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Thanks D&DD- I had seen the onion marmalade thing but the reason I bought the onions was so that I could just save money with my day to day cooking.
I tend to use onions in everything and hate chopping them so peel and blitz a load at once then freeze in onion size portions ready to chuck in the pan.
It saves loads of time for me too.
I was just looking online and food dehydrators are available for $43- shame we can't use them over here isn't it? Or would it be possible with a voltage transformer and a travel plug?Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.0 -
Kaz I was interested to read your comments on freezing onions. My freezer book recommends blanching. Is it OK to miss out this fiddly process?
BellaA man's life consisteth not in the abundance of things which he possesseth. Luke 12 v 150 -
bellaquidsin wrote: »Kaz I was interested to read your comments on freezing onions. My freezer book recommends blanching. Is it OK to miss out this fiddly process?
Bella
I NEVER blanch mine, just chop and freeze in a zip lock bag.
I also buy a bag of el cheapo onions and use them in just about everything!0 -
:hello:Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed reading this thread! Lots of great ideas and recipes, I love those Santa and Christmas tree tins and now I really really want a dehydrator so I'm going to ask Santa! :xmassmile fingers crossed!
Catz xOur days are happier when we give people a bit of our heart rather than a piece of our mind.
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LashyLashla wrote: »I NEVER blanch mine, just chop and freeze in a zip lock bag.
That's brilliant. I hate chopping onions and blitz in the food pro but never even thought of doing a batch because I was too lazy to blanch. I even bought some ready frozen not so long ago from Morrisons. :eek: Great tip.
The idea of dehydrating things like lemon peel and puree never even occured to me. That's a fantastic idea.
Off to make that carrot cake that I think JCR linked for me. (sorry if I got poster wrong). It looks gorgeous on the website. Delia knows her nuts, doesn't she? Bitty worried about the quark topping, tho. Name reminds me of an alien in Deep Space Nine.
Can anyone point me to somewhere on here that explains really simply how to post piccies? I'm assuming you can't just c & p them into the posts?AUGUST GROCERY CHALLENGE £115.93/ £250
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Thanks for that D&DD, nope can't say I have even thought of yoghurt drops, DS1 loves yoghurt coated things that you can buy so might be worth a try.
Hmm more lakeland items, thankfully we don't have one near me or I'd have spent a fortune by now
saying that could always order online, god help my finances if one ever opened near me!
Been looking through the freezer and have set December's budget, more bread stuffs than anything else in the freezer to be honest which I will have to work through before making more. Had a nice suprise that a quidco payment of £220 which had only been 'tracked' for 3 months suddenly is scheduled for payment so that is helping with the Christmas shopping. I do still need to shop from home some more before Christmas.....One day I might be more organised...........
GC: £200
Slinkies target 2018 - another 70lb off (half way to what the NHS says) so far 25lb0 -
Recipe is http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=6877222&postcount=420
Rub in the dairy free marg til it looks like breadcrumbs
Add your egg and a tiny bit of ice cold water if needed
Work together with your hands as for normal pastry wrap and chill *the pastry... not you!!
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Hi
Just managed to get back on here, but thank you. I wanted to do this this year, but never got started. My 5 year old will love it as she loves veggies and fruit, especially raw! She's mad on cooked beetroot (vinegarless) so that would be great.
If our back garden was sorted out and we get our non existent grass/weeds dug out and paved I could possibly incorporate a section of the garden to a proper veggie garden, I'd love that, but I'm not a gardener of any kind up to now, hate it. However doing this kind of thing, may be better.
My friend has one of those frame greenhouse things and she grew tomatoes in it and various other bits.
I just need the motivation to start! lol
YvonneLuna69 - you can grow lots in pots - honest!!! My back garden started off as a horrible mess - a mix of previous owners and us trying to make changes... I got pots of all sizes and have grown allsorts - lettuce/salad; beetroot, beans, courgettes, carrots, potatoes, turnips, tomatoes, pumpkins, peppers - just a few of what I grow! This year we have put lots of hardwork into the garden and made 2 large raised beds - I bought sleepers but got soil and flagstones and greenhouse from freecycle! I still have lots of pots and most fruit bushes are in pots and next year I am planning to convert the front garden to low raised beds (I currently have 1 huge bed but need to make it more user friendly!). We also have claysoil and I find raised beds (only a sleeper high nothing huge) with loose topsoil on the top (having broken the clay up with a fork first) is so much easier to use! Get yourself a good container gardening book (I'll look mine up for you later on this eve), lots of pots, some bags of compost... ask for one of those plastic greenhouse shelving units or a couple of coldframes for christmas... and have a go! It's great fun, addictive, tasty and the kids love to help! Being up North is ok too... you can still grow loads of tasty stuff!0 -
Recipe for these is http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.html?p=6970259&postcount=672
Add wet ingredients in to dry stuff
Give a good beat for a couple of minutes til it looks like this...
Scoop a dollop up with a tablespoon and plop into a pudding tin...
You can sprinkle with sesame seeds too for 'burger buns'...
Bake in oven for approx 20 mins *knock bottoms..sound hollow when done*
Lovely buttered hot straight from the oven,store in a bag or airtight tin
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Luna I grow a beetroot called Cylindra which is very space saving but has a long root rather than a round one so you get twice as much from the same space Have grown these successfully in pots too.Keep a look out for the coloured carrots too as little'uns love growing these They are great on the dinner table too for those 'fussy' eaters,encourages them to try something new 0
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