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What To Cook For...
i have met someone (not in that way yet lol) he is bringing his 1yr old daughter to mine on saturday he says he eats most things so i would love some ideas that are nice but without takeing too much preperation and cooking but also that wont be too spicy etc so any suggetions would be great
My dough is sticky .... PLEASE HELP
:mad: Evening all, I want to make Koeksisters (a traditional South African sweet). I made the dough last night and refrigerated it as the recipe stated. However, it's really sticky and I can see the dough sticking to the rolling pin and work surface when I try to roll it out. I added a little more flour and kneaded it well…
Urgent help pls need old milk stain removed!
Hi all Just about to sell my Phil and Teds buggy and to my horror noticed a very old milk (vomit) stain. :eek: I have tried to usual but to no avail. Underneath material is cardboard so I can't get it to wet. Any advice you wonderful problem solving people? MM
Freezing pepperoni?
Ive bought some pepperoni to put on my HM pizza yummmmmm but theres way to much for one pizza so does anyone know if I can freeze fresh pepperoni or am i resigned to pepperoni in everything for the next few days to use it up I did try a search (so sorry if this has been posted before) but all I got were posts asking what…
Storecupboard "Hot Bounty Pudding"
I just had to share this adventure in cooking i made with the remnants of my storecupboard last night. Hot bounty pudding. bag of flaked rice ( 2 portions for me & OH, so 1/5th baG) milk ( about a mugful) half a tin of evaporated milk that needed finishing off out of the fridge half a packet of creamed coconut ( the hard…
Please Help!! Weekly Meal Planning
Hello everyone! I will be monitoring my spending this coming month so I can join the July grocery challenge, I want to be quite frugal with what I spend so have decided to sign up to Tesco's (through Quidco naturally ;) ) and get my weekly shop delivered so that I only have to shop for milk and fresh veg. There are 5 of…
OS Thursday 31st May 2007
Hi, this is today's Daily Thread. 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 come in, put…
Morrison Sausage question - long shot
Morrison's were selling a pack of 6 (or 8) sausages in their chiller section for a while but they seemed to have stopped doing them now and I can't remember what make they were, to look for them elsewhere. They had a really high pork meat content, and a very low carb content per sausage (something like 0.8g) and were in a…
Food items that need using up - any ideas please?
Had a declutter on my kitchen cupboards and found a few items that the 'best before' dates were past. Thought I'd try to meal plan them into using up in the next week or so but would love some suggestions, as they haven't been used up already because I never knew what to do with them! 1 sachet Sage and onion stuffing mix…
An old cookery book....
Today I was browsing for books in my local charity shop and saw this substantial tome, with a simple dark pink cover and gold design on the front - it looked like a bible, or an anthology of literary works. I opened it and to my delight it turned out to be "The Constance Spry Cookery Book" written by er... Constance Spry…
Recipe costings
I thought that it might be useful if we had a list of costings per person for recipes already on MSE - then we can pick and choose something for everyone so with the help of the Tescos website and Excel here is the first of many ... I have tried to include prices that do not include BOGOF's etc as a baseline so I'm sure…
Chocolate Mousse
Hi can someone give me a easy but lush recipe for chocolate mousse. I am making a meal for my friend who has just had a baby and thought this would be a nice treat for her. Thanks:D
first attempts
ok, as a self confesed "over presenter" my girlfriend has instructed me i have a limit on what i can spend for her birthday, as we are a bit skint. I have bought a card and decided instead of buying her a box of chocs, i was going to make her one. the box is no problem , i have constructed myself and am pretty impressed…
Canadian Bread Flour - anyone used it?
Hi, I was recently recommended the above from Waitrose for use with a bread-making machine. Has anyone any experience of it compared with other brands? I usually only use Tesco's own or Lidl's.
Cleaning Challenges
Hi I have a couple of "challenges" for all you cleaning experts! First does anyone have any idea how to clean suede settees? We have 2, they are covered with throws to protect from the pets but the arms, which are not protected from us humans are becoming really greasy and yuk! and I really don't want to have to resort to…
Eccles Cakes..?
hi Everyone... I have been really good lately... made Banana Bread as I had some bananas left over and last night made choc chip cookies from a be-ro recipe that my lovely nan gave me... yum... My dp took some cookies to work and they have requested more!!! yeah! and his mother says I can't cook :mad: Anyway... dp has…
Old Style Camping
Hiya, I'm plotting to do some camping and walking along the South West Coast Path this summer. I'm just finishing a postgrad course so I've got very little money and this seems like a cheap way to see some more of the South West (where I'm from) and get a bit of a holiday! I was wondering if people had any…
Cakes using oil
I saw a recipe somewhere on here for a chocolate cake using oil instead of solid fat. It sounded delicious and easy but I can't find it anywhere now:o . Please could someone point me in the right direction or post a recipe of their own? I'm not much of a cake-maker(mine always seem to end up very dry:eek:) The one I read…
Sandwich Steak... what to cook?
Hi all, I am currently between jobs and mega skint! So thought i would try and wade through the stuff in my freezer (most of which i dont know what to do woth!) ..So i found this sandwich steak that i bought purely becaue it was reduced and MEGA cheap in sainsburys. Problem is i havent a clue what to do with it!…
Cheap tasty meals--without cheese!!!
Hello everyone, having read through many topics concerning food (one of my favourite things!) I always seem stuck to find recipes for lovely food which doesn't contain cheese as a topper. I love cooking and especially caseroles and the like, but I really can't stand melted cheese. So, does anyone have any lovely recipes…

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