Old Style vs the USDA head-to-head challenge...

weezl74

You all come up with the recipes, and I'll index them! Only after last nights debacle, I'm not sure about my indexing skills any more...:o

If anyone's ever very bored, I'd love a volunteer to test the index a bit, I'm bound to have done it wrong in a few places!!

I watched the channel 4 dispatches programme on food price inflation last night. GRRRRR :mad::rolleyes:. Was amazed by the spending and the wastage of those 2 families. Spending £170 a week, with your husband about to lose his job in the city, and declaring that the £700 you could save (she should come on here, we'd save her more!) in a year could 'keep me in shoes' :eek::eek::eek:. Oh I'm probably just jealous of her!!!:o:D


Still, I reckon it shows us all how well we're doing. And that all of us who are still cutting down the spends each month, are actually saving even more, because food's actually increased by 12-15% since last year.:T:T:T

Got a nastertium plant off freecycle last night! Am gradually turning the garden into less ornamental and more edible things...

Thanks for the ideas on pasta and pasta machines, softstuff, mrsMcawber and Shaz . I shall make some egg-less pasta today to see how I get on. Is a marble rolling pin better than my wooden one for extra weight? I've got both...

Love to all, Weezl x

Softstuff

weezl74 wrote: »

Thanks for the ideas on pasta and pasta machines, softstuff, mrsMcawber and Shaz . I shall make some egg-less pasta today to see how I get on. Is a marble rolling pin better than my wooden one for extra weight? I've got both...

Love to all, Weezl x

If you try the orrecchiette you don't need one I'd use wooden otherwise. Marble, much like the stainless steel one I've got, is great for pastry. Works wonderfully if you refrigerate it too.

weezl74

thanks softstuff! the orrechiette looks tricky, she seems to be turning them inside out afterwards! Is it quite easy to get the hang of? Is it better with a flat edged blade or a serrated one?

Thanks for any further tips you'd like to share!!

Weezl x

Softstuff

weezl74 wrote: »

thanks softstuff! the orrechiette looks tricky, she seems to be turning them inside out afterwards! Is it quite easy to get the hang of? Is it better with a flat edged blade or a serrated one?

Thanks for any further tips you'd like to share!!

Weezl x

There are actually a number of videos on youtube making them, I just happened to pick one that made it look more difficult than it is :rotfl:

I find instead of a knife, you just sort of push the dough forwards with your finger, then turn the shape inside out. Pretty simple, other videos show it better so take a look.

shaz_mum_of__2

Hi all

Orrechiette is that the one that looks like ears? if so

I remember a Jamie Oliver episode in italy where whole families sat outside making it

re 00 flour i just used well sieved plain (i dont normally sieve any flour)

Added a few bits to stockpile today ie 10 tins black treacle at 38p each at mr A's also got some jasmine rice to try as at the chinease shop broken jasmine rice was the cheapest 20kg for less than a tenner

Also going to make the cinamon bread and adding sultanas too

Chick pea and potaoe(out the garden)curry tonight

Shaz

Plum_Pie

Soya mince can be used as a substitute for beef mince in chilli con carne. Just season very very well.

moanymoany

I make a tomato sauce - just the usual sort - let it be a bit liquidy and then add soya mince to 'mop up' the liquid.

I also use Bovril cubes as they give a beefy flavour. Marmite is good as well and it's ok for vegges.

I use this for any mince recipe like lasagne, stuffed veg, shepherds pie, pasta - whatever you want.

procrastinator

ceridwen wrote: »

Been inspired to try soya mince instead of quorn mince - hmmmm.....well I tried some yesterday with a lot of stuff added in for flavouring (ie a pepper, canned tomatoes, garlic, onions, pesto). Hmmm......still inclined to favour the quorn mince I am....but thinking I might bring myself to use up the pack.

Its ever so cheap Weezl - if people were to buy that Tesco dried version.

Perhaps a couple of recipes on ways to use soya mince (and have a bit of "taste" in the result) could be a thought purlease possibly/maybe/concievably?:D

Hi
I use quorn mince but soya is so much cheaper only draw back is the aftertaste, so now I use half and half. Frozen quorn mince is about half the price of fresh in Mr T's. I usually make a big batch of bolognaise sauce to have one day with spag and next day use leftover to make lasagne or cottage pie.

shaz_mum_of__2

weezl

if i post my bread recipe will you do the geeky maths ??

not monetary but nutritionally

I have been adding seeds to bread in the hope it makes it healthier

Shaz's multi seed bread (breadmaker)

250g wholemeal bread flour
125g white bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon dried milk
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon linseeds
1 tablespoons sunflower seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 sachet easy blend yeast
210ml water
25g butter/marg

I add milk and marg as it helps with keeping qualities and with softness/texture

Thanks in advance weezl

Shaz

weezl74

shaz_mum_of__2 wrote: »

weezl

if i post my bread recipe will you do the geeky maths ??

not monetary but nutritionally

I have been adding seeds to bread in the hope it makes it healthier

Shaz's multi seed bread (breadmaker)

250g wholemeal bread flour
125g white bread flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon dried milk
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
1 tablespoon linseeds
1 tablespoons sunflower seeds
1 tablespoon poppy seeds
1 sachet easy blend yeast
210ml water
25g butter/marg

I add milk and marg as it helps with keeping qualities and with softness/texture

Thanks in advance weezl

Shaz

I will happily do that shaz, slight snag tho, I'll need to know the weight of that amount of the things I've highlighted in green, so if you could supply those, that'd be ace.:D

The attempt at orreciete wasn't quite the success I hoped shape-wise (either my technique, or the egglessness of the pasta!????) but was very lovely with pesto.

well there's 4 evening meals left to find for me, and 5 for mr Weezl (he's not coming to the 'bring and share') and we'll have 18 evening meals for both of us left at the end of the month!!! and sarnies for a fortnight :T:T:T. And this is because on saturday we're gonna paaaaaaaaarty! I don't think I've been so excited about a social event for years.

ISOM, do you really want us to be casual? We don't mind if you are, but we thought we might make an effort for you!! Mr W scrubs up real nice in a suit .

Feeling very elated now, and nothing can stop us! Unless we go mad with the shampoo or loo roll...

Now then, how's about 'feed yourself for 50p a day, Weezl's next mad challenge...' as a next title? Or shall I just carry on here (I'll miss it here if I don't!)

ceridwen have you got nastertiums?

Love to you all,

Weezl x