I may have missed further discussion of this as I haven't read through everything but you don't have to throw away sourdough starter - I just feed mine according to how much starter I am going to need.
Thanks Susan...
You didn't miss anything...
I didn't quite understand WHY half had to be thrown away
But it was deemed that it was merely a space issue.
Also, a few said that it may be too much of a faff for Shirley and Bob in the first planner...
I am not sure if Weezl has plans for a sourdough bread in any of the future planners
this is the list of which ones from artys list I have updated, updated ones are in purple. I will add the others I've had chance to update so far...
my pc is very sick, I'm going to have to defrag the hard drive and reinstall all my software this is a hefty set back! Please if any recipes you need today and tomorrow aren't shown above in purple, do post it asap and we can work out a way of getting it to you somehow!
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello: Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0 january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
Poor Weezl and the poorly PC I think we have plenty to be getting on with, so worry not.
A quick look at the planner suggests the following to me as tasks for the batch cooking day:
Level 1 (essentials)
Bread
Carrot cake
Apple curd
Pumpkin seed/nut butter
Houmus
Tangy bean pate
Lunchtime pate (to freeze)
Grate and freeze cheese
Slice and freeze bacon
Level 2 (if you have loadsa time, a big freezer and want to get ahead as much as possible)
Chop onions/ make pastry (in readiness for Thursday's onion tart) or even batch cook and freeze onion tart
Soak and boil marrowfats (in readiness for Friday) and freeze
Level 3 (if you want to keep the next weekend free)
Batch cook pizza (in readiness for Saturday) and freeze
Poach chicken and make chicken pies For Sunday and freeze
Batch cook bacon and onion puddings for following Monday and freeze
Plus prepare any snacks as needed.
Oh, and can lunchtime pate be frozen until needed ? I hope so, cos it doesn't make an appearance until Week 4, and we want to 1. avoid the liver going off and 2. avoid unnecessary washing up of the food processor
Does the above make any sense ? If so, I'd say that the only recipes missing so far are final carrot cake and houmus. And can I confirm, please, if the bread recipes on offer ara definitely the Paul Merret recipeand method, andWeezl's no knead bread ?
Allegra I wish I could thank that post more than once!!! :jThats exactly what I needed to see to feel more organised-it's so helpful to see it all in black and white!!! :beer:
I'm a list person so if I can tick things off I'm happy:D
Iv added the no knead bread to the index just to make it easier to find for everyone
xxxxxx
In art as in love, instinct is enough
Anatole France
Things are beautiful if you love them
Jean Anouilh
I'm a list person so if I can tick things off I'm happy:D
Me too Glad you're finding it helpful And yes, Dr Who was brilliant. DD still reckons he'll never surpass David Tennant, but thinks he's made a brave stab at it !
Iv added the no knead bread to the index just to make it easier to find for everyone
xxxxxx
You know where she says it's fool proof ? Well, I've proved it isn't Still, Aless said she's in a hard water area, and our water here is horrendously hard, so I'm happy to blame it on that
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HOW GOOD WAS DOCTOR WHO?!!
Good job all, you're doing a massively amazing job :-)
Do something that scares you every day
Thanks Susan...
You didn't miss anything...
I didn't quite understand WHY half had to be thrown away
But it was deemed that it was merely a space issue.
Also, a few said that it may be too much of a faff for Shirley and Bob in the first planner...
I am not sure if Weezl has plans for a sourdough bread in any of the future planners
Happy Easter everyone :easter_os:EasterBun:icotbaske:easter_ba:easter:
First Months Recipes
Chicken and onion pie with a suet crust
Onion Tart
Risi e bisi
Thrifty Cottage Pie
Spanish Omelette
Chicken with stuffing and bubble and squeak
HM Pizza
Chilli Mince
Bacon and onion pudding
Weezl Veggie burger
Pasta Alfredo
Pasta amatriciana
Baked Bean Curry
Bob and Shirley's lunchtime pate
Pumpkin Seed Butter
Tangy bean pate
Chutney
Apple Curd
this is the list of which ones from artys list I have updated, updated ones are in purple. I will add the others I've had chance to update so far...
my pc is very sick, I'm going to have to defrag the hard drive and reinstall all my software
:hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
Duh. I knew that
What do you suggest batch-cooking wise, then ? Cook the chicken and make the pies, freezing the rest until needed ?
How fabulous
A quick look at the planner suggests the following to me as tasks for the batch cooking day:
Level 1 (essentials)
Bread
Carrot cake
Apple curd
Pumpkin seed/nut butter
Houmus
Tangy bean pate
Lunchtime pate (to freeze)
Grate and freeze cheese
Slice and freeze bacon
Level 2 (if you have loadsa time, a big freezer and want to get ahead as much as possible)
Chop onions/ make pastry (in readiness for Thursday's onion tart) or even batch cook and freeze onion tart
Soak and boil marrowfats (in readiness for Friday) and freeze
Level 3 (if you want to keep the next weekend free)
Batch cook pizza (in readiness for Saturday) and freeze
Poach chicken and make chicken pies For Sunday and freeze
Batch cook bacon and onion puddings for following Monday and freeze
Plus prepare any snacks as needed.
Oh, and can lunchtime pate be frozen until needed ? I hope so, cos it doesn't make an appearance until Week 4, and we want to 1. avoid the liver going off and 2. avoid unnecessary washing up of the food processor
Does the above make any sense ? If so, I'd say that the only recipes missing so far are final carrot cake and houmus. And can I confirm, please, if the bread recipes on offer ara definitely the Paul Merret recipe and method, and Weezl's no knead bread ?
I had to get up ridiculously early to go to Church so may need to nap this afternoon!!!
Dr Who was awesome and I cant wait for more episodes!:j:j
Weezl-hope your computer gets better soon! Do you need me to do anything to the index?
Hope everyone is having a lovely day:)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Anatole France
Things are beautiful if you love them
Jean Anouilh
I'm a list person so if I can tick things off I'm happy:D
Iv added the no knead bread to the index just to make it easier to find for everyone
xxxxxx
Anatole France
Things are beautiful if you love them
Jean Anouilh
Me too
You know where she says it's fool proof ? Well, I've proved it isn't