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Tesco's illogical guide price calculations
Has anyone else suffered from tesco's illogical guide price calculations? See the email I've just sent them below. Hi I buy my shopping from you with my housemates in a collective order. It is therefore very important that the guide price is as accurate as possible. I often find that your guide price doesn't reflect…
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Teenage boys and healthy eating
Hi My eldest is 14 and its getting harder and harder to get him to eat fruit or veg. I can see that his younger brother is starting to copy him too. I have brought them both up on what I hope is a sensible balanced diet. I cook everything from scratch, we all sit down together every evening and eat the same meal and I put…
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frozen mince in slow cooker
bought fresh mince and froze it a week ago. Took it out of the freezer yesterday and put in fridge. I thought it had defrosted so put it in slow cooker but i noticed middle was still frozen. I chopped it up with a spoon and put it on high. I thought if i put it on high for a hour and give it a good stirr and drop to low…
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Can I freeze these? If so when?
I'm a bit of a dunce when it comes to freezing thngs I've made, I'm never sure when to do it lol Anyway, I'm making these this afternoon.... http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/1649/homemade-black-bean-burgers.aspx I'm having one tonight and want to freeze the other 3, am I better doing this before or after cooking them? Thanks…
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OS Daily Sunday 6th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for 6th January 2013 - . 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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Using a pepper mill to grind coffee beans
Just wondering if this would work Looking to load an amount of coffee beans in to the mill but only grind enough per requirements, in the hope that the mill is airtight so the beans would last longer…
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worst cook ever
I've been cooking from scratch for about four months. I always pick recipes that are quite simple but it always turned out wrong. I get recipes from all recipes and a good house keeping book. Even bread out of the bread machine tastes wrong. I've just made a lemon cheesecake. I got the right sizes cake tin. Did the biscuit…
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Best Thing For Cleaning The Oven ?
Hi Guys Sorry if this is in the wrong place firstly. I'm looking for the best thing to clean an oven with. I've used these packet things, and different cleaning fluids but nothing seems to get it properly clean - glass door included. I thought the ''old fashioned'' thread might be a good place to ask, as my Nana always…
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Banana recipes?
Anyone got any good recipies for bananas? Aside from muffins and bog standard banana loaf.
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Bluebag - how was the 3 bird roast?
Sorry mods for posting this on the board but I had saved the original thread in favourites so I could come back and see what Bluebag thought of the roast but the link isn't working so I guess it has been merged. So, Bluebag, how was the 3 bird roast? :D
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red wine
I'm just sorting my meal plan for next week. I've never attempted a chilli con carne before so I'm giving it ago.the recipe states 300 ml of red wine. I don't buy red wine. Is there something else I could use instead?
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Best way to reheat meat, please?
I have some leftover three bird roast in the freezer which I'm planning to reheat for a roast dinner tomorrow, can anybody tell me, please, the best way to go about it? It's already sliced and wrapped in tin foil in the freezer. Should I cook from frozen? Allow to defrost (I didn't freeze it until the day after Boxing…
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Slow cooker recipes-please Mods
Att Moderators. Please could we have a thread just for SC recipes rather than SC questions in general? Would be very useful I think and certainly help us get the most from our SC.
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lakeland yoghurt maker
:( my birthday is not to far away (hate birthdays). Mum is always very good at getting presents right but this year she cant think of what to get me. Im really into kitchen gadgets as many of you are. ive looked at a yoghurt maker on lakeland and wondered of they worth it? how long does the yoghurt keep fresh free? we do…
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Meal planners...... I started one :D
Well after reading various stories and getting loads of advice from people on here. December 1st I started a monthly food planner, slapped it on the fridge and stuck to it. A month is up and I stuck by everything ( apart from 4 days when I was ill and never eat ). OMG Ive saved over 100 pounds in a month, buying bulk food,…
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What can i do with...
My mum told me about an article she had seen in the paper the other day and it got me to thinking http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2255216/Extreme-recycler-fills-just-ONE-rubbish-bag-year-making-resolution-use-waste-can.html I was thinking about how i think i'm doing a really good job by filling my blue bin / brown…
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Getting Family Onboard
Hello I am determined this year to live an OS lifestyle to get my home and my finances in order and to make our lives better however I am struggling to get the other members of my family onboard. :( At the moment I am hoping to meal plan, set up a cleaning rota so it all gets done and get the garden sorted so that we can…
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To make bread or to not make bread
I'm thinking of buying a bread machine and making my own. I'm clueless on it and un sure of the price,the costings. We go through around 2/3 loafs a week costing around 80p a loaf. Is the whole idea of making your own cheaper or is it just more healthy? Any help / words would be nice to hear:)
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Meal plans w/b Mon 7/1/2013
Does anyone want to continue with this weekly thread listing only our meal plans for the week? There is a new discussion thread The I will MEAL PLAN and not change my mind thread ..... https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4359603 Mods may decide to merge Previous weekly meal plans are here:…
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OS Daily Saturday 5th January
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for Friday 4th January January 2013 - . 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…
