5 dishes from 1 recipe – pancakes

And after the curried carrots last night I was STILL hungry so I used my egg ration (1 egg per week) to make a batter which Marguerite Patten (she who knows ALL about 1940′s cuisine) tells me in her book, can be used for 5 different dishes.. So the batter was made up within seconds [...]

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A piece of cherry pie…

It’s time for bed.. What does someone in the 1940′s have before bedtime? Well in this house I have warm milky coffee or Ovaltine if its cold or a glass of cold milk if it’s hot. Tonight I also have had the NIBBLIES (definition: strange urge to eat the entire contents of the kitchen cupboards [...]

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Curried Carrots

When I saw the word CURRY leap out at me from a small book I was reading called ‘Ration Book Cookery’ I got all excited… Curry is one of my favourite dishes, usually devoured by myself, laden with meat and cream, fresh veggies/spices or a mixture of dried ones, added carefully until the desired taste [...]

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The Oslo Meal

The Oslo Meal was originally given as an EXPERIMENT to school children during WWII. This very nutritious but basic quick meal vastly improved the development and the health of the nations children. Many families began using it as a main meal on occasions because of it’s simplicity and this was very appealing to busy housewives.. [...]

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Carolyn’s ‘Everything IN’ wartime stew

I have to confess, I have never seen this recipe in any of my WWII cook books.. But HELL, you just didn’t waste ANYTHING in the 1940′s so I betcha that ‘Ruby Murray’ and her delightfully scruffy, scabby knee’d children would have had a meal like this now and again to use up rubbery veggies [...]

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Week 3 weigh in- happiness

Just a quick update during my lunch break but had to share this as I am bursting……. (not actually bursting- that would be gross) Weight loss this week 4lb !!! TOTAL WEIGHT LOSS in 3 WEEKS is 17 lbs If you could see me now it would be scary- I didn’t know a smile could [...]

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Motivation – How much do you need to lose over 100 lbs?

I have often wondered where people who lose a LOT of weight get their motivation from to keep on going.. Although currently I feel very motivated it takes a lot of daily effort to achieve this. The internet is a wonderful way to stay motivated and I spend an hour every evening like an obsessed [...]

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Wartime Scotch Shortbread

Hurricane Bill is on his way and last night I couldn’t sleep, so instead, at 2 am, I got up, went to the kitchen and made some ‘Wartime Scotch Shortbread’.. The flour supplied to the public in the 1940′s, was a minimum of 85% wholewheat flour made from homegrown wheat (UK). It was said to [...]

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1940s Veggies-Grown close to home

A delicious meal of ‘grown close to home’ produce- the 1940′s diet was more environmentally friendly Choosing to live one year on 1940s wartime rationing to lose 100 lb isn’t JUST all about losing the flab and finally being able to once in a while wear a dress and heels (last time I wore a [...]

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Week 2 Weigh In

Start weight 315 lbs ( 22st 7lb ) Week 2 weight 302 lbs (21st 8lbs ) Total weight loss 13 lb I am quite beside myself… Despite having a sleepless night or two over eating two 1/2 plate sized vegetable turnovers over two days and enjoying eggless sponge quite frequently I STILL lost 3lbs. Some [...]

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