-
Bulk cooking and freezing meals?
Hi all, Can anyone tell me if there is a thread dedicated to freezing meals? I've had a look and can't find one. If so, can you point me in the right direction, please. So far, we've done the curry base sauce, shepherds pie, spaghetti bolognaise and chilli. OH isn't overly keen on casseroles (though I love them) and we…
-
Pizza Dough Recipes , Tips and Quick Questions
Hi all, Finally got the nerve to ask at Tesco for some fresh yeast (was given a nice large lump of it ;) )! I plan to bake some bread with it tomorrow or over the weekend...but i really fancied making some pizza tonight...so.... Does anyone have a recipe for pizza dough using fresh yest? I've searched the forum and all i…
-
Things I can grow in a flat
All the talk of home grown things has got me thinking (and dreaming of the day I can have a vegetable patch and chickens in my garden etc etc) but anyway... We've just moved into a first floor flat and have so far got a basil and a corriander plant on one windowsill but was wondering if anyone has got any other ideas. We…
-
Freezing Soup
I hope this hasn't been posted elsewhere. I did have a quick search. I am making butternut squash soup today and wondered whether anyone knows if it would freeze okay.
-
HM Popcorn?
Hi all I decided to make some popcorn last night and I used a tiny bit of coconut oil to get the corns popping in the pan. They have a really delicate taste of coconut now which is yummy. It got me thinking about what other flavours would work well with popcorn apart from the standard sugar, syrup and salt. Any ideas…
-
quick question ...when is the right time to bake a Christmas cake? (merged)
I always make my Christmas cakes around now, half term-ish, but each Christmas I promise myself that I'll make it sooner to give it longer maturing time, but I never get around to it. Does anyone know for certain that a cake made in september is better than one made in october?
-
fleas, fleas and more fleas....
please help. cat is normally frontlined regularly, but i forgot as was away - [he had catsitter, before you all call the rspca!]. so now we are infested. cat has been covered in flea spray and thrown into the cold. house still jumping. don't really want to use flea bombs, been hoovering with dyson regularly, and using flea…
-
please help the thickett in the corner!
*waves* :D what is buttermilk? i've been contemplating making scones, and delia had quite a nice recipe which called for buttermilk, which is something i've never usd before. i know they bathed wibur the pig in it (charlotte's web by e.b. white ;) ) but i've never come across it as an ingredient before. can i get it at the…
-
Herman Friendship Cake??
Got home from the school run this morning to find my friend had left me a mixture along with a "Herman the friendly cake" recipe. I don't know any other name for it but it is a cake made of living yeast which takes nine days to make, during which time you divide the mixture into four and give three parts to friends. So…
-
CQ - Baked spuds in Slow cooker??
I've gone all boggle eyed reading all the slow cooker tips. Just seen somewhere a thread from CURRYQUEEN, talking about doin baked pots in foil in the slow cooker...but is there a thread where CQ tells us how to do this pls?? CQ - need you pls...
-
How frugal can you be with food shopping?
My circumstances are about to change insofar as I will soon be living on my own and on one salary. I don't mean to be nosy but I would love to know how much other single people spend on shopping a month. My budget is set at £60 per month. Is this realistic?
-
Strawberries - help needed
I need a bit of help with my strawberries please. I've read some posts on here that talk about re-potting runners or something . . . My plants do have runners - or I think that's what they are, long shoots that have kind of grown out a bit away from the others with leaves on? How do you actually cut them off and repot…
-
Apple Glut
I apologise if this has ben asked before but I have a glut of cooking apples and was wondering if anyone has any recipes for anything appley, and does anyone know the best way to stew and freeze? - cause mine always seems to go to slop ! - Thanks !!
-
Old Style Sewers - Help Needed
I managed to pick up a rather ancient basic Singer from the bootsale this morning. It works perfectly but unfortunately I am still rubbish!! The thread is all knotting up on the underneath of the fabric. What am I doing wrong. The instruction book is very good and comes with very easy to understand pictures so I can even…
-
Nativity Play (merged threads)
Its that time again and we've just been given the details of the school play. Ive got to make my sons nativity outfit (leading role of Joseph). Ive got to make a long sleeve stripy tunic type outfit. Any ideas online on how to make, Ive got the sewing machine and the fabric just need the know-how?
-
Can u help ? defrosted freezer...
Hi, Not sure if this is the right place to post this .... anyway woken up this morning and the top part of my freezer has defrosted and I was wondering how long I have to eat 36 fishfingers, 2 pizza's, 12 sausages, 6 burgers, 6 pittas, pack of bacon, 6 cod in crumb, & a duck breast !. We are a family of three and I suspect…
-
Cleaning Carpets?!?
Hi All, Am after some advice here please..................how do I go about cleaning our carpet?? It is quite old and really wants replacing but we have the house up for sale and cant really afford to replace it. Besides that I have 3 kids under 4 and they would get the new one dirty too! My local dry cleaner hires out a…
-
Neutralise Dogs Wee??
:eek: We have a lovely female lurcher but lots of not so lovely yellow and bare patches on our lawn. We have been told to use tomato ketchup on her food, but tonight have been told to use tomato juice. Any ideas and how often and in what quantities should we be using :confused:
-
Steamed sponge (syrup) pudding
Nove I've eaten all of Nigellas chocolate cake, I need to make a nice steamed sponge pudding, you know, the one with the syrup! Any good recipes?
-
Umpteen Metres of excess fabric
Now I need some ideas what to make with it that doesn't involve a sewing machine (as I haven't got one yet). I went into town to bank a cheque and find myself two jumpers from the charity shops. Instead I came home with a Jasper Conran hooded winter jacket, 5 new fleece tops from Primark, 8 christmas presents and 2 huge…
