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Using 1pt of milk a day (or more!!)
So I'm getting milk tokens for a tin of powdered milk a week. since i dont bottle feed, i breast feed, the milk tokens can also be used to get full fat or semi skimmed milk, roughly a pt a day! Right now I have 4 x tokens, and each token is worth 7pts of milk to be redeemed before 16th feb. according to my letter though…
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Problem with slow cooker??
OH's parents bought us this http://www.robertdyas.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=10051&storeId=10001&productId=62703&langId=-1&parent_category_rn=16701 for Christmas. I have used it three times and have noticed that food is getting stuck on the sides, I have to stir several times but still get…
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OS house party - do i need any more food?
There will be about 30 people chez moi this weekend, and I'm doing a 70's style house party, (just thing Margot from the Good life...) too much going out over xmas i thought why not stay at home. On the menu so far is chicken kebabs, chopska salad (bulgarian recipe, with feta cheese), olives, pesto swirl bread, nuts,…
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Feeding Growing Teenagers
I have been looking around on here for a while but cannot find an appropriate thread so hope you don't mind me starting this. Merge me by any means, I won't mind! Along with cutting the food budget I also have children who have hit a growth phase and just eat and eat! (DS 12yrs and DD 14yrs) No weight problems so they…
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Advice on breadmaker
Hi, i'm thinking of buying a breadmaker, we only eat granary or seeded loafs as white bread dosnt agree with me. Do you have any advice on if they make good loafs of the above and also how much approx would it cost for each loaf you make Any advice would be great thanks xx
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Birthday Cake for 3 yr old
Hi, My little girl is 3 in a few days, and I am getting stressed about her birthday cake!! I feel like I want to (ought to?) make it myself but I'm not that good at cakes. Has anyone any suggestions for an easy-ish cake for a little girl? To be honest to please her the appearance is probably more important than the taste!!…
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how to make.............homemade icing bag??
i need to fill some cannelloni tubes, but dont have an icing bag, can anyone think of a good way to make up a "icing bag"? :confused: :confused: :
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bread query
Hello to all, just joined so be gentle with me. i recently bought a cookworks breadmaker, however, every loaf i have tried seems to over rise then shrink, help!!!!!!!! sorry if this is in the wrong place regards Mrs A.
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650 watt Slow cooker !!! to stay or to go ??
I bought a tefal 3 in 1 rice cooker, slow cooker & steamer (3.2 litres) but now I've discovered its 650 watts the Morphy Richards 3.5 litres is only 150 watts I don't mind cooking rice for 15 minutes with it but cooking meals over 8 hours is something else. I'm really torn since I only have a small kitchen & having a rice…
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Waffle Maker
My son had a waffle maker for Christmas but when we opened the box there werent any instructions ( which thinking about it i probably lost before i wrapped it up some months before). So far we have made something resembling a thick pancake. This was very ppopular but nothing like a waffle. Does anyone have any recipes to…
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Jerusalem artichokes
I need some help on what exactly to do with these. Can't believe I have never tried them before. Firstly how do I cook them? Secondly any interesting recipes to make with them? I eagerly await any replies. I love all the recipes and suggestions you all come up with.
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AIRING CUPBOARD how do you organise
I have just pulled everything out of my airing cupboard and I have an enormous heap on the lounge floor. I don`t have a tank in there and I have two slatted shelves and a half-depth slatted shelf. I don`t know where to start. It is an excellent storage facility but has turned into a glory hole. Arghhh!! How do you organise…
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Muffin tins
Ive found some lovely recipes for muffins, but i only have cake tins, not muffin tins. Will that make a big difference, or should i go out and buy a muffin tray? Catherine x
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Traybakes
I would like some recipes for traybakes, i have bought the tray just need the ideas. i buy Delicious mag and next month traybakes are going to be featured but i can't wait that long. many thanks in advance. :)
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chinese barbecue sauce
Hi Does anyone have a recipe for chinese barbecue spare ribs. I have some pork chops that I thought I would chop and do in the slow cooker with chinese barbecue sauce, serve with noodles and stir fry veg. Also any other chinese take away recipe secrets, please. I do love a chinese takeaway, but I 'm also hoping to tweak…
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OS Monday 23rd January
Good Grief, don't say I'm the first one up? Morning everyone. I've been up since 4am as the rugrat is having difficulty sleeping in her new room all by herself. Hopefully she may settle more when it's all pink and girly and finished :D WM on, BM on and I am busy sorting out what I can without waking the rest of the house…
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Cereal Packet Toys
Just cleaning out the kitchen drawers and I seem to have a large amount of the toy thingies that come inside cereal packets. Anyone got any ideas what to do with them. :confused: They are mostly still sealed in the little packages. Thanks in advance Choco
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cabbage, chocolate and cream
Hi I am having a cooking day and going through things to be used up and i have found the following; 2 cabbages (the crinkley ones) onions 1 pot of single cream (to be used today) 3 bars of white cooking chocolate 1/2 bar of milk cooking chocolate lots of butter 1/2 bag of currants I also have the general stocks of other…
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Cheapest place to buy seeds online?
Does anyone know? :confused: Thank you, Lotta
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Making bread in the Kenwood Chef?
Hiya, I have a BM, but for a change I thought I would attempt to make some bread using my Kenwood. I would like to make 3 loaves (got three loaf tins y'see!) .... I have a recipe for wholemeal bread in the book which came with my Kenwood, but can I just triple this, or do I need to make each batch separately? Any pointers…
