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Freezing Pastry
I am going to do a batch of baking next week and I thought I would have a go at pies - both sweet and savoury, also I am going to try and make a steak pudding. Firstly is the pastry different for sweet and savoury pastry? Secondly, when freezing, do I bake the pie first or freeze the pastry raw? You can tell I haven't been…
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Recipe for fudge
Does anybody have a recipe for creamy vanilla fudge? Thanks Alison
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Stretching things
I've noticed that when people post recipes, they often refer to various ways to stretch mince, while Lillibet stretches fruit juice by diluting it. This made me think it would be a good idea to have a thread where we could post all our "stretches" in one place. My own favourite one is when I am making a curry. I use three…
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Reheating Chicken
After following all the good advise on Money Saving Old Style on stretching a chicken, I have cooked my first whole chicken in the slow cooker ... and it is looking as if I'll get 4 or 5 family meals from it:D ... and I've got the carcass back in the slow cooker making a batch of stock. I'm happy about using the cooked…
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disgaurd shreader paper
I use waste paper from my shredder for mixing in with straw for my hamster,dont use 100% shredding because pets like to eat straw. this has a double advantage because it saves me money on straw,plus when paper has been through the shredder and been in with the hamster for a few days any information on the paper will be…
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My Money Saving Day!
Well, what an influence this website has had on me. Yesterday, my money saving day was this: - Had a lovely lie in (free!) as no work today! - Spent ages wandering around the MSE forums, picking up tips. Linked to Radio 2 music player (saves having laptop and radio on) - Post arrived - free foundation, pet food measures,…
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Old styler fallen by the wayside!
Please help, I seem to have lost all my old style ways during the Easter hols, my kids go back to school on Monday. I cant seem to get organised with food, my kids arguing and wanting to be taken out somewhere everyday etc. I seem to have been to Tesco a lot lately but only quick shops as my kids are doing my head in! So,…
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Cooking for the freezer - vegetarian
June and July are my busiest months for work and in previous years, the rest of the family have taken over the cooking of the evening meal with disastarous results: 2002 - We lived on frozen pizzas,chips, baked potatoes etc 2003 - I taught OH and two teen sons to cook three simple meals each and a rota was drawn up. Lasted…
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moneysaving old style badge?
was wondering if we could find a way of identifying ourselves ;) cos last night when i was on the tills i found myself nearly asking people if they use this board........ think the giveaways are the bottles of white vinegar, tubs of bicarb and last night i noticed a few packets of good old fashioned dishcloths :) so what…
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Tea Bags vs. Loose tea leaves
I started to use loose tea recently, having previously always stuck to using tea bags, in the hope that it's a bit cheaper. Has anyone out there already done the maths on this one??? ( i've found it much better for the compost heap, cos those little white bags seem to take at least 2 years to compost down!). thanks
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Foodie on a budget
Ok guys, I love slow cooker recipes as much as the next person and made a gorgeous chicken stew this week in mine.............. But I'm addicted to Nigella and Jamie and the like and used to spend load of money on exotic ingredients and was in my element jiggering about in my kitchen for hours at a weekend. Last night,…
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Now and Then - April 8th
Haven't had one for a few weeks so I thought it might be fun to have another. Now: I shopped with *planned* coupons: I had them all organised in my purse/date ordered. I *planned* using them on goods which would already be on sale to double my savings. (Now those savings are recorded and put into the relevant…
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dryclean only silk skirt and top?
Anyone know if you can hand wash a dryclean only silk skirt and top?
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Yoghurt Recipes Thread
In the next few days I am going to start making my own yoghurt as I eat a lot and want to save money and make my own. Anyway I know that I need a live plain yoghurt. But once I get in to the supermarket I then get confused about which one to buy. What brand should I buy? I have also read that you can freeze it in ice cube…
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Freezing mushrooms
This might seem a bit of a dumb question, but can I freeze fresh mushrooms? I bought some on Wednesday when I did my shopping but probably won't get around to using them as quick as I'd hoped. Don't want them to go to waste so will freezing them work? I mean they won't go all brown on me or something? Thanks!
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knitting wool doorstep exchange scheme?
Hello to all, I am crocheting a multicoloured squares blanket for my little boys bed ( it is of course a 'magic' blanket which hopefully will encourage him to stay in his own bed and stop him leaping into ours! My problem is I am running out of wool in lots of different colours in double knit DK which I need, but have…
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" old style" meals re-visited.
:D As a family now using this site,not only are we noticing the financial benefits, but also the yummy food benefits. So i thought I would start a thread on everyones favourite re-discovered foods. for instance last week we had a "real steak & kidney pud", takes hours to cook,but so cheap and so worth the effort. Tonight…
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Rice pudding
I know there is probably one on here somewhere, but could some kind peep give me a recipe for good old fashioned Baked Rice Pudding? Ta very much :)
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Magic Cereal
Ok call me stupid but I fell for the line.... "eat a bowl of cereal twice a day for 2 weeks and drop a jean size". I really did try, but the cereal I bought is just too sweet for me (crunchy nut cornflakes). I have two huge boxes (750g each) what do I do with them? Any ideas how I can tone down their sweetness as they are…
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Out of date chocolate
My GF used to buy chocolate on offer and hoard it. Then she went on a healthy regime and so much of it has gone well out of date. I have been slowly using up things like the mars bars that expired around christmas. Now we have some big 200g bars, some are 4 months out of date and others are more like 18 months. Will the…
