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Seeking advice on Tesco bargains
Hi there I will be driving past a Tesco's tomorrow so plan to do my weekly shop there. I haven't been to a tesco for years (none near me) so I don't know what the bargains are. I'd be very grateful for tips on cheap stuff to buy for family meals, school lunches and even Christmas presents. Thanks for any help you can give.…
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I want to be OS!!
Good morning. I live on my own and would like to become OS! I want to eat healthily and save money, I also want to live in a tidy & clean house. I know this should be easy as it's just me, but it isnt!! I think the main problem is that I'm away a lot with my work, and I also have lots of things on in the evenings and…
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Veggie meat against real meat
Soya meat can be cheaper than real meat, but is it as good and would it be possible to mix it with real meat, use 1/2 ansd 1/2 say?
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Lidls Weekly Shop
I would definately recommend the chocolate, the Ecuador plain and the milk fruit and nut especially.
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Chicken Skins...
Sorry if this is a silly question... :o I usually buy chicken breasts but have started to see the error of my ways! :D Now I couldn't quite stretch to a whole chicken so as a compromise I bought some chicken thighs and drumsticks (free range), which we don't usually eat but was sooooo much cheaper than the breasts. Now DH…
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Choosing beef cut for Christmas lunch?
Hi We are going to have organic beef for Christmas dinner, please can you advise which cut is least likely to be tough topside or sirloin? If I roast beef it always turns out tough as old boots so I will probably put it in the slow cooker. thanks :)
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Veg boxes in Kent
I know it's not strictly OS but I'm hoping to get into a better routine with my veg and the like so I can have less waste. So I came up with the bright idea of having a veg box delivered bi-weekly but I'm having a problem finding somewhere that delivers to me. I was hoping *crosses fingers* that someone lives in the same…
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parsley sauce - freezing and making
Hi can anyone tell me how to make parsley sauce please. I can make a basic white sauce for lasagne etc and was wondering if it was the same as that just with added parsley? And can i put it in the slow cooker with some fish or will it thicken too much?
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OS Friday 24th Nov 06
Morning everyone Hi, this is the Daily Thread for xx (add date). This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s…
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Easy meals to reheat?
DD has asked for recipes she can cook on Sunday and reheat during the week. She's done the usual, chilli, stew, spag bol etc but would like other ideas. She doesn't have a microwave and doesn't have a lot of time to cook when she gets home from work. She'd welcome any ideas, especially if they are listed in the recipe…
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Quince cheese?
I've just made quince cheese, a la HFW's book for the first time. So he says to eat it with cheese sandwiches, I'd have to eat alot of them, any other ideas to eat it with? Tastes a bit like marmalade to us.
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Need to turn my daughter into a 1940 country girl
My 8 year old daughter is playing the part of a 1940 country girl in her school Christmas play. Does anyone know what 8 year old girls wore during the war? I am not good at sewing, so I will have to adapt clothes she already has or Charity Shop finds. Please help.
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2 unwanted pots of hair mousse..any uses???
i have 2 unwanted pots of hair mousse. don`t use it any more. there must be something that it can be used for to clean with..... look forward to any ideas. i have posted this out of curiosity mainly as the OS`ers here have some amazing ideas. thanks molly xx
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OS firelighters
Thanks to a tip from this board (sorry, can't remember who) I have tried this - stuff shredded paper tightly into cardboard loo roll tubes and use to help light the fire. It works really well, lay a few tubes on top of some lightly scrunched newspaper, put some kindling on top, then coal. As the tube of shredded paper…
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chicken v pizza
Had a complete disaster in the kitchen tonight. Chicken tonight. Chicken just wasn't cooked in the middle (I used drumsticks). So annoyed. Rice was cooked, so was green beans. Everyone was hungry. In the end, chucked the lot away and ordered pizza for £15!! :mad: The sauce had spilled all over the bottom of the oven, I'm…
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An OS version? Vegan chocolate and sweets
I was just wondering if anyone knows of any websites with cheap vegan chocolate and sweets? Needs to be no nuts, no diary and no gelatin At the moment we use veganstore who are very good but not very OS or DFW friendly Also, jelly etc. would be helpful
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Use it up! Don't throw it in the bin!
Just thinking today that it might be a good idea to have a thread where we could list all our triumphs over the leftovers. It could be like a diary with us listing what we have used each day. I know many of you do this already but I find I am still learning new ways of doing things and with every meal I make, that includes…
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where you you put washing powder?
I've seen on lots of posts that people don't put washing powder in the drawer dispenser but in a washing ball. I thought the only washing balls you could get held the liquid not the powder. Can anyone enlighten me please?
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asda mag - question now answered - thanks!
not sure if this is the right place, but asda magazine had a recipe in i'd used but binned the magazine without saving, i'm hoping someone still has it as my asda's runout of the magazine. it was something like date/walnut/banana cake on the right hand page. if anyone has the magazine/recipe please let me know. i've…
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OS Guardian article
In today's G2, or from guardianunlimited online: http://environment.guardian.co.uk/ethicalliving/story/0,,1954889,00.html
