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Never letting my OH go shopping again!
Why is it that whenever he goes shopping, he buys a load of random things that don't go together?! Not that I don't appreciate the effort, but he seems to spend twice as much as I do and it only lasts half as long :confused: Anyway, I've managed to put together a few meals and have a couple more planned, but now I'm left…
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How much dried lentils, pearly barley etc.
I am going to make soup inspired by the threads here :A I have bought a packet of mixed lentils, pearl barley etc. There is nothing on the packet to say what quantitys I should use, can someone tell me please :confused: . I usually work to half a cup of rice per person would it be the same for lentils etc. I am going to…
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Quick question on cooking sprouts....
I bought some sprouts yesterday to make a change from carrots, parsnips and sweetcorn!!! Anyone any ideas on how long to cook them for - I can't stand them when they're all mushy and overcooked!!!! :eek: Oh how I wish I had my mum's Good Housekeeping book to look it up in.... :rolleyes: Edit: I don't need to spruce them up…
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Indian Desserts
What do Indian people have for dessert? We're having people over at the weekend for a curry, and I wanted to make an authentic Indian dessert for afterwards. Any suggestions and recipes welcome.
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how do i make and what do i need to make:
yorkshire pudding pizza bases fajitas (?) are these possible homemade( other than the top one lol) not from packet mix what else can be made from flour milk eggs sugar (?) salt (?) im wanting to try to make everything i eat from scratch, but havnt a clue about what staples can make what so any help much appreciated :)
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Slow Cooker Cauliflower Cheese?
I'm hoping one of you wonderful people can help me again. I'm nipping home at lunchtime and want to make a cauliflower cheese for dinner. Can I do it in the slow cooker and if so, does anyone have a recipe? I'm slowly learning...
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Cleaning silver plate
I have a flute that I am going to ebay, but it needs a good polish....any ideas how I can get it gleaming again? I looked in the index but most of the ideas seemed to involve immersing the item...I can't do that as it would get the pads wet. :confused: Thanks x
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Last night I did my monthly shop.......
Right, I went to Tesco last night and did my monthly shop. I am planning to go to the fruit and beg market on Saturday to get the rest of the salad and veg stuff. I live alone so am just feeding one - WHAT DO YOU THINK? 4 x tins of baked beans 3 x tins of kidney beans 2 x tins of chopped toms 3 x tins of green lentils 1…
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what can i make with stilton??
morning all :D last week doing my shopping i bought a huggge piece of stilton type cheese off the deli for 30p :D this was before my diet started again on mon of course :o anyway neither ds or oh will touch it with a bargepole as its going "mouldy" according to them (a blue cheese going mouldy! you dont say :rolleyes: ) i…
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menu planning and shopping and.. losing hope!
Okay this is likely to be a long post so please bear with me. I'm getting increasingly desperate.. the amount we're spending on food, no matter what i do, it just won't shift *down*. and while i've always menu planned, i haven't done it obsessively, and that's what i've done today - tried to use up stuff i already got...…
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Kenwood Kenmix Food Processor - any good?
Thinking of buying one of these.:confused: Has anyone else got one? If so what do you think about it? I want to know the good :) or the bad :( !!!
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Nets or not?
Hi I am putting the finishing touches to mine and DS bedrooms, we both have curtains and was after some advice, do windows look better with or without nets? I was going to put up venetian blinds but the windows are a stupid width so would cost me £20 per window wheras the nets will be about £10 for both windows inc p&p
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Does anyone know how to make a water-soluble mortar?
:confused: I've just purchased some of those little clay bricks and ceramic tiles (Teifoc) that children can build houses, castles etc with a little trowel for laying on 'cement' just like a real building. It comes supplied with a 1kg bag of specialist mortar which can be dissolved in water long after the building's done…
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Couple of recipes
I've been using up odds and ends recently and came up with these: Veg & cheese soup Carrots Onion Celery Potato Swede Leftover lumps of Camembert Stock Bung in crockpot and leave all day; whizz until smooth. The Camembert gives almost a cauliflower taste; I used about a 1/4 round to about 1.5 pints of liquid. Emergency…
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Dandruff? Hoover your hair
If it's short enough! Martins is perfect. Why take 2 bottles into the shower when you can take none? No more money on shampoo! By the way, boots basics is pence by the way disclaimer: I will not be hekd responsible for sucked braincells
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Weetabix Brownies
I found this post and it looked so good, I wanted to put it in the weekly e-mail. As it was in the middle of a thread I've cut and pasted it into its own one. Yet let me say it belongs to jaxxy00 and all the credit is hers (his?). Martin Post By jaxxy00 How to make Weetabix Brownies Im not sure how they are normally made…
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How do I get Copydex off a jumper?
Hello My daughter came back from school with copydex glue smeared all over her jumper. I've washed it several times at different temperatures, and used Biotex. But it's still covered in now-black rubbery glue. It's hard even to pick it off by hand. Does anyone have suggestions for how to get it off? Thanks Seaxwyn
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Does anyone know how to make Double Chocolate Cookies Like they have in Asda etc?
The topic is the question. I have tried lots of cookie recipes and seem to have the same problem with them all. They look just right when entering the oven but come out of the oven as siamese cookie or a cookie cake, however you'd prefer to describe them. LOL. Anyone know how to produce those ones you get in asda and…
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Malted Fruit Bread.
Hi All Has Hi all Has anyone ever made a Fruited Malt Loaf in a BM using liquid malt as apposed to malted flour? If so could they kindly post the recipe. Regards anyone ever made a
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Carrot Bread
I found this recipe for carrot bread but does anyone have any tried and tested recipes? Also what is cup? http://www.astray.com/recipes/?show=Carrot%20bread%20for%20bread%20machine I Love the stuff, I can't wait to make some in my BM.
