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Someone give me some inspiration for dinner tonight!
Can someone please give me some ideas for a different meal that I can cook tonight involving sausages, veg, potatoes etc that isn't sausage casserole???? The only herb I have is parsley! I'm so rubbish when it comes to cooking! Ta muchly!!
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Mould on ceilings
Could anybody please help me with the ugly mould on cielings. At first it came off with a solution of washing up and bleach but it was back soon. Next time I could get rid of it only by using neat bleach and now even neat bleach wont shift it and it is growing everyday.Any suggestions pleeeeeeeeeeeeease.
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Make easter eggs
I've decided to make easter eggs this year as gifts, The kids have a plaster mold machine which whizzes round and spreads plaster inside a mold (we have small eggs, medium sized eggs and bunny's) I gathered that melted chocolate would work in the same way as the plaster but would like to know how to lubricate the mold to…
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What to cook with a stew?
I'm cooking a stew this afternoon (3hs @ 160 degrees) and was wondering if you have any ideas what else can go in there with it, seems a waste not to fill the oven Thanks
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Sauce receipe for pasta?
Can any one advise on a good base sauce recipe I can do in the slow cooker for use with pasta I have had a quick look on in the index but unable to find anything:confused: don't know where to start really.:o All advice greatly appreciated:D
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help needed for sewing machine dunce
I've just bought a sewing machine - never been near one in my life before. I'm not planning on any complicated dressmaking, just basic hemming, cushion covers and things. The machine is a Lidl special, which comes with a very basic guide indeed. Can anyone point me in the general direction of a simple guide as to when you…
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Pulses quick questions thread.
I'm going to start the ball rolling on this with the following question. Does anyone buy pulses in bulk? Otherwise, have you found a very cheap way of stocking up on them? Thanks. Edit: It might be easier for other people to spot that a new question has been asked if you give your post a title by choosing the 'go advanced'…
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what to do with thick bacon mis-shapes?
i have just found a packet of thick bacon mis-shapes and i dont know what to do with them. i chopped a little bit up and added it to the spag bol but theres still loads left. can i use it to make a pea & ham soup in the slow cooker or something? i have some green split peas in the cupboard. any help greatly appreciated :)
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Where are you all?
Sorry, have been off the boil with family stuff over the last few days - nothing worth worrying about at all, but just time consuming. Work bothersome. Sorry I haven't posted. Can't do it from work. Just tried to find today's thread to post this and just not there! DGS1 and me off to Ireland on Friday to visit DS1 for a…
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Thursday 22 March
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 22 March 07. 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 welcome, please do…
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tickle tickle tickle cough cough cough
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What's your non OS guilty secret?
As an alternative to the brilliant thread on OS things that only you do I've been wondering if everyone is 100% OS all the time. Do any of you have guilty corner cutting secrets? Mine are; 1. After years of failing miserably I've give up making pastry and buy the frozen stuff.:eek: 2. I buy ready meals if they are yellow…
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Decorate a mirror?
HI, Have got a bathroom cabinet thats in good working condition apart from the very edges of some of the mirror. Are there any creative/craft mse'ers who could advise what i could buy to maybe decorate/hide it with? Thanks bubs x
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OS Diary 22/03/07
Sorry, have been off the boil with family stuff over the last few days - nothing worth worrying about at all, but just time consuming. Work bothersome. Sorry I haven't posted. Can't do it from work. Just tried to find today's thread to post this and just not there! DGS1 and me off to Ireland on Friday to visit DS1 for a…
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low fat cakes for weight watchers coffee morning
Hi I was wondering if anyone can help me. Next wk in my weight watchers class we're having a coffee morning and have been asked to bring in some low calorie/fat cakes. Has any one got any ideas please:confused:
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Why is it easier ....
Why is it easier to clean and declutter someone elses house than it is your own? I've just come back from helping to clear out elderly disabled MILs house to my own tip which i am completely incapable of keeping under control. I was quite happy to spend several hours binning and scrubbing round at someone elses, but I just…
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Food Seasonings
I have some recipes which I think will lend themselves well to doubling up, but because I haven't done them before I want to do a half quantity (i.e. one meal) to make sure we like them. No point in having 3 lots of a meal that we hate in the freezer. My problem is that if the recipe calls for 1t of chilli powder should I…
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My contents of my fridge/Freezer and cupboard...help me to make it last!
At this point in the month, i would be thinking of going shopping for April, but I want to try and delay this as much as possible! I have raided my kitchen and come up with a long list of things that me and my hubby can eat up. 2 packets of bacon 1 bag value mince lamb beef mince (enough for one meal) 8 chicken breasts 9…
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Any "No-Cook" recipes for Guides/Brownies?
Hi there all you great Old Stylers! I used to run a Guide Company, and now the young Guider who took over from me, has come back with a problem. The Church hall where they meet has no kitchen. When I ran Guides, everytime we wanted to cook they came to my house, but as she lives with mum, this isn't convenient! Soooo has…
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Ammonia
Thanks to those who responded about Bicarb earlier - I made my first trip to Wilkinson as a result - what a place - I bought loads of fab stuff including Stardrops which I'm going to try. But one of the things I've seen on the posts is reference to using Ammonia to clean - yet when I asked in Wilkinson's today they told me…
