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How do you all organise your recycling?
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Price of butter
Has anyone else noticed the price of butter going up ? I ask because the Tesco English butter I usually buy for 58p a pack is now 78p. That's quite a hike in price.It's going to push the cost of my flapjacks up a bit :rolleyes: I wondered if this was across the board :confused:
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herta type sausages
can any of you OS gurus help me? had a couple of packs of these smoked sausages in fridge, and assembled my sausage casserole ingredients in the Slow Cooker just now, only to discover that DD1 had opened pack last week,:mad: :mad: :mad: -thinks it "may" have been Thursday:confused: . AARGH!!!!! Does anyone think we may…
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Welsh cake excitement!
Actually that title makes me sound a bit sad doesn't it! I have wanted to make Welsh cakes since I had my first one a few weeks ago and was suddenly inspired to look in my Bero book to see if there was a recipe, which of course there was. I don't have a griddle and wasn't about to buy one just to make them so I figured the…
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Help with my mince please
I started to batch cook a few weeks ago I made mince onions carrots in gravy (base for sheperds pie) and froze them in the little silver takeaway containers My 1st lot I defrosted in the micro and we couldnt eat it as it was awful Today ive defrosted some in the fridge and it still looks as bad to be honest all fatty…
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ACV with the mother web any good?
Hi all I buy Apple Cyder Vinegar and use it on my hair, as a tonic etc. However i've recently been reading about ACV that is unpasturized ie has the mother web in it. I thought about getting some as a lot of sites say its even healthier than standard ACV, however i've also read that it can be dangerous as e-coli etc could…
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Home baking?
Is home baking more cost effective than buying cakes, scones etc? I am lanning on making some cheese scones, flapjacks and the hob nob biscuits from here for my husband and son to take to work/school. Does it work out cheaper??
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Biting the bullet - help with food please!
Hi there I'm hoping one of you nice old-stylers can help please. My OH and I have loads of debt, although we're in the really fortunate position of living with my M&D and not having to pay rent, we do our own food shopping. We currently spend............wait for it................around £100 per week on two people :eek:…
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Daily OS Mon Sept 03
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sun 2nd Sept. 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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pilchards and sardines
I would like to use pilchards and sardines in meals but not sure how. I know how to use them on toast, but does anyone have any family meal recipe ideas. These would be great as I have noticed that pilchards and sardines (tinned) are both cheap and healthy. thanks sarah
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Tips for cleaning roasting tins
Hi I wondered if was a better way of cleaning roasting tins. Mine always seem to keep getting fatty and I can't get it off without damaging the surface! Thanks
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Chicken stock - how to make?
Hi, I've tried searching through the MOS threads and can't seem to find how exactly to make chicken stock. :confused: I've found one for a slow cooker but I want to make it on the hob. At the minute I've got a chicken carcass boiling away in a big stockpot. How long do I have to leave it for and can I freeze it when its…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 3rd September 2007
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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using bananas instead of marge in cakes
i over ordered bananas on my online shop and now theyre sat looking brown and sad.i seem to remember that its possible to sustitute banana for marg in recipes? or maybe i dreamt that. has anyone got any recipes for this?
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Freezing Pesto??
Sorry if this has previously been posted but I did a search and couldn't find anything! I've got half a (glass) jar of pesto in the fridge that i opened on friday night, needed to be used within 3 days but I don't need it at the moment and don;t want to waste it! Will it be okay to bung it in the freezer? Also am I right…
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realistic weekly food budget for 6
We are a family of 6, myself, husband, 8yr, 5yr, 3yr and 10 week old baby. It seems that our shopping bill has shot up but not just with nappies and milk!! Since having the baby I do go for the easier option in cooking/processed food and that seems to be costing us more. Would really like to cut back. Not that great at…
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Throwing food away
When visiting other people, I am shocked when I see someone get up from the table at the end of a meal and immediately scrape all the uneaten food into the bin. We never throw anything away unless it is actually bad; if I've cooked too much, it goes in a covered container and into the fridge. Cold vegetables are a…
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Vegan Recipe Thread.
Hi, this thread is for vegan recipes only. There are quite a lot of vegetarian ideas on the board now but we're not overrun with vegan ideas. So I'll start the ball rolling: Beetroot and brazilnut salad: 3 cooked beetroots, peeled. Large handful of brazilnuts, roughly chopped. Large handful of washed watercress or rocket…
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DH and Brands
Hi I am starting the Grocery Challenge for sept. and want to try and cut back a little on the cost of our shopping even by a few pounds a week... One main problem I have is DH is quite fussy when it comes to food and we MUST buy branded food (mostly) food he will definately not neg. on are Bread - must be Kingsmill/Hovis -…
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Could an experienced breakmaker-user help me...
Hi all. I have trawled through any threads I can find about breadmaking and am baffled and confused. Can someone give me some direction and easy recipes to help me make use of my breadmaker. We tried using it when we first got it and things are very hit and miss. I wondered..., 1. What do you think of bread mixes, at least…
