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• Food Inventories

  Evening all, Am getting ready to tackle my cupboards and freezers to see what I have got...does anyone do their inventory in spreadsheet form? If so, can I be really lazy and cheeky and ask for a copy? Frugalpie

• Warburtons recipe ideas

  You might have all seen this before but looks a good site with plenty of recipes...NB. substitute your HM bread for the Warburtons of course!!!! Warburtons recipe ideas link Sorry if the link don't work, me rubbish at techie stuff ;)

• Speed up soaking pulses

  Does anyone know the turbo charged way of preparing pulses so you don,t need to soak them overnight???

• Packed Lunches for School

  Back to school on Tuesday :j DS 14yrs has asked if he can take packed lunches instead of having school meals due to him attending various activities at lunchtime. He usually takes £1.50 per day for a canteen style meal which he picks himself. Other than sandwiches, what can I send him with that will fill him up, give a bit…

• OS Children's Parties

  Reading the very useful "gift cupboard" thread made me think about ideas for children's parties. Like one of the post-ers on that thread I have 2 children at primary school and 1 toddler and so we get invited to loads of parties - all the usual MacDonalds/Wacky Warehouse/entertainers - which work out so expensive and I…

• Cheapest Meals Ever

  Can anyone suggest the above. Bit of background. I am self employed on a fairly low income. I have a son who is 19 and will still be at college until June 2006 - he has just lost a part time job and company closed. I have been getting Child Benefit and Tax Credits for him but it all stops in March....finito. I am getting…

• Beefburgers, need to use up.

  Need to eat up out of the freezer so I can defrost it, and do an online shop. How ever I have found a 12 box of beefburger left over from the summer. The children will not eat them, and I don`t fancy the idea of burgers in buns for tea for the next week. Any ideas on what I can do with them to tart them up a bit? Could i…

• Old Style Diary Archive - JAN 06

  Morning everyone...it's a brand new Year!!! :j I'm up again in the middle of the night - so one new year's resolution already broken, ie that I'd get better sleep. Ho hum. I rearranged my furniture in my bedroom yesterday, moving my desk and computer out to a spare room, then moved my bed. This was to help with my sleeping…

• Happy New Year

  Happy New Year to all you OS'ers. Hope it's a good one for everyone. soba