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Want to start eating healthily and cooking from scratch - feeling bit rubbish :(
Hi everyone Hope this is right place to post this. I'm in my thirties and live with my partner. I really want to sort our diets out, as we're (well me in particular tbh) not regularly eating 5-a-day or even close on some days.:o I don't eat healthily at all, and am probably lucky that I'm not more overweight than I am as…
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Out of date pastry.........
I have some puff pastry in the fridge dated 23 Sept - will it still be Ok to use and if not how would I know?
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Lots of fabric squares - Ideas needed!
I have managed to aquire a whole heap of fabric samples, the kind in books for choosing your curtain/sofa material and I am unsure how to put them to good use. They are all different colours and textures but I want to use them for something creative and wondered if you fabulous people had any ideas :D Meant to say I have a…
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vegetable flan question
Quick question please. Do I need to add cheese to a vegetable flan or can I just go with eggs and veg? All the recipes I've found have cheese added, but as I'm watching calories I want to omit it. Thanks xx
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Kabab shop chilli & garlic sauces recipes
hi, I was just wondering if any one knows of good recipes of the kebab sauces. i found 1 on the net but i wanna see if i can try some more and find a garlic sauce or garlic mayo that they use in kabab and pizza shops. Cheers James N Michelle
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KENWOOD Major Titanium KM020 Food processor
Was just wondering if anyone had one of these food processors? They are quite pricey and wondered if it would be a good investment as we are really trying to cook from scratch and do more baking. The cheapest I've found it is £319 but the most expensive is Currys at £499.99!:eek: Any thoughts?
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White Sauce for Marrow???
Help me someone pregnancy cravings are in over drive this morning :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: My dear old nan used to make a white sauce whenever we had marrow with our sunday roast, she never made it any other time only when we had marrow. The sauce itself was quite a thick consistency and i dont really know how to describe the…
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OS Daily Thread - Sunday 27th September
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Sunday 27th September. It 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…
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Does anyone know if you could make your own 'pepperdews'
i bought a jar of these today as i love them but they are really expensive for what you get.. does anyone know if you could make peppadew-a-likes with normal peppers? it may be they are a different breed and that is what gives it the flavour, but it may be the process they use? the brine they are in tastes quite sweet and…
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Have you ever made a bouillabaisse?
I posted this in the special occasion/food board this morning but no replies so I thought I'd try this board and perhaps the over 50s board? I'm cooking for a small family birthday in couple of weeks' time and fancy making bouillabaisse. I've only made it once before (and that was many years ago) combining the recipes from…
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chocolate buttercream
i usually make it with cocoa powder/icing sugar/butter or butter spread. what is the recipe where you could add melted chocolate instead of cocoa powder? just looking for a recipe that is a "wow" chocolately flavour.
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Can someone measure out 3oz of flour please!
..into a mug, and tell me roughly is it half a mug, a third? got no scales and this is the best way can think of doing it!
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Buying reduced price food.
I love the fridge section in my local supermarket where they sell cheap food but wondered what the shelf life in there should be, as more often then not you get only 24 hours to eat the stuff so I rarely buy out of it as i'm worried about poisoning us all with out of date food (meat etc - not the veg).
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Brain fade?
Any bright ideas anyone for what I can make for dinner tonight from: beetroot and its accompanying leaves chard spinach a leek potatoes various tins of beans of different descriptions several peppers canned tomatoes onions goats cheese standard cheese (ie Cheddar) a large portobello mushroom I've got various grains in -…
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Washable chair covers- no instructions!
Hi all, I was hoping that in your collective infinite wisdom you'd be able to help. We're soon to be moving out of our rented flat. There were 4 modern dining chairs, the ones with the chair covers. I've taken them off to wash as they are either pale cream or white, but I have no idea which... The problem I have is that…
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Pimp up my baking sweet n savoury
I'm in a rut with my baking, I tend to only bake fairy cakes or scones after a few disasters with banana loaves:rolleyes: There are four of us and the home baked stuff, would be used for snax and lunchboxes for the kids and OH. Looking for a mixture of sweeet n savoury stuff. I have SR four Sugar Stork icing sugar vanilla…
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Cooking meat/fish in microwave?
Hi all, Please can anyone offer any tips on cooking meat/fish in a microwave? I`ve never done this and normally would use use my halogen oven/pressure cooker/pan cook or stir fry etc but I am currently a bit under the weather after an operation and need to avoid lifting/stretching for a few weeks. Plus frankly I don`t feel…
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movie night food
Hello, Thank you for reading, Im looking for some advice please. Im going to be inviting some friends over for a movie night, there will be 4-6 people. I need some ideas for reasonably priced food that I can make that will be filling and can be eaten with hands or just a fork or spoon. My guests are mainly strapping lads…
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OS Daily Saturday 27th September
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Saturday 26th September. It 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…
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Smelly suitcases
we are going on holiday in 2 weeks so i just got my cases out of the loft and they are smelly,musty smell have wiped them all out and left them outside all day but they are still smelling, what can i do to make them smell better without using products such as febreeze:confused:
