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

Justamum

newlywed wrote: »

It's started over here: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=1007423

Many thanks newlywed

nicki_2

Congrats ... off to read your next challenge!!! :T:T

newgran_2

Just finished reading complete thread over last few days, it was the best reading i have done in ages, lots of recipe's taken down, loads of information absorbed, and lots of laughing. Congrats to you and Mr W. Definataly going to follow next adventure, though think i will have to sleep first-been reading this last chunk of thread since 2 am. OMG look at the time

Good Luck :T :T :T

savingmore

i just found this thread 3 days ago and took 3 nights to read it all through...i am so impressed! what a challenge and a great interesting thread, i sometimes enjoy reading a thread when it has been going a couple of months as you really get a good story, but i wish i had been part of this one before! i am a bit geeky too as i love nutrition and your nutritional values etc and it just shows that YOU CAN DO IT....i am more inspired to make a go of really cutting my grocery spending down....used to do it all the time when i first got married but let it go as we earnt more money then had kids. so i am re-enthused and will be boiling up all the bits and bobs of veg etc for soups and casseroles.
my granny used to cyrstallise flowers etc, i always had cyrstallised primroses or roses on my birthday cakes, they were gorgeous and delicious and looked so pretty....i will try and find her recipe and put it on here, really easy to do! will find you on the new thread, thanks Weezl and i agree, you MUST write a book:beer:

Seakay

In_Search_Of_Me wrote: »

Cereal bars – readers digest recipe

Makes 14 bars

2 tbsp sunflower seeds
2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
2 tbsp linseeds
2 bananas (about 300g/10 ½ oz) weighed with skins on
100g/3 ½ oz unsalted butter
3 tbsp golden syrup
50g/1 ¾ oz rolled oats
100g/ 3 ½ oz stoned dried dates, roughly chopped

Preheat oven to 180o C/350F/GM4. Grease a 28x18x4cm cake tin & line the bottom with baking parchment.

Roughly chop linseed, pumpkin and sunflower seeds. Peel & roughly chop bananas.

Melt butter and golden syrup in a fairly large saucepan & then add the chopped seeds & banana and then add millet flakes, rolled oats and dates. Mix well then add to the tin.

Bake for 30mins or until golden brown. Leave to cool for 5 mins & then mark into 14 bars and cool. Can be kept in airtight tin for 2 days.

Each bar provides: 160kcal; 3g protein; 10g fat (4g saturated); 17g carbs (of which 8g sugars) & 1g fibre
Contains vitamin A, B,B6, E, copper & zinc

The recipe requires 2 tablespoonfuls of millet flakes.
I used a milk saucepan for melting and mixing and found it to be large enough as long as a chopping rather than vigorous mixing action was used.
I tried them yesterday - very nice. I cooked them for 25 mins only as they were starting to catch around the edge, and got 12 out of the mixture because I used a 23cm x 23cm tin (all I had!) I have wrapped them in cling film and am keeping them in a plasic container in the fridge in the hope that that way they will last longer than 2 days!.

Seakay

Not sure how my last post ended up here - it really applies to the 50p a day thread!

MuscatJane

I have just found this site and thread and I have to say I am loving everything about it! So much so that although I've only got to page 7 (8-0) I have already made the cinnamon syrup (yum), the hummus, guacomole and a lentil stew. Awesome (as the young people say). I look forward to the next 80 ish pages ;-).

Savvy_sewing

Realise this thread was sort of finished and a new one started, but the only way I know to get it onto my Subscription bit is to add a post to it! been given the link today. so only read the first few entries but know it will be a good one for me to do with the children/grandchildren and not much money after a !!!! up on the housing benefit rates/and tenancy agreement.

Mellika

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Spinach and bacon bread
Makes 2 loaves
grease 2 9" cake tins
pre-heat oven to 200c

1. 450ml warm water
2. 2tsp dried yeast i used 8g fresh for 1 loaf
3. pinch of sugar
4. 1 onion -finely chopped
5. 115g rindless smoked bacon -chopped I used those raw bacon bits/lardons you can get
6. 225g spinach -thawed if frozen
7. 675g bread flour
8. 1.5tsp salt
9. 1.5tsp grated nutmeg
10. 25g grated cheddar -i used fresh parmesan

Can I use plain flour instead of bread flour?

Mikki

I know this is an old thread but I've just spent the last week reading through it all. Wow! What an inspiration!:j

I'm trying to cut back as was shocked that last week's shopping bill was over £100!! :eek:(for 2 adults and 3 kids). Off to get all geeky now myself and plan something for next month!


Thanks again - had a great laugh reading through it all as well!:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Mikki