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Virgin Olive Oil - the most money saving ingredient in your kitchen
This is next to free and will save you a bunch of money! :j You already have most of these items at home right now, no need to get them from Boots / Superdrug / Body Shop... You can use virgin olive oil in the following ways: - Body & Foot Scrub - Mix some olive oil with brown sugar until it's the consistency of something…
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What do I do...
Morning everyone!:) Can anyone tell me what to do with the cooking oil when I want to change it in my new deep fat fryer please? Now be nice!;) It just never sets. My 16 year old son has been empting frying pan oil etc down sink (never a good idea!):rolleyes: Help - I'm drowning in the stuff!!!:eek: Hope you're all well. x
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SC Disaster - Heeeelllpppp!!!
I cooked a cheese and potato bake in my slow cooker on tuesday. I usually leave it in for 6 hours on low while I'm out but I got held up and it was in for 8 :eek: When I got home the meal was slightly overcooked but the edges of it were really welded to the sides. I put it in soak and scraped the excess off but now I'm…
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Any ideas what to do with TVP (soya chunks)?
I bought a bag of TVP pieces (AKA soya chunks) in the Asian grocers near my sister today, after recalling fond memories of eating platefuls of these with noodles every time I went round a mate's house years ago. Having no flavour of their own, soya chunks need the addition of other stuff to be worth eating at all, and…
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Star drops in Cornwall?
Does anyone know where you can get this miracle product in Cornwall I have searched but had no luck. preferably in Truro, Redruth, Falmouth, Helston area, but I do travel around for work so anywhere in the county is possible! thanks Jane:confused:
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icing a cake without icing sugar
we live 15 miles from the shops its 9.40pm and i need this cake iced by 8.30am, HELP. There's no icing sugar in the cupboard, i have chocolate bars but that will set too hard, is there anything i can add to make it softer to cut? i do have sugar but in the past i tried to grind it but cannot get it right. any advice…
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Freezing Question
Apologies if this has been posted before, I've had a quick look but not sure: I have got some courgettes and peppers that I'm not going to get time to eat before I go away for a few days. Can they be sliced and frozen? or will I have to make them into into a dish of some sorts and freeze them that way? Thanks in advance :)…
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Leftover bread
What can I do with left over bread? Its gone dry but I don't want to throw it out :rolleyes:
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Snail Farm anyone??
The ultimate in oldschool moneysaving, get snails from your garden clean them out, well get them to clean the poo out of their system and eat them, as per the delectable Gordon Ramsey on last nights F word. Has anyone got any hints/tips on how to attract snails, where to keep them, what to feed them?? Anyone "kept" them…
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leftover wool knitting challenge
I have loads of leftover wool at home so I have set myself a challenge of knitting them all up into a blanket for my daughters bed. I knot even small bits together and wind it all up into a ball. I use big needles (size 7mm or whatever you have thats a big size) and knit 3 balls together, not worried about tension as it…
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got my kids to exercise for free!
I sent off for the free kellkogs branflakes pedometer and got 2 so I saved them and the other day the kids had to go to the dentist (which is a good walk) and they wanted to go in the car. I am saving on petrol at the mo so I got the pedometers out and said it was a game to see who could clock up the most steps...instant…
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leftover breadcrumb question
I am now addicted to saving leftover breadcrumbs after reading it on the forum, question is, could I make a sort of pudding with it by mixing egg and sugar and baking it? Could be like a bread pud, maybe add dried fruit. I thought I'd ask as I have used all the leftover breadcrumbs and need to start saving more to try it!…
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Flax seeds
Hi I am looking for the cheapest place to buy flax seeds or ground flax seeds and also mixed ground seeds can anyone help? TIA Patch
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Holiday in France
Hi, We have a self catering holiday in France coming up. I've never been abroad (apart from 6 months in the Middle East and the less said about that the better) but my experience of holidays at home is that we always spend WAY more than we anticipated. Having got my grocery bill down from around £160 a week :eek: to a much…
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OpenCola
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/OpenCola Make your own cola? Well - it might be worth a try if you can get the ingredients!
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How much per week for adult and 2 children?
Thinking about a budget plan for Setember, as we are are holidays until the 10th of sept and just trying to use all bits and pieces up this month. What cheap puddings can I do for tea time. Any cakes for lunch boxes. What also can I do for meals that may be abit cheaper (maybe without meat for a couple of times a week).…
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Butternut Squash Question...
I've got a butternut squash that I intended to make a soup with but haven't got round to it yet. It's best before 27th July, but looks exactly the same as the day I bought it. How do you tell when they are on their way out? And for that matter how do you tell when they are fresh?? I always just choose the biggest one as…
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A £15 Challenge?
Hi everyone, I was wondering if you clever people might be able to advise me. Due to difficult circumstances at the moment, I have had to revise my budget. After all essentials are paid - I am left with £15 per week to cover all food/toiletries and household stuff for two people (and every other weekend that two becomes 5…
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No shopping for a year...
... an interesting article on 'you and yours' yesterday - listen here (and click on 'you and yours' for wednesday). These journalists decided to try buying NOTHING unnecessary (including prepared food) for a year - one reason she mentioned was an $8k credit card bill even though she 'didn't think of herself as someone who…
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How do i ration my kids?
I`m fed up of going to the cupboard and all the goodies are gone!I`ve got 4 boysand we try to do 2 shops a week to split it up a bit.Now i buy all the usual biscuits and stuff but they always get hammered and of course "nobodys had them"!I don`t want to stop buying them snacks etc but how can i share them out and make sure…
