May 2008 Grocery Challenge

mrssnowy_2

Thank you all for your kind thoughts,it has lifted my day.
You are all so supportive.

Zend ,hope you are ok

JennyBee ,great news

Thanks
J

funkyfunkymonkey

Dear All

Please help. I have just made Mrs McCawber's Yoghurt Honey Muffins, sadly I replaced so many of the ingredients with 'alternatives' that the result is quite doughy and not edible as muffins. I used veg oil instead of butter and sr flour instead of plain+wholewheat+bicarb

I am taking part in the 'Don't throw your food away challenge' and really really do not want these to go in the bin.

Does anyone have any ideas what I can do with these?

TIA FFM

MRSMCAWBER

Hi funky

Glad its not just me who gets carried away like the mad chef from the muppets

You could try splitting them and toasting.. it would dry them out a bit...
the flour shouldn't cause much of a problem but the oil will probably be what made them stodgier

failing that what about crumbling and using to make triffle or just in the bottom of the dish with a bit of fruit n jelly ..... wonder if you could slice them and make into a kind of bread pudding...
im sure you will get loads of ideas

funkyfunkymonkey

Thanks for your suggestions Mrs M, I could kick myself as I had enough butter or could have used margarine - I really didn't have to use oil - I was just being lazy - that will teach me.

They are a wee bit deflated for slicing and toasting. Putting as a base for a different pudding sounds interesting - I kind of feel that further cooking would possibly help.

FFM

fallen_angel_shelley

pinklady1985 wrote: »

wow finally read through all this lol

i'll def be joining next month and will lurk this one and add up how much i normally spend
have got some great idea already and tried a few recipes suprisingly the kids love the home baked stuff and ask for it over the shop bought (3 kids aged 4 and under so a lot of snacking lol)

read a lot about bread makers and wondered if anyone could point me in the right direction of a good one? we get through a lot of bread and rolls esp for the kids when at nursery and i begrudge paying £1.35 a loaf in the corner shop

steph

welcome on board steph. it's great fun on here and you will also gets lots of support, recipes and ideas. my kids now like the home baked stuff as well, but mine are a bit older than your, DS 16 & DS almost 14. my mum got me a BM last year, a morphy richards fast bake, i love it and hardilly buy bread just rolls as the ones make seem to go wrong:rotfl:. my BM was 1/2 price on the morphy richards web site.

a quick question- i was going to do new potatoes with a warm dressing, got the idea of t.v. but the recipe say cider vinegar and i only have white wine vinegar will it make much differance? i was so looking for ward to it as well.

i got round mr t's with only going £5 over what i wanted to spend:rolleyes: but i have loads of stuff now and will only need salad stuff during the week. i even got a carton of uht milk so as when i run out i don't have to go to mr t's 'just for milk' and end up spending loads.

Tashja

funkyfunkymonkey wrote: »

Mrs McCawber's Yoghurt Honey Muffins

Yummy !!!

Where can I find the recipe for these ???

T xx

razra

LOL ive literally just copied and pasted it myself

YOGURT HONEY MUFFIN RECIPE
Makes 12
per serving
131 cal - 4.1g fat - 0.9g sat fat - 13mg chol -1.7g fibre - 2 WW points
pre-heat oven to 190c/375f/gas 5
line a 12 hole muffin tin

1. 4tbs butter
2. 5tbs thin honey
3. 225g plain yogurt
4. 1 large egg-room temp
5. grated rind 1 lemon
6. 150ml fresh lemon juice
7. 115g cup plain flour
8. 115g wholewheat flour
9. 1 1/2tsp bicarb
10. 1/8tsp grated nutmeg

• in a saucepan melt the butter and honey
• remove from heat and allow to cool slightly
• in a bowl whisk the yogurt, egg, lemon rind and juice
• in another bowl sift all dry ingredients
• mix the butter/honey into the yogurt mix and then fold in the dry goods-stir only until just blended
• fill the cases 2/3 full and bake for 20-25 mins until well risen and golden
• cool in tin for 5 mins before removing

you can also add 50g of any chopped nuts in to the mix

razra

Theres loads more in the weight loss thread if you nose through there you'll find other scrummy sounding ones

Tashja

Lol - not helping the GC - I need plain yoghurt - got flavoured ones in - typical !!! Will have to wait until Tuesday when my budget restarts - I need to update siggy but think I have gone over now

T xx

SAVVYMUMMY_2

Hi everyone,
just a quick update really. NSD yesterday and today, had bbq around inlaws and will treat family to chinese tonight. This won`t come out of the grocery budget as it`s a treat and we haven`t had a take away for a couple of months. Spent yesterday at DS2 football in morning, then over to inlaws in afternoon and today, spent morning up allotment and this afternoon in the garden sowing more seeds and re-potting my peppers.

Anyway will read posts in a mo, so bigg hugs for anyone who needs it and congratulations to anybody who has good news.