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What can I make with sugar puffs?
Brought a large packet of sugar puffs when on offer but the kids hate them! Any ideas/recipes gratefully recieved. sarahxx
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Too many balls................
Can I freeze cooked meat balls? I cooked more than were needed and I don't mind eating them cold but I have only frozen them pre cooked before and wondered if they froze well after cooking? :confused:
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How do I make a pie?
Hi could anyone help me I'm after making a pie on Monday with the leftover chicken, carrots, peas and gravy from sunday, how do I make the pie crust/case, how do I stop it going soggy with the contents being in gravey and what do I bake it in would a baking dish be ok? thanks in advance for any help, I've never made a pie…
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Pheasant Casserole
OH's boss goes shooting and sometimes brings various birds back to the office which my OH brings home for me to do something with. A few months ago we had a pheasant which had already been hanging for 3 days. We cooked it two days later in the slow cooker with red wine, veg etc but it was dry as anything to the point of…
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Packed Lunch Ideas For Fruit & Veg Hater!
Hello all My 8 year old son takes a packed lunch to school. Unfortunately he doesn't like many fruits or vegetables. Not too much of a problem at home as I am quite cunning and blend and disguise them in a variety of hot meals, but not so easy to do in a cold packed lunch box! The only fruits and vegetables he will eat…
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Towels stained with hairdye!!
My oldest DD dyes her hair regularly and has managed to stain just about all our towels with dye. The towels still have a lot of life in them, would it be possible to bleach the cream ones, or alternatively to dye them? Don't want to get dye unless I know it will work, has anyone tried it?
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MealPlans WB 18th January 2010
Hi everyone :D Couldn't see a thread but if there is Penny or Pink please feel free to merge it. We are having this week: Monday - Chilli & Rice Tuesday - Potato Bake (Made using the last of the gammon frozen from Christmas), Green Beans, Carrots & Yorkshire Puds Wednesday - Sausage Pasta Thursday - Fish, Mash & Beans…
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rusty baking trays, bread tins etc
Hi all My MIL bought me some new baking trays, bread tins etc for christmas... my old ones had gone rusty... so how do i stop new ones going rusty and what can i do with the rusty tins - i am not sure if i should send to charity shop as i don't know if they are still usable? i did use them but always lined them with foil /…
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Beef Broth
Hello all, I've just had a tin of Beef Broth and it was delicious - I'm guessing that it'd be quite simple to make as in stock, pearl barley, potato, carrot and some cannellini beans (might have been haricots - whatever the bean is that's baked in tomato sauce!) but not sure what beef they use? Any ideas? I was in tiny…
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Nice meals from tins!
Hi guys, Please point me in the right direction and any tips you may have. Four of us are going to the Isle of Wight Festival in june so excited! Anyway, I have two camping stoves to use for this time. £80 to buy all food as food there is so expensive we want to take our own. I DONT want to live of beans and spaghetti the…
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Chicken question?
I cooked a chicken yesterday and just used a bit of the breast. It was wrapped in foil and put in the fridge overnight. My question is can I make a curry with the leftovers and then freeze it? We have some friends over on Saturday night and I want to use the curry then but I don't want to give anyone food poisoning LOL! As…
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help! too much brocoli!
morrisons was selling it's 1quid brocoli heads for 9p, so i bought 6, as you do. yummy brocoli and stilton soup i thought (xmas stilton from freezer). BUT i've made that, and enough to freeze, and it only took 1 head, AND i've added it to lunch salad AND we've had yummy brocoli and ham risotto (with morrisons cheapy mixed…
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dinosaur cake?
Hello I am in a bit of a spot here... My dino mad DS would like a dinosaur cake (a big fan of Harry and the bucketful of dinosaurs) I ordered a Harry cake topper on ebay and plan to buy a plain iced photo cake from asda to use it with (£9.99)to cut at nursery I was going to buy a second dino cake for him for the actual…
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OS Daily Thread - Thursday 14th January 2010
Hi there! This is the Daily Thread for Thursday 14th January. 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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I want a slow cooker recipe
Hi as anyone got a recipe for Lancashire Hot Pot. I have only just bought my slow cooker so am a little niave with timings. I dont want a fancy recipe and if it has been tried & tested, then all the better. Many Thanks
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Breadmaker with no Cake option?
Ive just chucked all the ingredients in my breadmaker (thank you Santa) for Gingerbread and the recipe calls for the cake option for cooking - Help Ive not got that one - the recipe says it take about 1 hour 40 for it to cook What should I do? Any advice appreicated as I dont want to have to chuck out the pan contents.…
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Make Do And Mend class in London (Greenwich)
In case anyone is interested, there is a lovely textile crafts class going on in Greenwich, SE London, on Tuesdays between 10 and 12, dedicated to the principles of Make Do And Mend. It is in Greeenwich Community College, Royal Hill, London SE10. The website for the college, for further info, is https://www.gcc.ac.uk I…
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Kenwood BM210
Hi all, Still trying to get to grips with my breadmaker & wondered if anybody else had the same model? There are only 5 recipes supplied & all internet recipes on the Kenwood site are for different models that bake different size loaves! Wondered if there was anybody with the same model who has successfully managed to…
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Can I grind up porridge oats for oatmeal?
Hi, I need some oatmeal for a recipe, but can't seem to find it in the shops at the mo. Does anyone know if I could just whizz some porridge oats in the food processor and use it instead? (It's to add to the flour in a bread roll recipe) Many thanks!
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recipe needed
:hello:...am snowed/iced in and i have got to decide what to do for tonights dinner.... i have just taken 4 pork and tomato sausages out of the freezer....what can i do with them before i just stick them between slices of white bread with a dollop of HP(although that sounds good) i have got all the usual…
