Mealplans 1st February 2008

patchwork_cat

Pandora the Oca look very weird, but sound delich!

Pandora123_2

purpleivy wrote: »

pANDORA123 How do you go about making and freezing your pizza bases? I'd love to know


"Friday
Pizza with fresh tomatoes, marinated artichoke hearts, roasted garlic & onions
( Today I am making two pizza crusts for the freezer, so that takes care of next two

Fridays)"

Hi purpleivy:

The dough recipe I use is from the BBC Good Food magazine's Christmas veggie issue from a couple of years ago. It makes two pizza crusts, 33cm in diameter. I bought my pizza pans last fall from Carrefour in France, they are enamel (I don't use Teflon, and it seems that's all you can get in this country) and have holes in the bottom so that the crust gets crisp.

225ml warm water
1-1/8 teaspoon dried yeast
pinch of sugar
340g strong white flour (this time I made with around 1/4 whole wheat flour)
3/4 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 tablespoons olive oil

Put water in a container (I use a glass measuring cup) and nuke until it is blood-warm, around 30 seconds on high (test on your wrist). Add sugar and yeast, and set aside to prove for 10 minutes or so (until it gets foamy).

Combine flour & salt. When yeast is ready, stir in olive oil, then add this mixture to the flour. Stir until more or less combined, then turn out onto the counter. Knead for 10 minutes (adding more flour if the dough is too sticky), then form into a ball. Put in a greased bowl (large enough to allow for rising), cover and set aside in a warm place for 1-1/2 hours, or until dough has doubled.

Punch dough down and divide into two equal pieces. Roll each half of dough out on a floured countertop, then transfer to greased pizza pans (I usually roll out to about 3/4 of the final size, then finish stretching it into shape on the pizza pan). I then usually let it rise again for 15 minutes or more (this time I let it rise for around 45 minutes, as I had to go to the store).

Preheat oven to 230C. Cook pizza bases for six minutes (turn around after three minutes), then let cool on a wire rack. When cool, I wrap the bases in foil, put them in plastic bags and freeze them.

When I'm ready to make pizza, I take the bases out of the freezer, add sauce and toppings, and bake in a 230C oven until the crust is crispy (usually around 30 minutes). I cover the pizza with foil except the last 5 or 10 minutes because I use non-dairy cheese (Cheezly), and it dries out if cooked at high temperature without being covered. If you use dairy cheese and don't cover the pizza, it probably won't take 30 minutes to cook.

Enjoy!

:A

Pandora123_2

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Pandora the Oca look very weird, but sound delich!

Hi patchwork cat,

Yes, the oca are rather bizarre looking, but they were very trouble-free to grow. We grew then in a half-barrel, and they had NO insect or slug damage at all. The harvest wasn't that big (but big enough to have a few meals plus enough for planting again this year).

You can cook them like potatoes, we've had them roasted and they are really yummy. They're called New Zealand yams down under (though they're not related to yams). We also grew Fat Baby achocha, which were delicious and very easy to grow as well.

:A

ladymarmalade

here's mine for me and my boyfriend

thursday: spicy rainbow trout with potatos and salad
friday: homemade burgers
Saturday: chicken with pesto sauce courgettes and rice
Sunday: Greek Lamb pie and veg
Monday: Homemade chicken tandoori rice and salad
Tuesday: Scrambled eggs. mushrooms and chives on toast

also going to make a batch of brownies on saturday hee hee

melie3

hi all

fri omelette, chips and beans
sat mums
sun roast chicken, veg roasties, yorkies
mon fish fingers, white sauce, veg new pots
tues sweet and sour rubber chicken, tortillas, rice
wed my hubs b/day if i can afford a t/away if not hm burgers
thurs pizza, coleslaw

emmy05

this thread looks great, and hello to all of you, im seeing some lovely ideas as to what to have, and im going to get myself a list as well, im a bit naughty tbh, we tend to go shopping, and its a case of just getting anything, rather than planning like this, i should be working right now, so shall go thru this list and come up with one of my own, fingers crossed LOL xx

chalkswindon

Here's Mine.

Im not a very experienced cook and could do with something for Saturday for OH and Daughter who is 2

Friday : Chicken Drumsticks with Chilli Paste and Salad

Saturday :

Sunday : Roast Pork

Monday : Soup

Tuesday : Grilled Field Mushrooms with chille and garlic Pancakes for Daughter

Wednesday : Stew

Thursday : Roast Chicken

Friday : Chicken Curry

Also OH and I are on diet so something low fat and perhaps something I could enolve little one in too. I was thinking ham omellette but little one wont like it.

Mappygirl

Hi Chalkswindon,

Maybe a pasta salad would be nice for Saturday? Your little one could help you add the ingredients and mix it all togeteher? I know it's that exciting but it'll be easy - and not too messy!

HTH x

newmoneysaver_2

Here's mine for the week:

Sat: HM Quiche & jacket potatoes
Sun: Bacon 'n' cheese Panini ~ lunch
Mystery Shop ~ Dinner
Mon: HM Chilli (freezer) & rice
Tues: Lamb & gravy (freezer), mash, veg & yorkshire puds ~ pancakes with left over mix
Wed: HM Cottage Pie (freezer)
Thurs: Fish (Freezer) & HM Chips
Fri: Mystery Shop

To buy ~ Milk, bacon, fresh fruit & veg, cocoa for baking.

chalkswindon

Thanks Mappygirl.

By the looks of things here in Blackpool i might be staying in tomorrow and doing a load of cooking with the little one as it is really blowing a gale here