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Recipe for chocolate swiss roll
Hi doe's anyone have any recipes for Chocolate swiss roll, Thanks
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cocoa powder
I have a tin of cocoa powder but i dont really know what to ise it for as every recipe i have in my books for anything chocolatey says to use proper chocolate so i'm not really sure what to do with it... any ideas????
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Cheap products at tesco's
I often go shopping in the evenings and then you can find some really good bargains. For example organic leaf of bread for 20P. 5 bagels for 20P. If you have a freezer and a large family, you can save some money by bying cheap bread and freezing it.
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shopping monthly for 5 kids and me! any advice anyone?
hi . i love this site and hope some of you can help me today. my friend is selling her chest freezer for£50 and i am debating whether to buy it or not,and if i could shop monthly online. any ideas anyone ? these are my concerns; 1.would i miss out on BOGOFS etc by only shopping once a month? 2.what do i need to buy fresh…
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Sorry, another freezer question! freezing suet
Does anyone know if suet pastry dishes freeze well e.g. jam rolly polly and bacon and leek roll? :confused: I have loads of suet, bacon and jam and thought it would be an ideal way of using some of it up. Sproggi
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How Do You Make Mint Sauce?
does anyone know who to make mint sauce? i have loads of mint growing in my garden, and my youngest son loves mint sauce, last year i tried making it, and it was well disgusting really, this year as i am knucking down with my spending, and getting back to proper cooking, i was hoping that maybe someone might tell me how to…
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online macrame lessons?
Does anyone know of any websites offering online teach yourself macrame? I need to learn some asap to help my OH's son with a project and time is running out!! I have a Hobby craft near where I live, but I don't fancy driving all the way there and spending a fortune on a book I'd proabably never use again! any help…
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Quick muffin question please?
I'm trying to cook more stuff from scratch now and its going down well at home so I thought I would try some of the stuff in the recipe index.I have used one of the recipes on here for muffins and the kids loved them.I wanted to make some blueberry ones and in the recipe it says you can use frozon ones.What I want to know…
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Soap Powder
I always used to buy a separate laundry soap powder and fabric conditioner - then times got hard and I used a combined. Then times got REALLY hard and I was looking for further pennies to pinch. On the reckoning that I'd give anything a go once, I picked up a small box of Asda's value (cheap as chips) biological soap…
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recipes for slow cooker
I have just ordered the swan slow cooker after reading toozie's post ( really good bargain) but have never used one before, I always use a pressure cooker. I want to give this one to my daughter as she is about to move into a flat with her bf. They both have really busy jobs so hope it will be ideal and well used. BUT can…
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help! how do I get bathroom sealant off hands?
Please can anyone help. I am currently typing this with my hands covered ion white bathroom sealant, and the more I've tried washing them, the more sticky my hands are getting. Any urgent advise would be great.
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Shiver!!
Has anyone seen the weather forecast for tonight? It is supposed to be minus 5 degrees. I've got DS to bring the guinea pigs indoors and am about to fish DS's sleeping bag out. Who else is taking extra precautions against the cold tonight and what are you doing to keep warm?
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slow cooker ideas
hi, we got a slow cooker as an xmas gift and we have only used it once. I need some cheap meal ideas to make good use of it (btw im 22 so a microwave is about my cooking abilitly level so i want to help the girlfriend out with the cooking and cut back on food spending at the same time) cheers
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Slow Cooker - Soup
Probably daft questions but can I reheat soup in a slow cooker? When making vegetable soup do you need to liquidise some of it or just cut up all veg in small pieces? I make a nice celery soup but have not tried it in the slow cooker. Do I just put all the ingredients in and leave for 4/5/6 hours? I am making soup for…
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OS Chic Shopper club (ex Wally trolley) :)
What's it about? The original concept came from MoneySaver Ticklemouse who spotted a shopping trolley in Lidl. These are now "the thing" to shop with and can be bought in various shapes, sizes and colours from various outlets. What to do? Look further down thid discussion for a list of the sites where you can find these…
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pressure cookers?
Dear All When did pressure cookers fall out of fashion? I've been using one for years and can make wonderful food. Stews, curries, chillies (using soaked dried beans) in 15mins or less (about an hour if you include the preparation time). It is still a fuel efficient means of cooking. This weekend will be unto my third…
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HM bodywash/soap using Borax??
Hi, I have searched around and found threads on both soap and borax, but wanted to know something a bit more specific, thought maybe the OS-Style soapmakers out there could help me... I've been "Googling around" trying to find out about HM soap, and found you have to use lye (i'm a bit scared by this). Also found Cold…
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Cold person needs advice please!!!
Hi A quickie for you wonderful people.....apologies if this has already been asked/answered: I would like to make some cheap draft excluders for the placing at the bottom of doors (our house is sooooo cold at the mo :eek: ). I have some off-cuts of material, but was wondering what was the best/cheapest thing to stuff them…
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how do you feed yours???
Well since DD has started nursery i've moved her and 18m old ds dinnertime to 5.30 now i have to start dinner at 4.30 normally but i find i am speding all evening in the kitchen as by the time they've had theirs at 5.30 its time to go and make mine and OH's. tonight wasnt so bad as we had shepherds pie so i just did enough…
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Steam generator irons
Are these really worth the money? My existing steam iron is not working very well so looking at getting a new one. OH reckons I should get a generator one but I think they are too expensive. He also reckons it would make ironing quicker and easier but as he never irons I don't know why he cares!!!! I do really hate ironing…
