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Reduced fat coconut milk - question
I made a green Thai curry using paste and reduced fat coconut milk, but it didn;t thicken as promised. Does the reduced fat milk not thicken? I've never used coconut milk before. It was nice, but very runny. :confused:
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Do you have any os items on your xmas list???
My Oh thinks I am strange as I want a sausage maker, traybake tins and silicon muffin moulds for xmas.:confused: Any one else got os items on their xmas wish list?? I would rather have something that i really wanted than more perfume , jewellery etc.:confused: OH thinks I am sad as my idea of relaxation is snuggling up…
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roast gammon joint
I made the above in the slow cooker with a glass of coke... mmm was lovely, however we didnt eat it all and we threw it away today :o what could i have done with the leftovers? we had sarnies out of it for a week but there was still loads leftover, any ideas on good things to make with it? could i have made a curry with…
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Slobby housewife alert
I've found a tin of chopped tomatoes in my cupboard with a best before date of August 06. Would you eat them or not? I'm pregnant so am being more careful than usual... normally I wouldn't even have noticed the date!!! :o
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Gyros Spice
Hi All A friend sent me a packet of Gyros seasoning from Holland a while back & we love it. Anybody have a good receipe? The ones i found on google dont seem even slightly like it (or each other come to that) Thanks everyone Anastacia
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sausage and tomatoe pie????
:confused: OH wants me to make a sausage and tomatoe pie? anyone got a recipe?
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Long tail question
We've had decking in our back garden for 4 years and this year we've noticed we have long tails (rats) under it. Last winter we bought a trap and it was set of a few times but the snapper bent and so they never got trapped and always got away. Yesturday we bought another different model and have caught 2 up to now. Can we…
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ancient super noodles.....
I have found some in the cupboard, I dont like them never have, they were bought by DD, he is home for a snack later and I said I will do them. However have scince noticed the BB date (some time in 02!!!). Should I do them? Or give him toast? If it were me I would cookem and try em ... ! However I dont wnat to be accused…
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Squash thing !!
Hi Can anyone help ? I still have a green pumpkin squash thing that I got in my organic veg box last week. It is not a butternut squash and I do not have a clue how to cook it or what to serve it with. Also is there any way I could cook it and then freeze it as I may not need to cook tomorrow or Thurs due to dinner at MIL…
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substitute for arrowroot powder plse
I need some arrowroot powder for a recipe but couldn't find it anywhere in the supermarket.. I'm not actually sure what it is! I'm guessing its a herb or spice and I have a cupboard full of these, so any ideas for a suitable substitue? thanks!
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Any One got a AWT Food processor?
Hi I have just got a Antony Worrall Thompson Food processor on freecycle,and it looks really good. I have blended some soup but that is about all at the mo, Some one told me that the food processor isn't that great and that bits break down or off, does any of you guy's have one of these food processors and what do you…
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a low fat diet
i am taking xenical tablets that are supposed to help you lose 30% of the fat you consume straight away. i should be following a low fat diet with it. trouble is i cant find an easy to follow one that contains normal food and not lots of cooking involved as i am disabled and besides having limited mobility have to eat…
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Tower Slow Cooker
Hi, My mum has just given me her old, hardly used, Tower slow cooker. It doesn't look very big, when I get home I'll measure it, and it doesn't have any heating controls on it. Just turn it on at the wall. Oh, and it's a light brown colour. Does anyone know of this make? Is it any good? I'm just a little worried about…
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More OS than i thought
Since i moved in wi my bf, we have cooked everything from scratch, and plan meals for the week buy the stuff and thats it, takes the annoying getting in from work with lots of food but not what u need to make anything syndrome away. When I saw this part of the forum i thought oooo I bet thats hard, but was shocked to see i…
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Wheat-free? Is it worth the hassle?
Hiya, Just looking for some ideas really. A while back when I mentioned feeling tired and sluggish a friend suggested I try cutting out wheat products from my diet (pasta, bread, cous cous, you know, all the vegetarian staples...) So I decided to give it a go, and after two weeks I did feel a bit more lively, less bloaty,…
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Double/ split saucepan - not sure what its called
Basically I want a suace pan that is divided on the inside so I can cook several types of veg on the same ring with out them mixing together, does anyone know what this type of saucepan is called and where I can get one, Thanks a lot
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HELP - Flask problem
There I am trying to be a good moneysaver/oldstyler taking a packed lunch to Camelot at the weekend including a flask of hot water for cup-a-soups (not oldstyle I know, but wonderful to warm you up :rotfl: ) and now I've hit a snag. When we got home OH opened his flask, used some water and sealed it back up...now we can't…
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Draughty floorboards question
Hi I live in an old Victorian end terraced house. The house is really draughty especially upstairs in my bedroom on the side away from the radiator,especially on a day like today when it is very windy outside. The amount of cold air coming through the floorboards joints on this side of the room is amazing(and chilly on the…
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my cuboard list
hi i have been asked to post the contance of my food on here to try and sort out my shopping habit once and for all i currantly spend around 450 per month on food for two adults and two kids age 2 and 7 ok here it gose fridge 12 eggs cheese 1 large block bacon middle x6 hotdogs x4 18 can of coke 1 tub of marg 4 yougart 4…
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Cheap soup recipes?
Anyone got any good ones? Or is there a thread around here with some on? Thanks! :beer:
