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Old Style tips- Chicken and Gammon
Hello all! I'm new to the OS board- I'm on a visit from DFW. I must say it's very nice here! Please feel free to move my post if I've put it in the wrong place :o ... I've started going a bit more OS lately on my food shop- for health and wealth reasons. OH says we've never eaten so well, and I'm really enjoying myself…
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OS DAILY MONDAY 5th NOV
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 10th 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…
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Low Carb but Filling Kids Lunch Box Ideas?
Hi everyone I've been looking through older lunch box threads and though they're fab didn't quite do what I was looking for.. DS1 is type 1 diabetic and I'm looking for alternatives for his lunch box. He's a slow eater and as a result his lunchbox now consists of half a sandwich and a kids sized yougurt. He doesn't alway…
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How much for the following ingredients please?
Any advice is most welcome as these arent something I normally buy Im trying to help my nephew with his homework Could anyone please give me a rough price for parmasan cheese / kg and chicken fillets/ breasts per kg? Ive just looked at the cheese we have in our fridge and we pay £16.50 a kg for the cheese but that sounds…
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buttery soup
I just can't seem to get soup right....2nd attempt was at least edible.:rotfl: I went through the bbc food site earlier looking for soup recipes and found what looked like a lovely potato soup. It was lovely but directions were to sweat potato and onion in butter for 10mins before adding stock, now it was lovely but tastd…
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Buying Vinegar question
Probably a bit of a bone question but here goes anyway. I went to buy some vinegar for cleaning purposes today, understanding that I needed white vinegar. In the supermarket though there was only brown malt vinegar and a clear vinegar called Distilled Vinegar. When I read the label further it said "Distilled Barley Malt…
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Urgent question...!!
:o A dumb question.... but: Is beef stock the same as an oxo cube in hot water???? Am doing this recipie and wondered if I can use it.. Cottage Pie with Cheesy Mash Serves 6 3 tbsp Olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 2 sticks Celery, finely chopped 2 Carrots, diced 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped 675g minced beef 1 tbsp…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 5th November 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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Help please, slow cooking pork.
Hi guys, I need a bit of advice please? I'm just bought a slow cooker and have decided to cook my roast pork in it today, I have read through the instructions but I can't figure out whether I just put my joint of pork in the slow cooker on its own or do I need to add some water aswell? Can anyone advise me further? Thanks…
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Bread Bombs
Does anyone have a recipe for these please they sound really nice jay-jay
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Baked Ham - Sauce or Gravy?
We're having baked ham today - a beautiful boneless, smoked joint from my butcher's own pigs :D The traditional accompaniment would be parsley sauce, but I have no parsley. I guess I could concoct a mustard gravy from the pan, but I find that the sugar glaze tends to burn in the pan, so I would be using burnt bits ...…
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large roast beef cooking times
Hi, I need a little reassurance about cooking times. (Bit worried lots of people coming & I've never cooked such a large piece of beef) I'm cooking 8lb roast beef. It's in oven at 200 c with foil on. I'd like it well done. :confused: Any advice on how long to roast and how long to stand before carving. I love some (I know…
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Chine of Beef? Any recipes/information please.
Our farm shop had several lots of Beef Chine today (and not a lot else). What is it and any suggestions for how to cook it before I go back and buy one?
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Left over BBQ food in freezer
I've got some burgers and sausages I need to use up from the freezer. Any ideas on using them up? I know I could just use them like a BBQ with buns etc but was hoping for something a bit different. :) I have all the basics.
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lemon unwaxed
Ive been using a website called www.lovefoodhatewaste.co.uk and one of the recipes asks for an unwaxed lemon but I have no idea what im looking for. Any ideas? jay-jay Ps
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OS Sunday 4th November 2007
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Sunday 10th 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…
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Online Recipe Storage
Hi First post... Does anybody know of a website that allows you to store your recipes in a searchable way? (free of course). Hope someone can help? Thanks
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I can't find...............
Dried peas or semolina....................used to buy both at my local Co-op but neither have been available for ages - any ideas please? :confused:
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black peas!
does anyone know how to cook black peas, im pretty sure you have to soak them overnight but do i soak in just water or do i add anything?
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Soft toys
Do any of you crafty people know where I can get some free patterns to make soft plush toys for Christmas? I saw a snowman pattern last year in a magazine and it was lovely, but no idea where it's gone.
