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Morning all
I'm feeling very motivated today - have been cooking up a storm to last me the next few days - roasted a chicken the other night, used leftovers last night to make chicken supreme...mmmmmmm! Also made a bacon and egg pie that will do dinner and a few lunches. I love feeling so organised! :D How are you all today?
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My dinner secret!!
Hubby cooked a beef curry the night before last, lucky me :-) I loved it, plenty of veg in it too. He, on the other hand was really disappointed with it and refused to have the leftovers for the next night (damn!!). Whilst feeding baby at 3am inspiration hit me - once hubby had gone to work I threw all the leftovers into…
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OS Daily for Tuesday 15th January 2008 (already!)
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 15th Jan '08. 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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Pimp Up My Mince Please
Somerfield had an offer on half price on their posh brand of mince, £1.50 instead of £3, so I have bought a few packs for the freezer, I don't like to make mince too often, prob just once a week. I'm a bit bored of Shepherds pie, chilli, pasta dishes, what else can I do to pimp up my mince. I seem to remember when I was a…
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Can anyone give me a cheap recipe for cottage/shepards pie
Or point me to a site? I'm looking to homebake these but want something on the skrimpy budget all the recipes that i've found have got too many ingredients lol, i don't like herbs and spices so just a basic one please, and how do i make it? sorry if daft i have never attempted it before. thanks
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How to make a spiderman birthday cake
Hi all, Have just booked the room for DS1's birthday bash (free of course) and for his party we want to do a spiderman themed cake he will have about 30 kids there made up of family and friends have just about sorted everything else but thinking of the cake. His party will have a spiderman theme and I have made cakes…
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Reheating leftovers - I'm scared!
I got a lovely little slow cooker for xmas and I'm planning my first lamb stew thingie. I'd like to make two portions and put one portion in the fridge for the next day, but I've never really dealt with leftovers before and for obvious reasons I would like to avoid death. So...what are the basic rules for leftovers? If I…
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yogurt failure
:o After weeks of yogurt success have had a failure after changing my starter.....I had been using actimel yogurt drinks then switched to a cheaper probiotic drink from Lidl...........yog came out like it went in and was runny:rolleyes: Any ideas guys......I don't want to waste any more milk;) Thanks x
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HM Bread in the oven recipe??
I want to have a go at making HM bread..for following reasons: I try not to buy too much but having some when we need/want (make beans on toast bit filling with doorsteps etc Try Save Money Cut use down on eating rubbish! hense have to make before eating!! I dont have a breadmaker & havent really enough room for another…
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What is worth making instead of buying?
I already make my own bread and am thinking about hoummous, but not sure if this is cost-effective. Does anyone know? I am too short of time for some things (six kids, three not at school yet) but wondered what things really are and aren't worth making from scratch. Ness. (I'm really talking about food here)
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Does anyone else make their own clothes
I thought it would be great to hear from other money savers who sew their own clothes. I used to make a lot of clothes and thought I might try again but I am beginning to think I am one of very few people who do this. I tried to find a class I could go to locally as I need a bit of an update but the nearest was some miles…
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Muffins and cheese
:hello: Ok, the two aren't connected. :p My first question is.... Having bought the ½ price silicon bake set from Argos (as posted by pavlovs_dog), I now have a little muffin tray-type thing. I thought I'd have a go at some. I was going to make a chocolate yoghurt cake, and instead of using a cake tin as normal, put some…
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Ideas for using frozen chippolatas wrapped in streaky bacon
I have about 20 of these in my freezer.... They were frozen on xmas day when I realised I had too many. Both were fresh from the butcher. I had an incling I could casserole/soup but other than that, no particular gameplan! All ideas welcome!
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Life & Management / Efficiency books
Hi all Can anyone recommend a good life/time management type book? I'm sooo disorganised its untrue but havent the faintest idea as to how to go about organising myself better. Thought there might be a recommendation for such a book I could get some ideas from. Thanks Jo x
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Flaked almonds left from Xmas - any recipe ideas please ?
Hi all I have a pack of flaked almonds left over from Xmas - I only used 20g of them and have no idea on what :confused: Brain like sieve atm :rolleyes: Anyway, I have 180g left and have no idea what to do with them. Does anyone have any recipes that are quick and easy as I don't have much time whilst the babies are…
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Sorting out my housekeeping.
We are trying to work out if we can afford to cut corners enough to pay for a conversion of our sheds to extra living space so decided to take a look at the housekeeping spending. Last week it amounted to £207.40!!!! So that's where the money's going it would seem. There are eight of us, we don't have takeaways, much…
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Manky Bath ! Help
I have just gone to give the bathroom a good clean and noticed that there is a brown patch around one end of the bath. Ive tried cleaning with bleach - bathroom spray - washing up liquid.. running out of things to try. I have heard that putting washing powder in some hot water in the bath for s few minutes works but has…
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unwanted bath salts.. any ideas????
hi, i have loads of unwanted bath salts that i got for xmas. any ideas to use them up apart from putting them in the bath...lol thanx x:confused:
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Clearing homemade jelly tips needed please
Hello, I have been making homemade jellies and some are clearer than others. I drain the liquid through muslin without squeezing, and use butter at the end to clear the scum BUT someone told me a tip about something you put in at the end to clear it and I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT! :confused: It may have been bicarb or something…
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Bread mix thread
Has anybody tried these? They are 79p for 1kg, which makes 2 loaves. I saw granary, ciabatta and sunflower seed packs. I have been using the Hovis granary breadmixes which are on special offer at Asda (75p each or 2 for £1) and make a 500g loaf as well. Aldi breadmixes work out 10p a loaf cheaper, which is all good by me!
