Reverse Meal Planning

spooney7

Baileys_Babe said:

spooney7 said:

@Baileys_Babe Do you have a link for the banana and chocolate loaf recipe please? My OH loves bananas but never finishes them, and I’m really not a fan of banana bread myself!

Banana Bread

Ingredients

375g Self-raising flour

Pinch of Salt

225g Caster sugar

150g Melted butter

3 beaten Eggs 

375g Peeled Banana (very ripe)

110g Dark chocolate (chopped)

150g Walnuts chopped (optional)

Method

1. Grease loaf tins

2. Preheat oven 180ᐤC/350ᐤF/Gas mark 4

3. Mix the flour, salt & sugar

4. Add the butter & eggs and stir

5. Roughly mash banana

6. Add chocolate, bananas and walnuts (optional)

7. Mix to thoroughly combine

8. Divide equally between prepared tins

9. Bake for 55 minutes, check after 40 minutes

10. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then turn out onto a cooling rack

11. Store in an airtight container or freeze either whole or sliced

Thank you, I look forward to giving this a try!

candygirl

I'm taking  Mum's shopping today, n we will sit at least 10 ft apart in the garden n have a chat.I take my own drink, never go in the house, n we both use hand gel after the bag swap 😁

Suffolk_lass

I have picked the first asparagus of the year from our garden and we will be having it steamed with egg salad for our supper. We realised we were quite hungry about three this afternoon and had our lunch (brunch in my case) then so a light supper is all we need. I want to try and shift the few pounds I feel as though I am carrying. Eating a load of (supposedly Easter) chocolate early in April was the cause. I just need to face up to the fact that I don't do moderation where chocolate is concerned.

suki1964

If you are shopping, helping out other family members, remember this is ALLOWED, so don't be feeling guilty or like you are breaking the rules. Sitting in the garden a safe distance , not sharing cups and glasses and the loo is perfectly acceptable and its great for your mental well being So stay for a natter whilst the weather is good and you can socially distance. You probably get closer to people in the supermarket after all

Pyxis

Suffolk_lass said:

I have picked the first asparagus of the year from our garden and we will be having it steamed with egg salad for our supper. We realised we were quite hungry about three this afternoon and had our lunch (brunch in my case) then so a light supper is all we need. I want to try and shift the few pounds I feel as though I am carrying. Eating a load of (supposedly Easter) chocolate early in April was the cause. I just need to face up to the fact that I don't do moderation where chocolate is concerned.

I am so jealous of your asparagus!
I usually take full advantage of my veg box people around this time to buy English asparagus for as long as it lasts, but because of the huge problems they are currently having, their selection of veg on offer is extremely limited, and so far, no asparagus. ☹️

Suffolk_lass

Pyxis said:

Suffolk_lass said:

I have picked the first asparagus of the year from our garden and we will be having it steamed with egg salad for our supper. We realised we were quite hungry about three this afternoon and had our lunch (brunch in my case) then so a light supper is all we need. I want to try and shift the few pounds I feel as though I am carrying. Eating a load of (supposedly Easter) chocolate early in April was the cause. I just need to face up to the fact that I don't do moderation where chocolate is concerned.

I am so jealous of your asparagus!
I usually take full advantage of my veg box people around this time to buy English asparagus for as long as it lasts, but because of the huge problems they are currently having, their selection of veg on offer is extremely limited, and so far, no asparagus. ☹️

Don't be too excited, it is about 6 crowns left (after they were mistakenly dug out and dried by someone who thought they were weeds in their first year - they have never cropped well) - I have actually ordered ten more - they take two or three years normally before they are really productive. Ours are too close to the autumn fruiting raspberries (invasive interlopers) and keep having their tendrils disturbed by these competitors! - Our regional news showed lots of furloughed people having a go in the asparagus fields near us, they looked a bit slow but at least they had some volunteer pickers.

On the other hand it was just delicious, with a tiny bit of butter, some grated cheese, salt and pepper

Pyxis

Suffolk_lass said:

Pyxis said:

Suffolk_lass said:

I have picked the first asparagus of the year from our garden and we will be having it steamed with egg salad for our supper. We realised we were quite hungry about three this afternoon and had our lunch (brunch in my case) then so a light supper is all we need. I want to try and shift the few pounds I feel as though I am carrying. Eating a load of (supposedly Easter) chocolate early in April was the cause. I just need to face up to the fact that I don't do moderation where chocolate is concerned.

I am so jealous of your asparagus!
I usually take full advantage of my veg box people around this time to buy English asparagus for as long as it lasts, but because of the huge problems they are currently having, their selection of veg on offer is extremely limited, and so far, no asparagus. ☹️

Don't be too excited, it is about 6 crowns left (after they were mistakenly dug out and dried by someone who thought they were weeds in their first year - they have never cropped well) - I have actually ordered ten more - they take two or three years normally before they are really productive. Ours are too close to the autumn fruiting raspberries (invasive interlopers) and keep having their tendrils disturbed by these competitors! - Our regional news showed lots of furloughed people having a go in the asparagus fields near us, they looked a bit slow but at least they had some volunteer pickers.

On the other hand it was just delicious, with a tiny bit of butter, some grated cheese, salt and pepper

Drool! 😋

Suffolk_lass

Lots more little spears of asparagus seem to have been encouraged by cutting the first lot, so we will get at least one more meal from ours this year. In the meantime I need to do something with leeks as DH cleared the bed and I have about 30 to process today - I think I will do 'cheesy leeks' (baked leeks in cheese sauce), possibly with jacket potato as I also have two pints of milk that were sell by 17th (bought by DH on 17th because that was what they had). The rest will be prepped, washed and dried, then frozen now there is a little space in the big shed freezer

Suffolk_lass

Ooh thanks - that would make a change. I've got half a jar of arrabiata pesto I need to use up. If I do that today I will need to do something else with the milk.

Baileys_Babe

With the milk could you make a cheese sauce for the freezer or rice pudding or make yoghurt?