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Saving Money On Food For a SINGLE person
hi all MSEs Sorry if this has been asked before and the answers could very well be staring me in the face but i have spent a half hour or so searching & reading for posts which have info and reponses that relate to saving money on food/receipes for SINGLE PEOPLE Each i seem to read is geared towards families, children,…
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Bathroom Mats - Aarrgghh!!
Hi Not sure if this is the right board but think it should be. I have a dilemma with my bathroom mats, they always smell so bad. A few months ago I had blue bathroom mats with a rubber back, they started to smell after a day or two of use so I seemed to be washing them constantly. I got fed up with this and decided to buy…
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I'm Getting the Idea
Hi Everyone, I think the OS thing is beginning to click (finally). Not on the cleaning, hoovering front though! Last night I had the following ingredients: 1/2 Roast chicken - mainly breast 1 leek 1 chicken stock cube milk SR flour butter milk With these I made chicken and leek cobbler and it was all out of my fridge or…
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Advice on first time using slow cooker!
Ok i bit the bullet after seeing all of you praising the slow cooker! Netto have them on offer at the moment for £19.99 and had sold out yesterday but a friend noticed one left today so got it for me. Enough waffling, my question is; Having never used one before is it ok for me to put it on tonight and leave it til…
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Would a bigger freezer save me money?
I have an average sized freezer, but as we are a family of 5 it gets a bit full, and I wonder sometimes whether a bigger freezer would save us money. The arguments for buying a bigger freezer are: 1: I could stock up on bogog's and reduced price food and freeze it all (at the moment I can only buy a very limited supply and…
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Shiny trousers
The OH has ironed his black trousers on the outside and they have gone all shiny. i've rewashed them but its made no difference. i'm sure someone wll know how to make them normal again please. x
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I'm back (with my tail between my legs!)
Hi everyone, I haven't been on here for ages as I've been really busy at work and haven't even had time to lurk. Unfortunately, this seems to have been my downfall as we seem to have fallen back on old habits and our shopping bill has almost doubled. We've also lost all enthusiasm for mealplanning, so we're struggling to…
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A liitle bit of help please!!
Wow, just been getting addicted to this site!! I've halved my gorcery bill already:rotfl: . However, loads of people on here seem to shop for 3/4/5 people on 25 - 50 quid a week. I don't have a freezer and am just cooking for me, myself and I - I can't seem to get it below 25 a week (for cleaning stuff and food only) Any…
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cooking time?
Hi, I have a beef cassarole in the oven for dinner. I browned the veg and beef brought to the boil with stock and popped it in the oven. Its on 150oc. How long shall I cook it for? Thanks.
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really tender greek beef
Anyone got a recipe??? we were in zante and had this amazing tender beef tomato dish. the meat just shreaded apart!!!!! i can't find any recipes but would love to cook this for oh. it seemed to have chopped tomatos in it and the herbs and spices i can manage , but it's how to cook it so it's so tender!!!! normally i just…
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OS daily, Tuesday 6th November 2007
This is the Old Style diary for Tuesday 6th November 2007. 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,…
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Christmas Turkey in slow cooker?
I have searched this forum and have googled it, I am wondering if you can cook a turkey in the slow cooker for Christmas dinner, if so, how would you recommend to do it. i.e add water, onion etc. Any help appreciated. Merlot
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Advent calendar
Hiya just a quick question just found 2 advent calenders (sp) in the cuboard dated nov 2007, will they be ok to use this christmas for my LO's, DD will be almost 3 and DS 4. do you think i should bin them and buy new? tia queenpig.
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Tomato Chutney
Going to make tomato chutney from both red and green toms. Do I need to skin them before cooking?
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pork stew
hi there was planning on doing a pork stew tomorrow in slow cooker but was wondering if i needed to cook pork through first or if it would be ok just chucked in with veg? Thank you
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My faith in human kindness is restored!
Major lurker here;) A short tale to warm the cockles :A Whilst doing the weekly shop in Mr Ts on Saturday morning I joined the checkout behind a chap who seemed to be buying up the shop . He was putting loads through and filling a large trolley - obviously a party of some sort. Anyhoo - when all had gone through his total…
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meat in mash
Hi I was just reading the meal plans for this week and noticed corned beef hash on somebody's menu. This has just got me thinking about two things actually. Firstly -I want to get to grips with this meal planning but am thinking about doing a 3 or 4 weekly rota so we don't get bored, and so the kids start hating a certain…
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Can i freeze?
I have just started a free cookery course at my kids school is really good all free and i get to take home what i cook. Todays is sausage and bacon casserole and toffee apples ( very yummy) Question Can i freeze the sausage casserole? it is call cooked except for the french bread with cheese on top i was meant to cook for…
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Shall I get on my Bike?
I have a dilemma : I work in a town and it is increasingly difficult to park the car. It costs £2.00 a day to park in the staff car park which is £40 a month and I often can't get in. If I park in the surrounding streets angry residents often have a go at me, which is understandable. These streets will soon be permits only…
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Timesaving moneysaving for this mummy please!
Hi all I was somewhat of an OS'er but fell off the wagon somewhere a few months ago :o With two kiddies to look after by myself after ex left, and working a lot, somehow time flew past, I got horrendously disorganised and forgot to look after myself. Thus one poor depressed mummy who has a terrible memory and never…
