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for those wanting a slow cooker read
Hi if you go to "quick grabbit while you can" there is a promotional code for boots of 28% off and today only there is another 10% off if bought on line and spend over £40 and free delivery. They have a morphy richards slow cooker for £34.99 you will have to spend another £5.01 to get offers. I have just ordered it along…
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Omg...all This Home Cooking Is Making Me Fat!!
Having been a creeping jesus around this board for a while now, i have been taking all the tips on board, and for the last month or so, have home cooked everything! Now the shopping bill is half what it was.....but the portions are a lot bigger, and the food is 100% better BUT.....ive put on a LOAD of weight (around half a…
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Twin Tubs
Was I dreaming or did I recently see an ad for a top loading twin tub? How did these compare with todays front loaders in performance terms?
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Red cabbage recipe wanted please.
Can anyone tell me how to cook it? I ate out the other day & had this lovely, sweet red cabbage as a side dish. I really want to try it again! Thanks. Nickinoo
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A big congratulations to Queenie
Your Pin money challenge has been used on this weeks MartinsMoneyTips Email. Well done!!!!:j
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Help me preserve casserole (!?!)
I need some help! I want to take some casserole on a camping trip but I won't have access to a fridge or anything cold. We will be eating it on Saturday evening but the last chance we'll have to keep it cold is Friday Evening so I was thinking..... Could I pour it into zip-lock bags and freeze it, then remove it from the…
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The Best Way to Clean A Dress Shirt?
Anyone got any tips on the best way to clean a Dress Shirt in your own home?
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Use-it-up experiments
How about we compare notes on unorthodox things we've done with leftovers or short-dated food, that has turned out edible? :j I have a pack of sachets of Uncle Bens boil in the bag rice (plain white) that should have been used last month, so I've just boiled one and mixed it with a small amount (about half oz) grated…
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Budgeting spreadsheet
In various threads we are discussing budgeting so I thought I'd post this link to the main site: BUDGETING SPREADSHEET It is a budget spreadsheet either on Excel or online for all spending thoughout the year. It doesn't split grocery into anything other than 'food shopping' so if anyone else wants to post there grocery…
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BBC1 tonight @7pm (16th March)
Just seen in the tv guide, tonight at 7pm BBC1, a new programme called "Smart Spenders". It looks like it'll be right up our street, moneysavers. Worth a look, everything helps! since being on this site, I'm absolutly shocked at the amount of money I spend. I have no debts (other than a small mortgage), but spend almost…
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Healthy Sausages
My 8 year old son made these following a recipe he got from Planet Cook on CBBC. They were really tasty and very filling. Will definitely be making them again. 1 large eating apple 1lb pork mince 1 thick crust of bread made into breadcrumbs 5cm root ginger (or we used 1tsp dried ginger) 1 tsp mixed herbs 1 egg, beaten 1…
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2 dozen orange peels - what do do with them
Just spent the last half hour squeezing fresh orange juice. Now I've got the peel from 2 dozen oranges. It seems a bit of a waste to put them in the bin - any suggestions on what I could do with these?
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The best slow cooker recipie in the world thread...
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cheating when cooking lets share ideas
Hi all My cheats are 1) packet of golden veg soup mix, made up with water (I think it says 1 and half pints but just put in a pint) and cooked for 5 mins then sieve it add fresh veg and ham if available and add dumplings put in oven with cheese on top. I tell them its my special receipe. 2) when making gravy i add 2-3…
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Dairy free pizza dough
Has anyone got a recipie for a dairy free pizza?
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peppers recipes and questions
Hi.. Have got too many peppers in the fridge and thought that some wonderful peeps out there might have some new ideas for them. ;) I normally just chop and add to salads or casseroles but have never roasted them. I have seen somewhere that they can be popped into an oven and then put into a plastic bag but not sure what…
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Homemade Sweets
Anybody got any recipes for sweets??? Hosting a bit of a "doo" for easter - got lots of family coming and need to make sure I've got something to give to people....don't want to waste my money buying eggs this year so have just shredded loads of junk mail to make some "nests" - got some little fluffy easter chicks from…
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Food storage without a
fridge or freezer. I am going to be moving in a just over a weeks time and my fridge/freezer is going to be collected on thrusday by the council as it is nearly 7 years old and falling apart. So i thought rather than shift it buy a new one. Which we have budgeted for. The only way I can think of storing milk is to buy…
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Organic fruit/veg/meat/cheese in your area
Take a look at www.bigbarn.co.uk Put your postcode in the box on the home page and it will come up with local suppliers of organic products, local farms etc. I found a few that I didnt know about, and several WI markets on different days to the one nearest to me.
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Food on the go...............HELP!!!!!
Don't know if this should be on the Travel or this board. I need some tips on food on the go. My husband is a diabetic (type 2), and we are off on a long coach journey this week, 2 days. He doesn't eat dairy/eggs,(allergic), doesn't like anything sweet, or those useful snack bars, and in my past experience of road stops…
