The Prepping Thread - A Newer Beginning ;)

VJsmum

Wow, that seems a lot of flour taff - do you do a lot of baking?  i think i've used about half that for the four of us.  i bake once a week, though.
I think winding stuff down is also about building it up though.  I do tend to wind it down in the summer, take stock and see what's been used (beans, tomato soup) and what hasn't (lentil soup (i am not mad on tinned soup and the others don't much like the lentil!), corned beef).  I eat a lot of nuts and seeds (unsalted and chopped, i sprinkle them on cereal and yogurt) but have stocked up too many at the moment, and we seem to be overrun with cracker type things (oatcakes, rice cakes, breadsticks, flatbreads) and peanut butter!  Come the autumn, i'll take stock again and see what to put in for Justin in the winter.  Last year my tomatoes made 22 jars of green tomato chutney and i've probably got about 10 left but i did give loads away.  the two of us have probably got through about 4 jars since September - which seems a lot. 
I make 'ma made' marmalade so we have between 1 and 6 jars of that in at a time.

-taff

Do I do a lot of baking? I must do even though I didn't think I did...:) I think once I dsocivered plain flour could be used as a bread flour subsitute I started doing that occasionally which I hadn't before. At the moment, I'm making a lot of yoghurt flatbreads because I'm on a diet and they are cheap, easy, quick and filling, OH also loves them so we've had those nearly every day last week. We both don't mind eating the same thing again and again if it's nice or if it has variations. He once lived on tuna mayo jacket potatoes for a year because the little differences in every meal made it a fun meal. We might be a little bit weird. But very dedicated to tuna mayo JPs [ I didn't tell him that's all I ordered when I went to a cafe once a week when I lived in Wales for exactly the same reason..]

VJsmum

I also will eat the same thing for several days - or alternate days.  I'm currently staying away from home to do some writing by myself and i operate on very little stocks here.  i made a veggie cassoulet on saturday that  i will have again tonight, i bought a very ripe camembert (that is stinking me out  ) so have had cheese and biscuits or cheese and apple for lunch every day. 

though now i'm quite fancying a JP with tuna mayo  

Karmacat

VJsmum said:

I also will eat the same thing for several days - or alternate days.  I'm currently staying away from home to do some writing by myself and i operate on very little stocks here.  

Ooh!  That's very interesting VJsmum, can you tell us anything about what you're writing?

-taff

I had one of those too! OH complained so much I put it in the freezer and it's still there awaiting my day of diet abandon... Until you said I realised I don't actually check my stocks spcifically  in the sense of what have we used and what is still there for the odd occasion although i do keep a vague idea in my head about what we need and what we have. OH is on lates this week so again I can eat things he wouldn't necessarily so this the chance to use up more tins of beans, I do love a cassoulet and I'm sure I can swing one this evening using a couple of pork steaks with the fat cut off [usually my favourite crispy part of them]

You've given me the idea now so I think I will do that this week and reorganise and possibly even meal plan a little bit. To be honest, apart from fresh veg and chicken, we could live off what is in the cupboards for months because I am a very vigorous stocker in case...Besides all the veg that will be growing. Maybe I should challenge myself seriously to do that.

-taff

Karmacat said:

VJsmum said:

I also will eat the same thing for several days - or alternate days.  I'm currently staying away from home to do some writing by myself and i operate on very little stocks here.  

Ooh!  That's very interesting VJsmum, can you tell us anything about what you're writing?

I'm glad you asked, i wanted to

Floss

@-taff could you share your flatbread recipe please? Being a single, I find I have to make an effort to use even a half loaf, so making flatbreads sounds quite appealing. Do you use a flat griddle to cook them on?

-taff

equal quantities of plain flour with baking powder or SR flour and plain youghurt [ I'm currently using 0% greek fage because that's what I have], you may need slightly more yoghurt depending on how dry the flour is, I usally end up putting in a teaspoon or so. Bit of salt, mix and knead for a minute or two. Divide and roll out, you will need a well floured board and pin for this, and then plonk in a dry non stick frying pan on a medium heat [I have a crepe/pancake pan from ikea and use that - or you could use a non stick baking sheet on the hob ring]. Turn when you like the look of it. I use 120g of flour and the same of yoghurt and make four with that but I roll out very very thinly, but it's up to you how thin or how thick you want it. Thinner obviosuly cooks a lot quicker. I tried it with dried oregano yesterday, it was OK but the flavours were a bit overshadowed by the babganoush.

VJsmum

Karmacat said:

VJsmum said:

I also will eat the same thing for several days - or alternate days.  I'm currently staying away from home to do some writing by myself and i operate on very little stocks here.  

Ooh!  That's very interesting VJsmum, can you tell us anything about what you're writing?

Oh, sorry, not that interesting I'm afraid (well, it is to me...).  Some know that i finished my PhD last year (Dr VJsmum - lol) and i'm attempting to write a journal article or two from it for publication. Been looking at research jobs in academia but it seems it's not enough to have the doctorate now, you need a track record of publication too.  As i'm knocking on a bit, a 'career' in research may be unavailable to me now (and i'm not sure i want a full time, permanent job now) so if i can trot out a couple of papers we'll see where it might get me... THe thesis was about women's careers in the construction industry.  

(Edit - loads of 'now's in that.  I'm supposed to be a writer 🙄🤣)

Floss

Thank you @-taff