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Lamb Curry
Bought some lamb for a curry on the way home as I have a load of CurryQueens curry base in the freezer. However I cant find any lamb curry recipes. Would it be ok to follow a chicken one instead? I was thinking of trying the Butter Chicken recipe but without the marinade as I did this one the weekend with chicken and it…
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Thrifty Ways For Modern Days Discussion Area
This discussion relates to the Thrifty Ways Info page including how to buy the book (full title "Thrifty Ways for Modern Days") To discuss Thrifty Ways click reply. If it's the Money Diet you want to discuss then you can do that here
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Cleaning Appliances
Metalic shiny style ones and classic white, like kettles, toasters, coffee machines getting a bit grimey :o whats gonna be the best way seeing as i cant really stick them in the dish washer, and dont really wanna use 'cif' etc just scrubbing with a cloth doesnt really seem to help
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Condensed Soup recipes?
I've got a can of condensed tomato soup sitting in the cupboard.. only problem is i don't like tomato soup :rolleyes: .... i've heard you can make a pasta bake using this? Do they taste really like tomato soup, or more like the sort of sauce you'd buy in a jar? Any recipes (vegetarian/no fish) appreciated :)
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Can you make rice pudding with risotto rice
Does anyone know if you can make rice pudding with risotto rice as the last place in town (Waitrose)that sold pudding rice has stopped selling it?
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Oh dear... £20 left for the month!
I left my cupboard list at home this morning but I was going to post it here for some meal planning help. Thanks to car insurance being due at the same time as road tax and a for other bills it means funds are a liiiiiiittle low this month... I DON'T want to use my over draft unless I must ( like petrol to get to work and…
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Can i make it with these ..
Is there any soup i can make with these ingrediants I have a few pots spare, a couple of carrots, an onion, and ive got stock cubes ... I really wanna make a soup as never made homemade before soooooo can i do it with these ? if so how :confused: ..... Love Kirsty
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Carpet - bicarb problem
Our dog had an accident and pooed on the carpet. I used vinegar to clean it up & then sprinkled some bicarb (when i thought the carpet was dry) to absorb any left over smell. I can't get the bicarb out of the carpet - Help! I can't hoover up any more & not getting anywhere with gentle scrubbing to loosen & then hoover.…
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Repairing a burnt shirt
A friend of mine recently burnt a hole in my favourite shirt. The chance of getting a new one of the same brand looks slim, so was wondering if anyone could offer any tips on how to 'fix' the shirt. I dont know exactly what material its made of, but its a sporty type shirt. Any advice appreciated. WoA
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why did i buy Comptons gravy salt?
:confused: cos I read about it on here I presume- but I cant remember what to use it for? Gravy I guess- but is it salt? What is it? :confused:
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Victoria Sponge biscuits
I seem to have created a very flat victoria sponge. It has risen in the middle but the rest is the original depth. I couldn't have done it better if I'd have tried :o I've no idea where I went wrong. OH Parents deffently won't be looking for the cake boxes when I present it to them as home made :rotfl: I pre-heated the…
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Cheats Spag Bol
I was ill last week, and therefor wasn't feeling up to doing actual cooking. Also, whenever I'm ill I crave tomatoes something terrible so i was looking for easy tomato based foods. In the end I made a kind of cheats cheap spag bog out of spiral pasta, a tin of tomato soup and a tin of corned beef! I just heated the soup…
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Smelly leather watch strap :: blush ::
Hi everyone. I have a leather watch strap which is a bit pongy. It doesn't smell of sweat though - it just smells really, really leathery! It did smell strong when I bought it but I assumed that would fade when it has in fact become worse. I have other leather straps that are fine, so I don't think it's me! I don't wear…
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Food mixer (inc juicer) - any recommendations for best one please...
My mum gave me a food mixer - for good although I thought so but she obviously didn't 'cos she asked for it back again! Anyway want to buy a new one now any suggestions please? (PS This reminds me of a microwave steriliser I was given by a relative when my daughter was born. She was selling or giving away all her baby…
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Biro on the carpet
Help! My 3yo decided to try his hand at writing on the cream coloured stair carpet with blue biro. Anyone out there know how to get biro out?
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mozzerela
my jacket spuds in the oven and normally have cheddar and beans. I have some mozzerela in the fridge that needs using up can i put it on top and melt it in the oven?? Do you think it would taste ok on top of the baked beans????
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Little qs - can you slow cook form frozen?
Ie, put frozen lump of cooked-then-fozen stew/etc in the SC, stick it on and then eat as normal? Or no? Thanks!
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Boiling veg in the oven?
With all this cold weather I am doing more big oven meals - a lot of "meat, potato and veg" types! At the moment I do the meat and pots in the oven and the veg in boiling water on the hob. In order to simplify and save on electric, can I boil the veg in the oven? If so how would I do it? (lid on or off, cooking times,…
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Elimination Diet Recipes - Please, please, please help!
(sorry in advance for a long post) You may know from reading my previous posts that I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome & am trying to be as OS as I can be with it. I have noticed that it is worse when I eat processed foods, soooooooooo I want to do an elimination diet to see if I have any food intolerances. I am a pretty good…
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Any ideas and recipes for Whiskey themed hamper
Hi Its my father in laws birthday next week and I was thinking of making him a smallish whiskey hamper. I thought I could make whiskey cake- any tried and tested recipes would be really appreciated. I was also looking for other suggestions, I saw some expensive whiskey hampers have jam in them, but not sure how to make…
