this morning so now only have a few bits to do off the airer when they're dried..
This morning I put on the rolls when I got up and while they were going in the Panny I made up some braid dough in the Morphy Richards..
Baked brownies for school for DS3 and a lemon tray bake from the dinnerlady book for the 2 eldest's lunches plus some apple spice muffins
Started the veg for dinner and the boys decided they fancied shepherds pie so was able to prepare that before we headed for Mr T's ...oh my god the queues :eek: :eek:
DS3 had a total freakout at all the people and had to be sat in the trolley with his coat over his head clutching his strawberries poor little mite..I know now why we never venture into a supermarket with him anymore usually...
Managed to get 2 x strawberries knocked down @£1.48 a punnet plus some Cravendale reduced as it was 'pranged' Total sum for shopping today was £6.73 so running total so far for my experiment is
£47.85p

D&DD

johanne wrote: »

JCR16 - OOOh so glad im not the only one...! My [STRIKE]baby[/STRIKE] belly grew overnight too! :rotfl:

:rotfl: so did mine but I think its due to piggin' out on the tin of heroes
Glad to see you're still at it Johanne I got really tired during the middle bits of my pregnancies maybe you and Jcr should put your feet up for a couple of days and be waited on..:A well we can dream can't we
being bumped off for a while back later to see what you all had for tea

JAMIEDODGER

evening all:)

dee - i know what its like, i never take any of my lads to the supermarket anymore, ds3 cant stand the lighting or the noise, and it makes ds1&2 hyperactive, with all the noise and the people! glad you had a better day today!

i made kethrys bread again, 8 rolls and a loaf! it is really yum!

my dinner was sausage casserole made in SC, and the kids all had bread and butter, slices of cheese and sausage, quiche, hard boiled eggs, donuts with green icing:eek: and cups of tea.

i have been readingu up on dehydrators and wine making today:D i will have all that space in the new pantry, i cant wait to fil it up!!