tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post111778718978390702..comments2023-10-29T18:22:52.874+10:30Comments on Lightening: Cooking in Bulklighteninghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13469704721683347931noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-17689806951997263782007-06-20T14:41:00.000+09:302007-06-20T14:41:00.000+09:30Hey Emma,The soup sounds great. Great idea. Do y...Hey Emma,<BR/>The soup sounds great. Great idea. Do you get paid a higher rate when you only work for an hour? Especially at such a frustrating time of the day. Sounds like you have it worked out anyway. :-)<BR/>Jodilighteninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469704721683347931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-31559321580198805272007-06-20T13:34:00.000+09:302007-06-20T13:34:00.000+09:30Hi Jodi,I will be at work from 5-6pm this afternoo...Hi Jodi,<BR/><BR/>I will be at work from 5-6pm this afternoon - not long, but can be tricky for dinner - so I made up some soup I can reheat for dinner. It's the 2nd time I've had a made-ahead dinner when I've been working the 5-6 hour, and it makes life so much easier. My soup was very frugal - a wombok (chinese cabbage) bought for $1.50, carrots, pkt French Onion soup mix and some soup mix (pinto, borlotti beans, pearl barley and lentils) - tasty and nutritious too (except the French Onion pkt mix probably isn't).emma.jeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11637286643883927005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-21736706968231892602007-06-19T12:34:00.000+09:302007-06-19T12:34:00.000+09:30Madly Saving - I do believe you but your comment s...Madly Saving - I do believe you but your comment sure did make me laugh. :-) Interesting coincidence.<BR/><BR/>Kin - I don't really measure when I'm adding beans or lentils - I just add some. That's not much help is it? I usually add grated zucchini and carrot to the mince plus a couple handfuls of lentils I guess. I also add oats to mine as a thickener but it does change the texture so it kind of depends if you like that.<BR/><BR/>If you mean the meatloaf/lentil loaf - ummm... I just added what I happened to have left of my spaghetti bolognese sauce (I'm guessing it was 2 cups or so) to the original recipe. The 2 loaves were a little smaller than the original loaf the recipe makes but that was okay as we had leftovers with the first one.lighteninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469704721683347931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-88289675405707181362007-06-18T20:47:00.000+09:302007-06-18T20:47:00.000+09:30Oh, you are so not going to believe me Lightening!...Oh, you are so not going to believe me Lightening! I just bought 2 roasts (for $6.99/kilo though)LOL. I cut 4 slices off to make steaks for a "steak bake" (recipe off SS site), the rest was diced to make steak & mushroom pies. The other roast will be divided to make 2 roast dinners. Good value hey? Love to make that dollar stretch!!<BR/>Madly SavingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-83402610789312587842007-06-18T19:55:00.000+09:302007-06-18T19:55:00.000+09:30Oh, what proportion of lentils do you use? I've be...Oh, what proportion of lentils do you use? I've been meaning to try that.Kinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658401683329180606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-61437851204608631842007-06-18T18:03:00.000+09:302007-06-18T18:03:00.000+09:30Yeah, I do the same with mince. I get 3 meals fro...Yeah, I do the same with mince. I get 3 meals from 500g though. It sort of evolved from 1 meal to 2 meals and now 3 meals. Actually my last batch (which was admittedly 600g of mince not 500g) did us 4 meals (1 spaghetti bolognese, 1 tacos and 2 meat loaves - mixed with lentils). No one seems to be noticing there's less and less mince and more vegies and pulses per meal.<BR/><BR/>I find spaghetti bolognese is a great one for DH too (not that he's not capable of cooking just about anything but prefers the easier stuff). We use wholemeal spiral pasta instead of spaghetti as it's easier for the kids. So he just needs to cook the pasta and reheat the sauce.lighteninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13469704721683347931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073167998075190001.post-61261299093871286342007-06-18T17:42:00.000+09:302007-06-18T17:42:00.000+09:30I'm gonna have to read that when I'm a bit more co...I'm gonna have to read that when I'm a bit more coherant LOL.<BR/><BR/>I often do a similar thing with mince. I use the same mix for spaghetti bolognaise, lasagne, shepherds pie, taco's etc, so I usually make 2kg at a time and that does 4 meals.<BR/><BR/>And if I'm really lazy, there's 4 meals in the freezer if I can convince DH to make spaghetti heheKinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10658401683329180606noreply@blogger.com