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Storecupboard Ingredients thingie...?
Can anybody tell me what that website is where you just enter the ingredients you have in your cupboard and it suggests meals from them...? (I have bits and bobs left over from xmas that I REFUSE to throw away!) Jayne xxxxx
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MICROFIBRE cloths in tchibo
Good prices. Look under `next week` https://www.tchibo.co.uk
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Minimum outlay year 2007
Last year, I made plans to pay off my mortgage in two years. This did not work out, as I never got around to changing the Endowment mortgage for a repayment one. What I did manage however was to start accumulating money intended to be towards paying off a chunk of the mortgage when I finally got around to changing it.…
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Hand Made Soap - FALLS APART - Solution
All those lovely hand made soaps the kids got for Xmas - the ones with pretty patterns through them seem to fall apart as soon as they hit the water. We popped the bits in a jug the microwave and nuke for a min or so - lined a shallow dish with baking paper (screw it up into a ball first as it is then easier to push into…
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January is the month for OS ...
... homemade Seville Marmalade Save those jars from your mincemeat! Seville oranges are in season this month and it's time to make homemade marmalade. Tip: If you don't have time to make it, freeze the fruit and make it later but you'll need to add extra lemon juice as freezing will lower the pectin content; add 1 Tbsp…
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OS Wednesday 3rd January 2007
:hello: Gooooooood Morning fellow OS’ers :D :D :D Wee bit earlier than I’d planned, but as it’s back to school this morning it’s one of those “worried I’ll oversleep” days – well, we have been rather lazy and not getting up to an alarm for a couple of weeks so a bit out of practise :laugh: - trouble is, I’ve ended up…
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Washing Pesticides off Vegetables
What is the best way to wash pesticides off fruit and vegetables? I wash mine under cold running water, but I was wondering if this is adequate, particularly with cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower and the like? With fruit, tomatoes, cucumber I wash under the tap and dry with kitchen paper but don't normally wipe the veg - bit…
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Home made face masks/exfoliater recipes??
Hi everyone Wandered if anyone had any recipes for making your own face pack and exfoliaters? I love having the odd pamper day and doing these as a treat for myself, but some of these things cost money! And I would prefer using more natural ingrediants anyway! I know thinks like avocados and oats and things like that are…
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banana glut
If you have a breadmaker there's a brilliant recipe on here somewhere for banana tea loaf that I've made several of when I've got a glut of bananas past their best. I add a few sultanans to it too and it freezes well. If not, banana splits, banana and cold custard, banoffie pie, fritters.
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freezing grated potato
Ok, in my quest to be less wasteful I am hoping to save this grated potato. Ive overmade as usual for rosti I know potato goes maky brown colour, how do I avoid this when freezing it?
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Just made my first soup!
And it was FABULOUS :j :j :j It was a leek & potato using up the last of the christmas/new year veggies (rather than throw them, I thought I'd give soup a go!) and tasted absolutely wonderful. It took less than an hour and there's plenty left over to take to work tomorrow for lunch - which will save me another £3 - and it…
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have overdone the choccy at xmas n need some os low cal food!
ello peeps! hope you all had a very merry xmas and prosperous new year to all :beer: well ive certainly had a good time, i had my brother visiting from Canada and have kinda pigged out on the choccies and baileys etc and now i feel like a big fat bloater :o i really need to try and get back into some sort of shape as i can…
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out of date smoked salmon
My Mam gave me some leftover smoked salmon after Christmas, and I put it in my fridge, intending to batch it up and freeze it, then forgot all about it! It's dated 27th December - I'm guessing that it's too late to save it now? I would only use it for cooking with, straight from the freezer.....
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Help with party food!
We're having a party at our house for about 30 or so people (eek) for hubby and a friends joint birthday. Does anyone have tips on food which is cheap and easy to prepare and generally well received? Thanks in advance
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Help - all bunged up with no mum available!
Hi guys just to be clear - not a medical advice request!! Had flu for thge past couple of days and OH is rubbish and I can't get hold of mum (she's probably at work). Can anyone help with easy OS comfort methods that I can either do/make myself (ie takes a few seconds) or OH can do (ie a monkey could do).
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Wensleydale with mint chocolate... Recipes?
I've got a small piece of this left over from Christmas, I didn't order it, it was a 'substution' which sneaked in under the radar. None of us like this in it's current form, so does anyone have any receipes which use it?
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Saint Agur????
Afternoon all you wonderful old stylers :D just been taking stock of my fridge and cupboards after our disaster of a christmas :rolleyes: we all had the sickness bug and nothing got eaten! Right here goes,I have a huge chunk of Saint Agur cheese,none of us like it,it was bought for my father as he loves it,I can't give it…
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chicken soup problems...
So I bought a chicken and roasted it - no problems there. :D I boiled the carcass along with some leeks and strained it all. Added potato, sweetcorn and yellow pepper and whizzed it in the blender. Then I added noodles and it was lovely. :j Saved some for lunch today put it in the fridge.... but it was one complete solid…
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Deep fat frying
I've found the falafel recipe in the recipe thread and want to give it a go, but I don't have a deep fat fryer. Can I do it any other way? :confused: TIA, Brassic.
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Making stock from beef bones
Hi everyone I always make chicken stock with the chicken bones and a few carrots/onions etc, however i'd like to try doing a beef stock and wondered how you all go about it? Do you roast the bones first or just whack them in the slow cooker.... and where do you buy them from, is it just certain bones you can use or doesnt…
