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Weekly Flylady Thread 21st 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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can I ask for some baking advice?
I've been trying out the flaky bar recipe (found it on the monthly grocery list) and while it is really tasty mine has turned out very crumbly. Can anyone tell me where I have gone wrong? Thanks Kate
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economic kettle?
The minimum amount of water I can boil in my kettle is enough for 2 cups of coffee - it annoys me :rotfl: Is there a kettle out there where I can boil one cups worth of water at a time? I don't have a microwave.
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M&S style layered vegetables - how to make
M&S do a layered vegetable side dish which come in a clear plastic pudding basin type container and is cooked in the microwave. I would like to make something similar using grated courgette, grated carrot and a mix of other veg probably including peas and sweetcorn. I could probably work out how to do it by trial and error…
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when is the best time to buy sacks of onions
last year i started buying horse carrots by the sack, and they varied from £2.20 TO £2.80 per sack which was a huge saving for us... this year i was thinking of doing the same with sacks of onions...as we do use quite alot of onions, and i missed out on planting some in the garden..:rolleyes: so i was just wondering, does…
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Alternative to Pumpkin
Morning all, can't believe I've done this but found a receipe for spiced Pumpkin Tart with Ginger Cream, bought all the ingredients and then found out that Pumpkins don't even start growing til September LOL. Can't wait that long so am relying on you lovely people to give me an alternative I can use. Thank you for our help…
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OS Daily, Sunday 20th July 2008
:wave: all Off to get the sticky 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 in, put…
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What would be a realistic food budget for us?
I posted in this forum about a year ago about how we spend too much on food, throw out too much food and give too much money to M+S. I had great intentions to start with. 1 year on I can confirm that I have totally done away with M+S so I am bound to be saving money as I'm not going in there 2-3 times per week spending…
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Wardrobe/drawer smelly things
[IMG]http://smileys.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!/cat/4/4_13_15.gif[/IMG]Can't find on a seach thru o/s, but is there an alternative that can be made as opposed to the overly priced packet/sachet things you buy? Thought I might find some 'recipes' in the home made gift section, but no joy. Any suggestions please…
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What can i make with...
I have half a tub of Morrisons mini muffin thingies. They've been opened and a couple taken out and then just left. They're probably not fresh enough to eat as they are but are by no means 'off' Is there anything i can make or use them for? Also a pack of yoghurt covered digestives, half a christmas cake bar (sealed until…
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Daily thread for saturday 19th july!
Morning all! off to get the sticky! 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 in, put…
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Food bargains from abroad?
My family is going abroad for the first time this summer and, being me, I will be on the look-out for edibles to bring home. I wondered what people here would recommend, apart from booze, from a trip to France? What food shops are 'must haves', and what do you buy there? I am thinking particularly of things which will have…
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*rant* Im really sorry but I just have to say this...
Ok, I know this will be deleted but I wan't people to read it and see sense! On this board, I have read countless times to use less than the recomended amount of wash powder it says on the box! :eek: Although it may seem that manufactures just tell you to use more to boost sales (clearly that thoery doesn't hold water as…
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Help!
Hello, I hope someone can help or point me in the right direction of a post with advice on already. I came to use some potatoes the other day and noticed a little white spec on it, that was moving, I am guessing that it was a mite?! so I checked the rest of the potatoes and there were more!!! I havent yet rummaged around…
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Recipe for French Toast
DD2 is 15 tomoroow (how did that happen so quickly :confused: ) and as they always choose their birthday breakfast has decided she would like French Toast. Does anyone have a lovely light recipe as when I've made it in the past it always seems a bit 'heavy'. We're laso trying to eat a bit more healthily so if there is…
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Happy, happy, happy
just got Marguerite pattens Victory cook book for £3.99 from the works. Fab Fab recipes.
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Where do I start?
I need to shave 9k a year off our outgoings 2 adults 2 children I can cook I'm veggie so don't cook meat I try to plan and budget but my hubby pops out for milk and spends £20, this han to been a problem, a issue yes, but now he is swapping jobs. I have started buying washing liquid from local saving shop £2 for 5ltrs, I'm…
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Changing 'brands' at Lidl
recently we have noticed that the packaging and 'brand names' on a lot of stuff is changing at lidls. I know that it is all made for lidl and the actual product inside seems the same but I was wondering if anyone knows the reason why?. I have noticed it on tea, showergel, mini chocs amongst others.
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weighing ingredients. Scale?
My salter scales have given up the ghost and I bought this one in argos, which is faulty and not user friendly, so I have my money back http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/8421564/Trail/searchtext>KITCHEN+SCALES.htm My scale was like on old friend and it glided between g and oz and ml and fl oz. It was add and…
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Vitamins - Summer Sale, Zipvit
Following recommendations from others on this site, I recently transferred to ZipVit for buying my vitamins, cod liver oil, etc and have been very impressed by their prices and excellent service. They're currently doing a Summer Sale - Cod Liver Oil and other items are " Buy One, Get Two Free", so I've stocked up.…
