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Value diet
Hi I am trying to stick to a healthy eating plan (hate the word diet lol) and although I have looked in the cheaper shops like Lidle's all the stuff there seems to be not what I need or too high in fat or sugar. As my only alternative to our local Lidle supermarket is Tesco (my prefered) or Iceland (where I havent shopped…
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What veg do you have with meals ??
Hi all Trying to be a bit healthey and just wonderd what veg u have with what meals for eg sausage mash - carrots -runnner beans -cauli jst pot chiken or rice - peppers courgettes mushrooms onions ermm thats about it lol so for trad dinners trad veg just wonderd what you all do ?
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£50 a week to feed family of 6, does anyone do it cheaper??
Hi, Its me my dh, children aged 3, 9, 12 and 13, 1 dog and a cat.. We are all vegetarian and we use soya milk instead of cows milk. I meal plan everyweek and cook from scratch. I have just used recipes off the board for my online shop. I have just put it all through and it has come to £51.23 including the £5.75 delivery…
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OS wooden clothes props
Has anyone any idea of anywhere that sells these? Preferably the adjustable ones with 2 pieces of wood and pegs to adjust the height. My metal ones don`t seem to last very long and either go rusty or the plastic adjustable scrw in bit breaks off. I`d like a wooden one like my mum used to have but one piece of wood wouldn`t…
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Dolly pegs?
Where can I find, some good old fashioned pegs.....you know the sort they used to make peg dolls from? They had some in Tesco, but they look as flimsy as anything, and the ones with a spring don't seem to last five minutes! I'm sick of replacing them now :rolleyes: Thank you :D
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How to clean a whiteboard?
Hi, I've been given a massive office whiteboard by a friend who is moving offices. The only problem is that it has been well used and could do with a good clean. I know you can buy products from Staples, etc. to do this but surely there must be an OS way to get it sparkling white again! All ideas welcome Anni
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FJ's 'beat the credit crunch with a quid-odd butty box' challenge!
Me and my mate were chatting about what takes most of our weekly budget and we realised that it was our OH's dinners! I work at home most of the week so I can eat cheaply at home but he has to eat out for his dinner as he works all day, 5 days a week. We decided that we would try to make tasty boxes up for a 'quid-odd'…
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Huge bag of popcorn from Roys of Wroxham
Hi I bought a huge bag of popcorn whilst on holiday in Norfolk for my grandchildren, but it's not got a lot of taste to it. It was supposed to be toffee flavoured but you have to search for the flavour IYKWIM any ideas as to what I can do with it apart from putting it out to feed the birds ,which seems a bit of a waste.…
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Yogot making
I have got a kit using a flask with using a yogot and a power, but what is it. Any help would be fine
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Non-ripe apples
Hi all, I've googled and googled and googled but I haven't found an answer to this so hopefully someone might be able to help me out. Our apple tree, getting on a bit now, has had one of its main branches snap. This means that about 50 apples are now not going to get any bigger. What should we do with the apples? We were…
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Weight Loss the Old Style Way! Part 5. Please read posts 1 and 2 before posting.
Hello, everyone :hello: The old Weight Loss Thread is getting long, so I thought I'd start a fresh shiny one for you all ;) Enjoy, and good luck :A Penny. x
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OS Daily Monday 28th July
Good Morning, Just off to get the sticky Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Monday 28/7/08. 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…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 28th July 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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Cash not Card
After a Sainsburys trip for bread and milk I had handed over the Switch card and entered my pin without even noticing the cost:o I was nipping into the supermarket 2-3 times a week and buying stuff that was not on my list. I tried to do on-line shops but we need milk, yoghurts and fruit more often than that. SO i withdrew…
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August 2008 Grocery Challenge
Hello everyone, Welcome to the eighth Grocery Challenge of 2008. :hello: If your new month starts early feel free to join this thread, or if you're still working on your July budget, then keep on posting in the July Grocery Challenge. As always this challenge is to reduce your own grocery budget to levels that you will be…
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Homemade wine - demijohn alternatives?
I acquired a demijohn from Freecycle yesterday, and also scored an old wine-making book for 50p at a charity sale. I read through all the wine-making threads I could find on here and now I'm all fired up and want to get brewing! It looks to me like there are advantages to having more than one demijohn (not least of which…
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Menu planner / Shopping list generator
Hi all One of the things we've always been really bad at in our household is proper menu planning. With that in mind I've had the idea for a long time to create some sort of database of recipes that would automatically generate a shopping list (the idea being that we just get what's on the list and avoid random purchases).…
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Hovis bread mix & pizzas?
Hiya all Ive got quite a few of the hovis white bread mixes that theyve been selling off at asda for 35p. Does anyone know if I can transform the contents into pizza base? I have extra normal ( not strong) flour ( both plan & SR) and more yeast.
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Cheap KTC Brand Tinned Tomatoes in ASDA
If anyone is thinking about "downshifting" to these, stop thinking about it and do it. Stock up with a few. I reckon they are very good indeed. On paper - the label - the drained weight is only 240g (compared with the ASDA standard own brand ones at 260g). On the plus side, they are from Italy, where they know a thing or…
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Os Daily Sunday 27th July 2008
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Saturday. 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 come…
