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Desperately need recipe help
Hi have read through the recipe index and got quite a few ideas but was wondering if anyone could help me. Need some recipe ideas for 1 person(no freezer for bulk cooking) and I'm afraid my list of foods I can't eat are quite extensive due to medical problems. Dont have a slow cooker but have oven, micro, george etc. They…
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Warning: don't cook "tater toasties" in toaster!
I recently bought some potato waffles called Tater Toasties from Farmfoods, and according to the cooking instructions, they may be cooked in a toaster as well as by conventional methods. I foolishly tried this. My toaster toasts bread, crumpets etc. fine, but when I tried using it for these waffles, one corner of each…
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your own personal Old Style?
Hello all! Old Style is very very good. I am not doing it properly as such yet but am taking very small steps, if I do it all at once it will be too much. After Christmas I will make a huge effort to make my life OS. Anyway, my point of the post is this! (I ramble, get used to it!) How do you OS? I won't have a slow cooker…
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Christmas Dinner ideas?
Every Christmas we have always had the traditional roast Turkey etc. This year my sister and neice are coming for Christmas and i was wondering about doing something different like a 3 course meal. Any suggestions will be welcome. Also it has to be child friendly :rolleyes: I was thinking of creating 3 different meals from…
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pie fillings
Any ideas for pie/crumble fillings please? i am sick and tired of apple, blackberry and apple, apple and mincemeat. rhubarb is too expnsive imho right now... im close to buying tinned - stuff but dont want to - so please all - what cheapo fillings do you put in your pies?
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Fresh Milk - half price
This follows on from my previous posting re: liquid soap. As an adult who needs to cut down on cholesterol, I downgraded from full fat to semi-skimmed milk some time ago. For the last month or so, however, each time I use milk on my morning bowl of cereal, I pour in half milk, then half water. I'm not actually doing this…
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Liquid Hand Soap - half price
Liquid soap is far more concentrated than necessary. When you finish a bottle, don't throw it away; buy a new one and pour half into the old bottle, carefully top up both with water (to avoid bubble hysteria) then roll them around gently to even out the mix. True, it's slightly less gloopy, but it will cut your soap bill…
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Birthday Help-Too Much OS To Choose From!
Hi All, Its my birthday soon :T and I am going to ask my DH to go in with his mum and sister to get me something usefull for my kitchen OS style. Sounds FAB right? It is but I cant choose what to get :rolleyes: HELP PLEASE! On the wanted list are; yogurt maker bread maker juicer Each has its benefits, the yogurt maker…
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Does anyone have a recipe for a simple sausage casserole I can make in the SC?
Hey, my mum and I have bought a SC at my request and so far all I have made is one batch of chilli whilst she has used it loads! I am having problems finding things to make, I don't eat meat so I have to adapt the recipe but I am usually good at this. I really want to make a veggie sausage cassarole next week but I have…
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Overnight Bread Claggy from BM - Help!
Hi Just got my Panasonic 253 BM in and did my first overnight basic white bread and this morning when I got it out it looked hard and claggy on top and the texture was so poor it wasn't edible. I don't think I did anything particularly wrong as I've made loaves during the day before and they were fine. Any tips as to what…
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Freezing rice?
Can i freeze cooked rice or will it break-down, go soggy and horrible when i defrost it? I thought about making sure it was completely cool before putting it in a freezer bag and then freezing. However before i try i thought i'd as you MSEr's as i know someone will have tried this before me!!! No points for guessing who…
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Looking For A Cheaper Alternative To Butter?
Hi I usually buy Asdas own butter tasting margarine-1kg for £1.35. I go through one of these about every 3 weeks and is used on sarnies/bread/mash/new pots etc. If we do any baking we normally use Asda own cooking marg 500g for 35p I think roughly. I like a creamy buttery taste and was wondering if anyone can recomend an…
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Rusty Draining board
Hello! Just moved into a new house (yippee!!!) but I've noticed that the draining board in the kitchen has got rusty spots on them. They come off if you wipe them, but I know (from my very basic chemistry knowledge!) that air and water on metal creates rust so using a damp cloth is probably not improving the situation! Is…
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Need very very quick & easy recipes
I need some really easy and very quick meal ideas please. (Obviously must be cheap.) So far I have: Pasta with egg broken into it, and bits of chopped up fried bacon and onion Pasta with herbs and tinned tuna Spag bol obviously I'm reverting back to various ready meals if I can't find stuff I can cook. Oh and it needs to…
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Welcome Sarah
Sorry folks - I just merged two welcome sarah threads together and they've completely disappeared on me. I've emailed webby to see if he can find them. So, welcome Sarah and do enjoy MSE and Old Style :)
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North East Organic Growers - Not Happy
Morning All, hope you had a lovely weekend. I know we have a lot of regulars now that are based in the North East and just wanted to draw your attention to this company. The North East Organic Growers are the only company in the Newcastle area that I can find that do an organic box scheme. Having looked at their website I…
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Tripe Recipes..
Hello all... :wave: Does anyone know any good recipes for Tripe.. Thanks all :beer: :beer:
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Has anyone done dumplings in the SC?
Ok, I want to fire up the slow cooker and have put in chopped celery, carrots, onion, potatoes, garlic, mixed herbs, beef and half a lonely bottle of red wine. I want to make dumplings too - so firstly, does anyone have a tried and tested recipe please? And secondly, can they be cooked in the slow cooker too? :confused: If…
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What is a decent alternative for fresh garlic?
Garlic salt, garlic granules? Something that I could have in when I haven't got time to shop for the fresh stuff. :confused: TIA.
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Using moulds for chocolate decorations
During the summer I picked up a little bag of small metal moulds at a charity shop for 25p. They are nice little christmas moulds, stockings and baubles ... that sort of thing. Thought they'd come in useful in my rapidly developing OS kitchen :D I'm assuming they are for chocolate making? Does anyone have any idea as to…
