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

Sallygirl

Well done Weezl!

With all the effort you've put into this thread - not to mention your generosity in sharing everything - you deserve post of the week.

And thank you too for all the savings you and all the other posters have helped us make.

:T :T :T :j :j :j :T :T :T

weezl74

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

.... i'm sure someone will be swapping the spinach for nettles

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:rotfl:who moi? What a great idea, nettle and bacon bread :money:, and another fab recipe, I'l do some costings! Sorry I can't do German costings Mrs M, but you're always a whizz at finding good bargains

sammy_kaye18

Congrats weezl on your POTM!

Well deserved and an awesome thread - ive been lurking im afraid - but will one day post - keep up the good work hun!

shaz_mum_of__2

Well done weezl

Speech..........speech

And don't forget us when your famous


Shaz

MRSMCAWBER

weezl74 wrote: »

:rotfl:who moi? What a great idea, nettle and bacon bread :money:, and another fab recipe, I'l do some costings! Sorry I can't do German costings Mrs M, but you're always a whizz at finding good bargains

heck you have me doing it now :rotfl: just priced up the recipe for me ..did it for the whole recipe....€1.08... about 80p.... 40p a loaf or 5p per portion :T

1. flour -25c
2. yeast 5c
3. onion 5c
4. bacon 50c
5. spinach -out of garden
6. salt 1c
7. nutmeg 1c
8. parmesan 20c
9. sugar 1c

Im off in search of other super thrifty recipes now..don't worry i will share when i find them..have over 80 cook books plus cookery mags to look through

ceridwen

..as in what took them so long to give you the Thread of the Week spot?

Congrats weezl - they made it in the end! See - can't keep a good woman down!:D :T

cheerfulness4

Woo hoo.. well done weezl, totally deserved! :T

purpleivy

AlisonW wrote: »

Probably already been mentioned but not had time to look through all postings, but what on earth is this? http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/breakfasttea.htm
Have they never heard of leaf tea in America?

It's common knowledge that North America doesn't know how to make tea. I mean.... creamer? Instant tea? nonfat milkpowder? !!!!!!????

weezl74

aw shucks!

Thanks for all the niceness. Just what I needed. Today has been quite an ordeal at work...

I've been thinking a bit about the organisation of this thread.

Wondered whether you thought it might be useful for me to put a list of links to all the recipes, and all the key nutrients somewhere, maybe in post 1, so people don't have to think, 'oooh cinnamon toast, now where was that?', or 'calcium, now where did we discuss that?'. What do people think?

Also, I'm really up for doing more research on any areas of nutritional interest (not that I'm any sort of an expert, just really enjoy finding out:D) so let me know if anyone has any areas of interest that you can't be faffed to spend hours on google looking up!

Knotweed update, ISOM and I had to postpone as rain stopped play, but I think I can speak for us both when I say, it will happen, and we will fill you in!

Spends update, I'm down to my last tenner :eek: but I still believe we can make it. Got 12 loaves of bread (or at least the ingredients for;)) and all the evening meals, plus 35 lunch time sarnies frozen. So I'm quietly confident!

Perhaps if I am very lucky and win that £50, we could have a 'how long can the weezls live off it?' challenge :rotfl:

Love

Weezl x

In_Search_Of_Me

You CAN do it and we will all be urging you on! If it gets tight you can just camp here for food lol (spare tent anyone!)!! Fear not neither you or Mr Weezl will starve and 35 meals is loads isnt it? How many do you need till the end of the challenge?
Re looking things up can you see what I need for iron = when I gave blood last week then said I was a bit close (no doubt my overactive hormones!) to being low on iron so want to boost it without resorting to iron tablets!
Hugs for you! £10 is loads when you have a world of nettles and knotweed at your disposal...if only it would stop raining!!