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Freezer frugality
Good Afternoon OS-ers! I am trying to think about how best to save my grocery budget this month as I had to pay £120 to my dentist this afternoon and most of this will have to come from the grocery budget :rotfl:until the insurance comes through for it. I am lucky enough to have a freezer with quite a lot of goodies in it,…
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Tray bake recipes
Can anyone help me out here? Some 20 years ago Woman's Weekly (I think) did a traybake special, which included a no bake chocolate recipe, and a rhubarb shortbread type bake. I've found the chocolate one on my PC, but the rhubarb one eludes me. It consisted of a base made by making sweet pastry, cooling in fridge, grating…
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Re cooking a half side of salmon
I have just bought a half side of salmon but it is too much for one as my husband doesn't like salmon. It is 700g and says it is enough for 4 people. However, as it is frozen which is the best way to divide it into 4? It says to cook it in the oven but I would prefer to steam it so it def has to be quartered so it will fit…
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what to do with out of date beer
We don't drink much in our house and have a box of out of date stella - i don't drink it and my dh won't touch it if it's out of date. Is there anything we can do with it for cleaning - I read somewhere about washing your hair with it - or cooking or anything really so I don't have to throw it away. Ta Td x
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Resizing recipes
Here is a handy table for resizing American cup recipes: http://lancaster.unl.edu/food/ciq-changing-recipe-size.htm Could come in use.
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Is it possible for this girl to be permanently OS?
Hi all Apologies in advance for the mammoth post, I only intended on saying hello :o I am a frequent lurker of this thread and have picked up loads of ideas, particularly cooking ones over the past couple of years. I am trying to get my life in order, money is tight since I took a job with half the salary of my previous…
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Help me to not throw out this stuff!
We have eaten at friends' over the weekend and when I have just done my fridge inventory I found the following items which are now all at least three days past the use by date: 375g tub of cottage cheese Mullerlight vanilla yoghurt and toffee yoghurt half a pot of reduced fat creme fraiche two eggs quarter bag of ready…
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can anyone help please?question about yoghurt in cakes
Hi, I need your help please. I made a cake yesterday and substitued the butter with greek plain yoghurt.The cake is ok but the taste is quite rubbery.can anyone tell me where i am going wrong please?the other ngredients i used were sugar, flour, pinch of salt and eggs. thanks for your help:confused:
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OS Daily Bank holiday 25th May 09
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for xx (add date). This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 25th May 2009 *** stars at post 516 ***
:xmastree::xmastree:7 MONTHS TO:xmastree: :xmastree:CHRISTMAS!!:xmastree::xmastree: 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…
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cleaning tip please
Anyone got any tips on cleaning a hob, i know i cant use water on the plate bits and i am scared of causing any damage but some new hob plate bits are looking very old already. Very concerned about causing more harm than good. thanks in advance! xxx
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Fresh filled pasta
I got some fresh filled pasta on offer the other week for a quick and easy dinner. It now needs to be used, I was just wondering what sauces you all use or did you just drizzle with olive oil? It is Cappelletti Prosciutti Crudo & Cheese if that helps with your suggestions. Thank you x
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OS barbeque: without the stinky smoke?
It's a glorious day but I cannot enjoy my garden, eat outside, put out washing or even open a window :mad::mad::mad: My otherwise charming next door neighbours are about to fill their small garden (& all those surrounding) with clouds of stinking greasy smoke as they do every decent weekend: they call it a barbeque & seem…
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Organic Milk
Hi sorry to start a fresh thread if there is already one for this:o I sat down to have my breakfast a short time ago and found the milk tasted funny. Had a quick look at the bottle and the milk was still in date so no problem there. The taste was that bad I had to bin my cereal. Answer to the problem? Co-op Organic milk!…
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Reducing reliance on freezer (long)
When I was planning our move to the new house, I had it in mind to get an american style fridge freezer to replace our (knackered) fridge freezer and additional under bench freezer. We couldn't get both of them into the kitchen, and the fridge space wasn't enough anyway. However, after ordering my new beauty yesterday, I…
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Living out of my freezer!
LOL, not literally! I've dramatically overspent on my grocery budget this month, :o mainly because I'm currently on sick leave, and am eating a lot out of boredom (I've put on 7lb in the last 3 weeks!) With only 5 days to go until pay day, I've decided that I'm not going to do a shop this weekend, and will buy nothing…
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Old Style 24 May
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for xx (add date). This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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MealPlans WB 25th May 2009
Hi Guys! I couldnt find the thread, so please merge if I have missed it again:o This week we are having: Sunday-BBQ Monday-Chicken, Roasties, Stuffing, Yorkies, Carrots, Parsnips & Peas Tuesday-Shepherds Pie, Cabbage & Sweetcorn Wednesday-Sausage Cassarole (Peppers, Onions, Mushroooms, Peas etc) & Boiled Spuds…
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OS Daily Sat 23 May 09
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sat 23 May. This is an 'Over the garden fence' type thread where we chat about everything Old Style and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what Old Style things we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already.…
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frozen sweetcorn
Evening all. After some ideas to use up a bag of frozen sweetcorn my OH and DS have decided they no longer like it and DD will only eat it covered in butter. so it is down to me to consume a big bag of it. now short of always having a portion with every meal what could i do. i made ham and veg fried rice last night. i know…
