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ideas for baby rice!!!
a friend insisted I take 2 boxes of baby rice she no longer needed, so I did. although my son is too old to eat it, as he has "proper" food now. any ideas of what to do with it? dont think I could stomach sloppy rice pud!!
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Cheaper to buy meal offers when you see them or have a weekly budget?
I like everyone is trying to cut shopping costs and have done well over the last few months by getting by on £50 a week with 4 of us. My Q is, now i have started getting offers when i see them like bogof on meats/meals and the reduced meat to freeze for meals later. How do you know if that works out cheaper of not? Anyone…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 7th January 2008
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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Brown chicken/turkey meat. WHY/HOW?
Evening everyone, I invested in a slow cooker a few months ago and rarely used it but have started over the holidays to really use it for other things apart from stews! Tonight i cooked a turkey leg from tesco (99p!!!) and it was delicious! Lots of meat and it just fell off the bone (it was all brown though). My question…
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Good cheap Baking Dishes and Trays
Hi Where can I get some good quality cheap baking dishes and trays from? Thanks in advance.
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Homemade biscuits -nicer than shop bought?
Well, to me this is a no brainer :rotfl: but not everyone agrees, see here and here. Anyone else think homemade aren't as nice as bought ?
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Organic Grocery Challenge
I shop online with Sainsbury's each month (convience & time saving as mother of two under 5's) & regulary locally for fresh milk+veg. I mainly shop organic. How can save while keeping to being organic? My spend is about £350-£400 a month
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Chicken Mayonnaise, how to store
hello everybody. I'd really appreciate some advice, i've just made some home made chicken mayonnaise sandwich spread and i was just wondering how long i can store it in the fridge for? i've put it into an airtight plastic container thingy but have got no idea how long it can be stored for. thanks in advance.
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Freezing shop bought jam tarts and swiss rolls
Hi I am starting a diet and want to freeze some things for DD's lunch box. I would bake, but my will power is rubbish, so if I buy individual jam tarts and mini rolls can I freeze them so she has variety and I am not tempted to eat them as they are all frozen!There is nothing on the packet so wanted to know opinions also…
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Healthy Breakfasts without milk for my DD
My DD hates milk so i struggle with breakfasts as she gets fed up with the same thing. These are the breakfasts i've come up with: Egg on toast Boiled eggs & soldiers Beans / Spag on toast Cheese on toast Toast with ham and cheese at the side Muffins (made with bran flakes, banana & raisens) served with natural yogurt…
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Which steamer? Tefal or Russell Hobbs
Hello. My first post on this board after discovering it this week. :j This morning I went out to buy a steamer. I bought a Tefal Ultra Compact Steamer. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Tefal-VC1000615-Ultracompact-Steamer-Chrome/dp/B000BTAEAQ/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1199639826&sr=1-1 On my way home I stopped off at…
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HM Jam/jelly question
Hello all - and Happy new Year!! I've just made some damson jelly from fruit I froze last summer and although I strained the fruit overnight the remaining pulp is still quite moist....have already used the juice that had strained through and made the jelly though as I am going out later and won't have time during the…
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Can you re-use white vinegar?
My DH bought me the one touch kettle type thing for christmas which is great but we live in such a hard water area i have to descale every few days now i have left it showing to descale for about a week but i am about to do it now but it says you have to use approx 1 litre of white vinegar maybe a bit more though it to…
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Home made apple sauce.
Hi, I made some apple sauce at the beginning of December and froze it to use over Christmas. There is some left over in the fridge and i was wondering if it would be still ok to use as we're having pork for Sunday lunch. What do you guys think?
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HP Sauce - can I make my own?
Does anyone know a good recipe for making a substitute for HP sauce? I have someone in Israel who lives on the stuff and it's impossible to find there and expensive to ship over. I've found several recipes via Google but I would rather not go through making several recipes (most of which make 6 pints or more per batch)…
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Cleaning
Sorry if this has been posted before somewhere but I am new to the board. I have just ran out of white vinegar so need some help. I really do not want to go out today and am sticking to my weekly shopping budget so do not want to spend anymore until next week (I know it's only vinegar but even so!!). I have in my cupboards…
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Help please on getting unnecessary outgoings cut!!!
Hi there I hope that someone can please help. I'm really lucky in that I don't need to pay for rent, utilities or cleaning stuff as I live with my parents at the moment. I earn around 900pounds per month and my outgoings are, at the moment, just food and debt repayments. My problem is this - I'm trying to lose weight and…
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Amazing cakes.
http://www.wildflowersbylori.com/Special%20Occasion%20Cakes.htm Well I think they are. I know there are lots of cake makers here who may enjoy seeing this. Please feel free to move if in wrong place.
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Old Style Daily Sunday 6th January
Good morning.. this is the Daily Thread for 05/01/08. 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,…
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Spending diaries.
I've noticed from previous posts that some of you keep a spending diary. I'd really be interested in getting some more information about this. At the end of each month I really couldn't tell you what we've spent our money on. My DH earns a decent wage but we always seem to be skint from the third week in the month onwards!…
