"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Dad’s Bees The Beekeeper’s Honey Recipe Book

Dad’s Bees The Beekeeper’s Honey Recipe Book

First Edition

By Leonardo Canziani

ISBN ?

I picked this book up then I was at a market and brought it from a local Beekeeper www.dadsbees.co.uk this is not a book that you would cook from if you were Vegan so I am looking at finishing this book before I TRY TO BE VEGAN. FOR A MONTH.

I have looked over the book and I am looking at I am using local Honey from Coventry and aim to finish this book by 2019. The book covers a wide selection of recipes I will will look at using some of them for my sons birth day on the 6^th January 2018. I am looking at the following.

Honey Glazed Vegetables (page 17)

Honey and Mint Sausages (page 21)

Sesame Chicken Skewers (Qourn) (Page 34)

Carrot, orange and Coriander soup (page 36)

Brandy Snaps (page 40) + Icecream

Chocolate Waffles (page 41)

Carrot, Honey and Raisin Cake (Page 42)

Dad’s Bees Ginger Bread (page 43)

Honey Flapjacks (page 45)

Spiced Hot Cider (page 56)

Minted Honey Pineapple Cooler (page 57)

Banana Shake (page 59)

Some of the recipes I may change but I will try to stick to the.

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Tagine Spicy Stews from Morocco

Tagine Book

When I first set up my blog a mentioned the following book

Tagine Spicy Stews From Morocco

By Ghillie Basan and Martian

ISBN 978-1-84597-7

So I will be working though this book during 2018 too along with

The Microwave Kitchen Handbook

By Carol Bowen

ISBN-13:978-1-84038-808-4

In Tagine Spicy Stews From Morocco the contents of the book covers

The Secret of Tagines

Traditional Lamb Tagines

Beef, Kefta and Sausage Tagines

Fish and Seafood Tagines

Vegetable Tagines

Accompaniments

Index

Now again I would like to point out that I will go though this book and blog about how easy to was to use and to talk about the types of food you can cook in a Microwave. I will also try to still keep my budget fro shopping on a weekly basis to around the £50.00 per week.

One of the main ways that I am to do this is by planning each meal that I plan to cook my family each week.

With this book it is suitable for most dietary requirement, although this book does not cover Vegan or things like gluten free menus. I am sure that most recipes could be tailored to personal dietary requirements.

By working though this cook I will divide my weekly menu accordantly and try to work though the book so that what I cook is done in accordance to each season.

I will start using the book from the first of January 2018. I will also look at using what food I already have in the house that needs using up too.

What I will do is order off line what I need except fro my Vegetables that I will have to pick up myself so that I can use my health start Vouchers.

There are some things that people many not be able to eat due to personal dietary requirement however today you can back egg free cakes, use substitute for cows milk (soya), plus get gluten free etc..

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Food for 2018 Working thought my cook books.

Back to basics I set up the follow to blogs in 2017 which I am looking at updating in 2018

so the first thing that I am going to do is to start with the following cook book.

The Microwave Kitchen Handbook

By Carol Bowen

ISBN-13:978-1-84038-808-4

Now I hate microwaves and we have a bad history together. Due to my dyslexia I tent to burn them out, so they are only used when I have guests.

But Most people have a Microwave in their home and even if you use a food bank most food donated is Microwavable.

So I will go though this book and blog about how easy to was to use and to talk about the types of food you can cook in a Microwave. I will also try to still keep my budget fro shopping on a weekly basis to around the £50.00 per week.

One of the main ways that I am to do this is by planning each meal that I plan to cook my family each week.

The book it self List the following Contents

Introduction

Soups and Starters

Fish and Seafood

Meat and Poultry

Pulses, Pasta and Grains

Vegetables and Salads

Desserts

Backing

Cooking and Defrosting Chart

Index.

With this book it is bestial for most diary requirement, although this book does not cover Vegan or things like gluten free menu's. I am sure that most recipes could be tailored to personal dietary requirements

By wooing though this cook I will will divide my weekly menu accordantly and try to work though the book so that what I cook is done in accordance to each season.

I will start using the book from the first of January 2018. I will also look at using what food I already have in the house that needs using up too.

So the plan will be as followed.

Sunday

Soup/Starter Meat and Poultry Vegetables Desserts

Monday

Pulses, Pasta and Grain Vegetables Desserts

Tuesday

Soup vegetables Desserts

Wednesday

Vegetables Desserts

Thursday

Pulses, pasta and grain Vegetables Desserts

Friday

Fish and seafood Vegetables Desserts

Saturday

Soup/started Vegetables Desserts

So I will plan my Newsweekly of using this book until al of the recipes (where ever possible) are cooked.

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Black friday

I have just dropped off the boys and every where is doing black Friday. I got confused has to when it was due to most people having previously black Friday deals in order to make a bob or two. For me personally if I do not need it I tent not to buy it. I have been trying to budget due to not being paid until the 18th December and having to work a month in hand. I am still not 100% use how this will effect my benefits so can not afford to spend money I do not have. I do not have an over draft or a credit card so I am already saving money I also do not pay for may account. What I will do is look at what I may needed and save for it so I can buy it in the new year.

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Make your own gifts and Decorations this year 2017.

Making your own gifts and decorations this year.

This year now that both of my children are older I am looking at celebrating this year with them for the fist time and to try and teach them the true meaning of the festive season.

For me it is “The Gift of Giving” so we are in the process of doing this and celebrating Yule.

So this year their dad is already underway with making the boys their Yule gift and I am looking at decorating the house and what food and events that we are going to take place.

So it is the 20^th November 2017 and a month before I will be looking at decorating the house and the tree.

So where do I start.?

One of the things that I am looking at is what I have in the house and how I can use what I have instead of buying things new and also about what I can forage from the !!broken!!

One thing that I have been looking at is the following links fro inspiration and Facebook pages and group that I am in.

Cloves

one of the things that I am looking at for The festive season is buying Cloves.

What are Cloves?

Cloves are the aromatic flower buds of a tree in the family Myrtaceae, Syzygium aromaticum. They are native to the Maluku Islands in Indonesia, and are commonly used as a spice. Cloves are commercially harvested primarily in Bangladesh, Indonesia, India, Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Tanzania. Cloves are available throughout the year.

Buying them “Fair Trade”

http://www.fairtrade.org.uk/en/what-is-fairtrade

Beacuse they they are from over seas I am looking at buying them fair trade and to also look at selling them whole sale when I set up my own business. I am looking at selling dried products for making things with in the future. Cloves can be brought al year and can be purchased form any supermarket so why use them them fro the Winter Holidays what makes them so important?

Health benefit can be found by following the links below.

Cloves are a good source of manganese, selenium, magnesium, omega-3 fatty acids, vitamin K, dietary fibre and vitamin C.

http://www.whfoods.com/genpage.php?tname=foodspice&dbid=69#healthbenefits

http://www.antioxidants-for-health-and-longevity.com/benefits-of-cloves.html

http://www.nutrition-and-you.com/cloves.html

What do they have to do with the Winter Holidays?

With cloves coming to the UK from places like Indonesia but the region with the largest production is Zanzibar in eastern Africa; most people know of Cloves being Used in Mulled Wine and Christmas Cake.

Now that the UK is so divested with culture, and traditions it would be nice to see Cloves used more and why not start by using them at this time of the year to decorate the home and in cooking.

Make Cloved Orange: A Regency Pomander

This is the art of using Cloves and Oranges to decorate the home and to give as gifts of family and friends at this time of year. For the history y of Cloved Orange: A Regency Pomander please follow this link below.

https://www.janeausten.co.uk/cloved-orange-a-regency-pomander/

One thing that Make Cloved Orange: A Regency Pomander look like are Chirstingles.

What is Christingle?

Chirstingles is a lighted candle symbolizing Christ as the light of the world, held by children at a special Advent service originating in the Moravian Church.

It is sally on the First Sunday of advent which is a Christian way of celebrating this time of year. You can attend a Christingle celebration at your local church and get a christingel as part of the services whilst collecting money for charity.

Useful Yule recipes./links

http://recipesforapagansoul.weebly.com/yule-dec-21-23.html

https://Wiccan/celtic/akasha/yule.htm

Use full link about Spices

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/grow-to-eat/where-do-christmas-spices-come-from/

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU "Please Sir Can I Have Some More!"

18^th November 2017

“Please Sir can I have some more!”

I know that it may sound silly hearing these words BUT now that you have looked at setting your self a shopping budget, sorted out your benefit entitlements and the best way to shop. IT is now time to think about what to buy.

SO IF you have looked at doing one major shop like most people will do once a month and buying the “stables” when required like bead, milk, eggs, butter and cheeses.

It is time to look at buying items that you should always have in that make up the main part of any meal.

On line shopping

So if you have looked on online shopping which is some thing that I how do it pays to shop around before doing so for the best prices. Know a lot of shops on line will do an online comparison and this is something that you can do when you go into the stores.

Most store's offer an online shop with offer you insensitive shop with them BUT read the small print, most shops will have a minimum spend limit in order to get “free delivery” or deliver at a discount price.

What I have found is that it would cost me about £4.00 to go shopping and use the bus so what I look at an online delivery I try to get my shopping delivered below £4.00 and when the children are in bed.

So at the moment I am using Iceland for all of my frozen and Tesco's for my main shop. I also use ASDA fro all my baby products, Lidi for my veg and fruit and other places when required to do so.

www.iceland.co.uk/

https://www.tescoplc.com/

So like most people I try to shop around and get the best bargains and have found that by setting a budget it as helped to do this.

SO if you chose to do it m=now or in the new year look at a budget and try to stick to it and also look at what shops offer the best option for the main food that you eat and buy,

What should be in your cupboard.

Now for me the following items should always be in the house at all times.

• Oats
• flour
• butter
• eggs
• cheeses
• tomatoes
• salt
• pepper
• sausage
• tea
• coffee
• pasta
• rice
• raisins/mixed dried fruit
• nuts/mixed nuts
• herbs
• spices

Now these are the main things that I always try to have in due to the fact that if you have all of these you can make a number off different dished and survive without having to buy and other food groups especially if you are on a budget and have allow income.

I will do a page of all of the above to say why I think that they are important to have in your home at all times.

"Eat Well", "Shop Well" and "Save Well" to HELP take care of YOU Oliver! (The Musical) (1968) Food Glorious Food