Comments on: WOM Challenge – Two Courses for Five Pounds – Courgette Soup and Crab Spaghetti

By: Eat for a Fiver | Wahaca

Eat for a Fiver | Wahaca — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 18:19:40 +0000

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By: Antonia

Antonia — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:04:15 +0000

Fantastic! What a great challenge. I'm not sure I could have come up with anything as creative but both your dishes look really great. Antonia’s last blog post..Brie, bacon and spinach omelette

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:52:57 +0000

And good news, the recipes and both completed dish fixtures made it into the G2 supplement in The Guardian this morning

By: Stephen

Stephen — Wed, 20 May 2009 07:52:19 +0000

Thanks everyone! We enjoyed thinking of something that we hoped would be both interesting and cheap.

GourmetChick yes I should have checked the can actually to see if it made any sustainable claims but was remiss.

Lizzie, some lovely fruity olive oil would be really good in the soup. This is the first time I’ve put lemon into it as I said, and I liked how it turned out.

Helen it certainly made us appreciate that we’re lucky that we don’t have to try to do everything under £5 all the time. Although we generally just have one course though, and I’m sure that a lot of the time it’s under £5.

By: Mrs Ergül

Mrs Ergül — Wed, 20 May 2009 01:35:01 +0000

You guys did really well with the challenge!! I'm just not daring enough... Mrs Ergül’s last blog post..Vanilla Bean Lemon Straws

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 19 May 2009 16:36:14 +0000

They both look lovely. I think that with tightly budgeted meals that you need to work one "luxury" ingredient in; which you have done with the crab, othewise life can miserable. I need to have a go at this, it reminds me of a GCSE history project I did to feed a Victorian family for next to nothing, which was very hard and made me appreciate how lucky I was to be able to eat good food all the time. Helen’s last blog post..(Almost) Instant Steamed Lemon & Cardamon Pudding

By: Ollie

Ollie — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:43:50 +0000

They both look fantastic – really well done. You did a lot better than a certain celebrity chef’s miserable ‘tomato pasta’ effort!

By: Lizzie

Lizzie — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:26:58 +0000

Lovely! My dad used to make courgette soup all the time, drizzled with a really fruity olive oil. This has reminded me to try and replicate it.

By: Gourmet Chick

Gourmet Chick — Tue, 19 May 2009 09:20:49 +0000

MILES better than the recipes they featured in the Guardian (Jamie Oliver's effort was spaghetti with tomato sauce) you two should be featured. Would be wary of using such cheap crab meat though as would be concerned about sustainability etc or can you get decent crab for £1.99 Gourmet Chick’s last blog post..Pap' Acorda (Gourmet Chick in Portugal)

By: Helen

Helen — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:11:01 +0000

oooh oooh, well done! I am rather tempted to try this myself I must say. Helen’s last blog post..Eating Eurovision - Denmark