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Please help me make a chicken curry or similar
Before I cheat and open a jar of Tikka Masala sauce, I could do with using up some stuff in the cupboards that I bought with good intentions. I have a whole chicken that I was planning on using the breasts tonight then putting the rest in the slow cooker overnight. Other items I have are: A tin of reduced fat coconut milk…
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Welsh cakes
It's St David's Day on Friday ... will you be making welsh cakes? Do you have a preferred recipe? (Apparently there will be daffodils in reception at MSE Towers later this week in honour of all things Welsh...) Personally the best welsh cakes I've ever tasted came from the stall at Cardiff Market. There's some welsh cake…
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O/S Daily Friday 1 March 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was stuffed peppers. Tonight I'm not sure what we'll be eating. Normal list of chores to do. Keep safe and…
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O/S Daily Thursday 29 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was smoked sausage, jacket potato, cheese and beans, boiled egg and pork pie (DH). Tonight I'm not sure what…
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Vegetarian meatballs
Has anyone a good recipe they could recommend and share? I find the store bought ones dry and too dense and under-seasoned and would like to make my own so I can control texture and taste once I've found a basic good recipe. I've looked around the net and the most interesting sounding ones are based either on chickpeas or…
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Clean Eating 2024 Version 2
Insurmountable IT probs necessitates starting from scratch. The Stepford Household definition of clean is food which doesn't include preservatives, emulsifiers, starches, gums or anything artificial. It excludes packaging because that's inedible and an environmental issue. Cooking from scratch is preferable. Bargains are…
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Olio banning users incorrectly?
Hi, have any other Olio users been banned and accounts deleted this morning? Both my wife and I got the same email at 10:26 saying we’re banned for having multiple accounts. We have 1 each, well within the rules, but we do need to use each others phones occasionally to list items. Looks like the new system Olio has in…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 28 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was beef stew and dumplings, mash and veg - was very tasty and no LO's, DH had 2 helpings. Tonight I'm not…
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O/S Daily Tuesday 27 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, mixed weather forecast. Dinner last night was use up, so used up opened packet of chicken dippers, chips and beans for DH and I had stuffed peppers,…
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O/S Daily Monday 26 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cold, drier day forecast. Dinner yesterday was chicken casserole with pasta. Tonight I'm not sure. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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Prepping: the new world...
Thought it was about time for a new Prepping thread... Please keep it on topic, friendly and realistic for life in the UK (i.e. no hurricane basements, no guns, no politics). For those that don't know, the Guides & Scouts among us will be prepared, but are the rest of us ready? IMPORTANT NOTE: this thread is a resource for…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 19th February 2024
Welcome to the weekly Flylady Thread. We often see new flyers (gents welcome!) around
this time of year so please don't worry if you feel you cannot keep up. Similarly if your house has been neglected it won't be turned around in a day -
but if you stay you will get into some good habits which do help! Happy
flying. What…
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Wrapping bread
Evening all I've started making my own bread again. I usually make 2 at a time, one goes in the freezer, one gets eaten. What do you wrap your loaves in other than plastic?
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Old Style Daily Sunday 25 February 2024
Brrr - unexpected frosty morning. Not going to move yet.
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Old Style Daily Saturday 24 February 2024
I'm still under my duvet, will have to shift soon.
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O/S Daily Friday 34 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, drier day forecast. Pork steaks were lovely last night. Tonight not sure what we'll be eating. Lots of jobs to do today. Have a good day x nmlc x
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O/S Daily Thursday 22 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, wet and rain forecast. Dinner last night was pasta. Tonight pork steak braised in gravy, mash and veg. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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What’s happening with Olio?
I understand it’s making a loss and needs to do something to fund itself, and I’ve just found out that I have to watch 15 to 30 seconds worth of adverts before I can request an item, unless I pay a fiver a month to become a subscriber. Which probably means by the time I request something it will have gone and I tend not to…
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O/S Daily Wednesday 21 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, cooler, wet and rain forecast this afternoon. Dinner last night was sausage, egg, beans and chips. Tonight I'm not sure. Keep safe and well x nmlc x
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O/S Daily Tuesday 20 February 2024
Morning Hugs to those that want/need them, those who are poorly and those who are looking after a poorly person x Happy birthday to those with a birthday x Still dark, not too cold, drier day forecast, then rain this afternoon. Dinner last night was use up tonight will be sausage, egg, beans and chips. Work has an event on…