About ME!

HELLO!!

I'm Christine. I'm a busy mum to 5 year old twins, Robin and Evie and wife to Ian. I also run a property management company. We live in a small village in beautiful, rural Northumberland. I love spending time at home with my family, running and exercising and socialising with my fabulous friends.

When I'm not busy with work, family or friends, my favourite pastimes are cooking and eating (often a combination of family/friends and food). I particularly get so much (too much?!) pleasure from making healthy, nutritious meals from nothing (well, whatever I've got in the house!), making leftovers exciting and not wasting a thing. I HATE waste. I've wanted to start a blog for a few years but time just hasn't allowed it. But I'm very excited about getting it going now and sharing my passion for food with the world!!

I'm very health conscious and want to feed my family good food, on a budget. As you can imagine, time is not something that I have a lot of so my cooking has to fit in with my busy life. Weekday cooking has to be fuss-free and speedy but I still want it to feel indulgent.

I am also a keen vegetable gardener. There is little better than creating a whole meal from produce that you raised with your own fair hands. And in the British weather, it's not always easy. It makes you appreciate it even more though! I would urge anyone to have a go at growing their own. Even if it's just a few of your favourites in pots or some herbs on the windowsill. Do it!

I'm going to try and share some of the recipes that I create and any tips that I have along with general ramblings about food and the good life!

Don't expect fine dining, just homemade, tasty, healthy and wholesome food. Always on a budget! Maybe with the odd flashy, entertaining number thrown in for good measure. The budget won't go out the window though.

I'm very new to this so please bear with me until I find my feet!!

I hope you enjoy it. All feedback very much appreciated!!

Thanks y'all!

Friday, 4 April 2014

The cost of bread

I was asked, the other day, if it was cheaper to make your own bread. I knew it was but it spurred me on to work out the actual cost. 

Based on this loaf....

300g wholemeal bread flour - 19.8p
200g white bread flour - 9.9p
7g fast action yeast - 14p
290mls water
1 tsp sugar - 0.004p
20g oil - 0.07p
1 tsp salt - 0.002p

Total - £0.44p

Apart from anything else, you are completely in control of what you put in. All you need is flour, yeast and water. Everything else is optional. 

This is a list of ingredients of a standard 50/50 loaf...

  • Each slice contains: Calories 94 5%, Sugars 1.4g 2%, Fat 0.9g 1%, Saturates 0.2g 1%, Salt 0.4g 7% of an adult's Guideline Daily Amount

    Ingredients

    • Wheat Flour (33%),
    • Wholemeal Wheat Flour (33%),
    • Water,
    • Yeast,
    • Salt,
    • Vinegar,
    • Soya Flour,
    • Vegetable Oil,
    • Emulsifiers: E471, E472e,
    • Preservative: Calcium Propionate (added to inhibit mould growth),
    • Flour Treatment Agent: Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
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