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£5 for five days
I just got a mag from a well known charity who are once again running their Living Below the Line challenge this May and I was wondering, if you had to feed yourself totally for £5 for 5 days what would your menu be? And what would you struggle with?
Is having a ceramic electric hob a nightmare?
We're going out today to get a new hob and oven. DH wants a ceramic one where as at the moment we have an electric hob with the raised bits (sorry not sure what that's called) where you put the pan. I'm just so worried about scratching it, if you have one are you happy that you did?
How to defrost food quickly and safely?
What do you do when for those times when you've forgotten to take something out of the freezer but need to use it? eg. I was going to do chicken breasts tonight for tea but realise I haven't taken them out of the freezer so they won't have time to defrost properly today. Can you put chicken breasts in microwave to defrost…
Quality of food after being frozen?
I just wondered if freezing food immensely changes their taste / texture. For example, does milk that has been frozen and defrosted taste the same as fresh milk? What foods have your found don't freeze well and which foods don't taste any different from when frozen and defrosted? When you've done batch cooking and frozen…
What are your storecupboard and freezer staples?
I'm trying to build up my cupboards and freezer so I have a selection of foods to make meals with. I often find if i haven't been shopping I struggle to make any meals with the food I have in the cupboard. I'd like to get to a point where I have 3 or 4 or more meals I can make with cupboard / freezer stuff only for times…
Pans, how many do you need?
Going to have a new kitchen fitted soon and need to get rid of some stuff. Most of which will be going to stepdaughter who is looking to buy a house with boyfriend. Having an induction hob so will need new pans. I try to be old style and cook from scratch but do not make jam etc. Looking in my over flowing pan cupboard, I…
1st April 2012
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 1st April 2012. 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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