2022 Frugal Living Challenge

Primrose

O be honest I suspect they would need a little heat. And. If yiur kitxhen wi dowsill gets really cold at night it would be better  to move them to a less chilly place overnight.  Once they,ve actually germinated they can probably stand a slightly cooler temperature.   Perhaps start them off in a warmer living room. You can always have a trial run in a tiny dish with say, a dozen peas first to save wastage.

annieb64

I put cling film over mine. We live in a new build which is well insulated so the house is warm.

Frugalista

Had a bumper crop of runner beans this year and left loads of pods to dry out (actually, a whole bread tray full)!!!! 

I have been sitting and stripping out the beans to plant next year and, so far, have 2 Roses tins full - so far too many!  Can I make a meal (or 6) out of these beans - and if so, has anybody got any recipes?

The dried out pods are being used as kindling on the log-burner and are proving to be really efficient.  I have also been saving all my yoghurt pots and the plastic trays they come in - and now have quite a stack.  Just need to poke some drainage holes in the bottom and they will be used to start some more beans next year.  Hoping my friend will let me sell the plants in her shop.

In other news, I cooked a piece of haddock in the dishwasher!  Double wrapped in foil and placed in the top rack (on top of the mugs) and run on the long wash.  Came out perfectly cooked!  result!!

YoungBlueEyes

Ok. I’ve bought dried peas (Morrisons was the only place I found selling em btw). Would my ericaceous compost be ok? 

Primrose

YoungBlueEyes said:

Ok. I’ve bought dried peas (Morrisons was the only place I found selling em btw). Would my ericaceous compost be ok? 

Might be a little too acid to get a good result?  I'd try mixing it 50/50 with ordinary garden soil.  Try an experimental run in a tiny plastic aerosol can cover or something similar first.  

Primrose

Frugalista said:

Had a bumper crop of runner beans this year and left loads of pods to dry out (actually, a whole bread tray full)!!!! 

I have been sitting and stripping out the beans to plant next year and, so far, have 2 Roses tins full - so far too many!  Can I make a meal (or 6) out of these beans - and if so, has anybody got any recipes?

The dried out pods are being used as kindling on the log-burner and are proving to be really efficient.  I have also been saving all my yoghurt pots and the plastic trays they come in - and now have quite a stack.  Just need to poke some drainage holes in the bottom and they will be used to start some more beans next year.  Hoping my friend will let me sell the plants in her shop.

In other news, I cooked a piece of haddock in the dishwasher!  Double wrapped in foil and placed in the top rack (on top of the mugs) and run on the long wash.  Came out perfectly cooked!  result!!

I,ve never used dried runner beans in cooking ; only dried borlotti beans but see no reason why they can,t be used it cooking in the same way as all the other dried beans are.

i,d try soaking them for a few hours first and then cooking in mixed vegetable soups, or to reduce your meat content in stews and casseroles.  They would probably substitute for red kidney beans in a chile con carne recipe, or soaked and cooked and included in a mixed vegetable salad, or even included in a mixed vegetable curry

you,ve done well to save so many. It would be a shame to waste them.  Do report back on how yiur experiments work. 

A caveat.  Red kidney beans have to be fast boiled for about 30 minutes first to remove certain toxins. .  I,ve never seen this advice applied to runner bean seeds  so probably advisable to do a Google check first as they may be in the same category.

Primrose

In other news, I cooked a piece of haddock in the dishwasher!  Double wrapped in foil and placed in the top rack (on top of the mugs) and run on the long wash.  Came out perfectly cooked!  result!!

My OH, who,s the main cook in this house these days, was intrigued by this and wants to know if you used a dishwasher tablet, and whether the foil adequately protected the fish from the soapy water?  How long was the wash cycle?

Sweetlittledaydreams

Olio came good today, visited 2 houses today and got probably about £7 worth of food and drink. The pickled cabbage and salad that I got for free this evening went well with the pasty I got as the snack part of my meal deal at lunch time today. I know the meal deal wasn't frugal as such but at least I got a snack part that made a second meal rather than a bag of crisps or a cake bar. And a non-cook meal saves energy.
I'm going to go full on frugal fire mode next year with my aim for the first quater to be to save 75% of my income. To do this I'm going to have to work some extra hours but I think if I can do it then it'll be well worth it. 

kayannie

Frugalista said:

Had a bumper crop of runner beans this year and left loads of pods to dry out (actually, a whole bread tray full)!!!! 

I have been sitting and stripping out the beans to plant next year and, so far, have 2 Roses tins full - so far too many!  Can I make a meal (or 6) out of these beans - and if so, has anybody got any recipes?

The dried out pods are being used as kindling on the log-burner and are proving to be really efficient.  I have also been saving all my yoghurt pots and the plastic trays they come in - and now have quite a stack.  Just need to poke some drainage holes in the bottom and they will be used to start some more beans next year.  Hoping my friend will let me sell the plants in her shop.

In other news, I cooked a piece of haddock in the dishwasher!  Double wrapped in foil and placed in the top rack (on top of the mugs) and run on the long wash.  Came out perfectly cooked!  result!!

I think that you may have to treat dried runner beans in the same way as red kidney beans. I only say this, as when my OH was a child, he ate an uncooked dried runner bean and was violently ill.

 

JIL

kayannie said:

Frugalista said:

Had a bumper crop of runner beans this year and left loads of pods to dry out (actually, a whole bread tray full)!!!! 

I have been sitting and stripping out the beans to plant next year and, so far, have 2 Roses tins full - so far too many!  Can I make a meal (or 6) out of these beans - and if so, has anybody got any recipes?

The dried out pods are being used as kindling on the log-burner and are proving to be really efficient.  I have also been saving all my yoghurt pots and the plastic trays they come in - and now have quite a stack.  Just need to poke some drainage holes in the bottom and they will be used to start some more beans next year.  Hoping my friend will let me sell the plants in her shop.

In other news, I cooked a piece of haddock in the dishwasher!  Double wrapped in foil and placed in the top rack (on top of the mugs) and run on the long wash.  Came out perfectly cooked!  result!!

I think that you may have to treat dried runner beans in the same way as red kidney beans. I only say this, as when my OH was a child, he ate an uncooked dried runner bean and was violently ill.

 

You are correct kidney beans was a generic term used for runner beans.

They need a good fast boil for at least 10 mins, after an all night soak. You could process them at the same time and freeze in portions. 

I think google will explain, but there are lots of recipes, the obvious being chilli.