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What's for breakfast/lunch/dinner
I was just being nosey as to what people had/ are having for dinner tonight :question:, i am having baked potato with whats left of yesterdays (HM) chilli.
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How do I freeze apples and crumbles?
They had lots of bags of reduced braeburn apples at Tesco today (22p) so bought 3 bags. I'd like to grate them and freeze them ideally because I'm going to start making my own muesli. I'm new to home baking so can someone please tell me how to freeze them?
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meal plans
I never go food shopping without writing out a meal plan, and I try to stick to it and only buy off the plan unless I see a good offer and then will try to adapt my plan to take this int account, I work out what leftovers i'll have and how to use them in further meals, at end of week if there is still food or meals I can…
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Farmer's markets - cheshire
Not sure if this is the right forum, but I thought it might be nice to have a list of farmer's markets and (genuine!) farm shops selling local produce: Here are two in my area Congleton Location: The Bridestones Centre (next to Safeway) Town: Congleton 1st & 3rd Tuesday Monthly 9:00 am to 4:00 pm Nantwich Farmers' Market…
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My grocery money saving tip
I've been doing a personal experiment which appears to have worked! My Mam always does a 'big shop' once a week, and I just followed her example and have done the same. I find though that I often 'impulse buy' as it's so easy to throw things into the trolley, and often I'm ashamed to say that food used to get thrown out as…
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Bread Maker Recommendations (merged with "Thoughts on...")
I've been looking at getting a breadmaker recently and I'm very tempted to pick one up this weekend, or at least buy one over the net. I've come across a Morphy Richards 48280, which seems to have some good reviews, but I wanted to know what you lot thought:- * Bakes a 1lb, 1½lb and 2lb loaves. * Choice of 12 settings…
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Bread disaster!!!
Some of you may know about the problems I had when making a loaf of granary bread last week which turned out very heavy and stodgy, and it was suggested that I try it again but replacing half the flour with plain bread flour for better results (sorry forget who suggested it now) so I tried that this morning ... The results…
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Watercress?
I've just been given a massive bunch of watercress, but I haven't a clue what to do with it.......can any of you help me out please? Pink
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sweet potatoes
Does anyone know how to make nice chips out of sweet potatoes? There is a restaurant near me that does gorgeous ones, but when ever I try at home they don't work and taste burnt and soggy. Or any other reciepes that use sweet potatoes?
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Supporting local business
I have in my street, a Co-op, 2 butchers, a corner shop that sells loads of veg, a charity shop, an asian food shop, a pet shop and a sweet shop (plus car parts, fishing tackle, bakery/sandwich shop, 6 pubs and enough takeaways to eat different cuisine every day for a week). As dh has an afternoon off on Friday and is…
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How to remove smells from car upholstery
Hope this is the right place for the post. My little girl (4)was ill last week and threw up in the back of the car (only 6 months old {sob!}). That day I cleaned up the sick and borrowed one of those wet/dry vacuum cleaner and used upholstery cleaner to get the rest up. There is still rather a nasty lingering smell which…
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vinegar on dry cracked hands
rubbing white vinegar into cracked hands will soften them up in no time and adding it to your bath leaves your skin soft and the bath easier to clean
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cleaning copper
a paste made up of trusty white vinegar and salt is great for cleaning discoulered copper pots
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Help! What can I make with Quark???
I use this cheese sometimes in cooking, but recipes only often need half the tub, anyone got any ideas what I could do with the rest or can i freeze it?
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Less is more?
I’d like to start by saying that I don’t eat meat, but the rest of my family does (dh, dd1 and dd2) and I buy it for them. I have noticed that a lot of you achieve your amazing low grocery challenges by a) buying really cheap value chicken/beef b) eating/stretching this meat out to 3 or 4 times a week c) buying really…
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New sticky just for vinegar please ?
Any chance we can have a sticky post just for vinegar.. it takes hours to go through all the references to it to see if someone has covered your suggestion already... only for vinegar though. Please.
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HELP ! How do we remove body odour smell from wool ?
Hi, Don't know if anyone can help, but my daughter lent her woolen dress to a friend of hers last week and brought it back unwashed. Unfortunately, after a couple of washes, there is still a strong smell of body odour in the armpits. It's one of my daughters favourite dresses and can't wear it until the pong's gone. Any…
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Good sweet treats to freeze
Hi, I was wandering if I made a batch of cookie dough,could I freeze it and then when I've had a bad day I could just bake some!! :confused: Do any of you have any yummy cookie recipes to add to my collection.
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Cereal bars etc for diabetics
When I read the post by ETO3 today about date and banana bars which are good for diabetics it got me wondering if anybody else on Oldstyle had similar sweet/savoury snack type recipes for diabetics, that are cheap, easy and maybe use oats. Would love a flapjack recipe for example that is ok for diabetics. OH is diabetic…
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How do you use less (making things go further)
It was the thread about using less washing up liquid that got me thinking on this subject. But what and how do use less of. for me it is: I use face wipes (I know wasteful)I cut them in half as they are way too big. I keep a pair of scissors in the bathroom for this. So I get 60 day supply from a standard 30 wipe packet.…
