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Any other Flyladies around?
Love this site also love the American Fly Lady site anyone else a fly baby?
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Personalised gifts - sewing types?
Hi next year I want to make personalised gifts - wash bags - laundery bags - towles etc - Howver while I can sew I havnt one it sice school and not realy sure where to start. Is there a magazine or good book I can buy or does anyone have any patterns they can share I have acess to amounts of Laura Ashley fabrics and…
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Is it worth having a second freezer
Does this sound like a good idea? I'm still at the novice stage of proper food/household budget planning, and want (need!) to get the cost down to under £200/month for 2 people, including £70 on cat food (7 cats = non-negotiable). I'm planning on getting a second cheap upright freezer purely for meat/fish/bread, doing a…
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Substituting white wine
A small cooking tip I picked up from Ready Steady Cook during the week- you can subsitute apple juice [a drier one] in place of white wine in recipes. Thought that would cost the recipe cost back a bit. :snow_grin Aril
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Dont send your 9 year old son to buy flour
In my wisdom (and to give DS a bit of responsibility - doh!) I asked my son to buy plain flour so I can make a malt loaf, yuck, for OH. However, he came back with wholemeal plain flour, instead of "plain" plain flour. He was delighted with himself, and I couldnt burst his bubble. So,my question is; can I use the wholemeal…
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Gingerbread men and other ginger bread recipes
Hi everyone, I'm after a recipe for gingerbread men. I've had a look in the recipes index and found gingerbread but it is a runny batter and not a dough. I'm sorry if i'm being really thick i'm still new to all this. :confused: Thanks Tina
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natural emollient for babys bath?
can anyone reccomend a good natural emollient for my baby boy who is 6 months. he has really dry skin and ive tried almond oil but it doesnt really sink in?? thanks
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The Best Xmas Turkey?
Ive bought my turkey and its now happily residing in my freezer till defrost time (well, massive turkey breast thingy as there is only me and boyf!) and im now wondering what I'll do with it. Im pretty good at making roast chicken dinners but I know that turkey is a whole other bird and can get pretty dry if not done…
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Stress free Christmas
I found this very helpful article on having a STRESS FREE CHRISTMAS.
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How long will Red Pesto keep in the fridge?
I bought a jar of red pesto last week, opened it and it's in the fridge. How long will it keep for? The label says "use within 7 days of opening" but surely it must keep for longer than that!!?? Thanks! Nicola
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Biscuits/chocs for allergic person?
I want to make a present for a friend, but she cannot eat milk, or wheat. She can eat After Eights so chocolate must be OK. Can I make her biscuits? Does anyone had a suitable recipe? Or peppermint creams? Help! Time is running out!
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What would you make with these?
Just under 300g each of cod fillets and salmon fillets (40p the lot!!) Small pack of uncooked cocktail sausages. Unlimited potatoes and carrots and onions. Farfalline pasta Mushroom and chicken soups. Eggs Cream cheese Milk Lemons Limes Tomato puree Coconut milk Cornmeal Huge bag of basmati rice Lots of herbs spices and…
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Old Style Book - Can You Help?
Hello all - as you know I'm working on Martin's Old Style Moneysaving Book - working my way through the cleaning chapter at the moment - so in between writing have a lovely sparkly house too! Found all the info on the Mega Indexed Thread - fabulous - thanks for all that. If you have any tips for cleaning specific rooms of…
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Gluten Free the old style way
I've just been advised to try a gluten free diet for a month and I'm going to try to give it a go. We don't spend too much on food shopping and I'd like to keep it that way. Fortunately we have the panasonic breadmaker so I can make gluten free bread. We also like things like quinoa so we've made a bit of a start. But does…
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Mildew - tried everything!
My neighbour came back from holiday to discover her son has spilt something on her favourite table cloth, put it in the machine and left it, resulting in bad mildew stains. She's boil washed it twice to no avail. I printed out the mildew thread on here and she's tried the vinegar, soda crystals and lemon but still no luck.…
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Clear Nail Varnish
I never wear nail varnish but I have a cheap (Collection 2000) bottle of clear nail varnish which can be put to lots of use. A ladder in your tights? Stop it with a dab of clear nail varnish. Buttons falling off your garments? Fix them in place with a dab of clear nail varnish on the stitches. Hair grip has a sharp edge?…
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Drying jumpers flat
Now Jack Frost has moved in, my woolies are making regular appearances. Some of them say "wash as wool dry flat" and a couple are "hand washing only". I can't wring out the jumpers very much and the wool cycle spins very gently so they come out the machine very wet. I've got a couple of 'flat drying racks' from Kleeneze…
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Old Style Christmas!
M E R R Y C H R I S T M A S :xmastree: To all our readers :xmastree: Merry Christmas to everyone :) We have got, as you will see from the list below, a lot of threads about Christmas and various Christmas things so, with help from ancasta and Curry Queen we now have a collection for you. Ancasta is indexing our long…
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Christmas Biscuit Ideas
Hello I am planning to make some cakes/biscuits/mince pies (not sure which yet!!) to take into work rather than writing loads and loads of Xmas cards for everyone, thought I would take some around the departments... I would like something relatively easy and cheap to make, does anyone have any ideas on what would be best?…
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Diabetic desserts?
My MIL is diabetic - not insulin dependent, the other kind. I'd like to make a nice pudding that we all could eat, without her feeling she's spoiling it for everyone else. I can't ask her what she can and can't have as she would feel she's being a burden and would rather not have anything than cause a fuss. Any ideas? I…
