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Food Shopping Cost?
Hello everyone, Me and my fiance are in the process of buying a house as we're getting married in September. I'm doing a little research into our budget at the moment and I just wondered how much I should budget for the food shop for just the two of us each month? We both work full time, my fiance works shifts. We're out…
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How long can I keep homemade spicy sauce for?
Morning all I make a spicy sauce which we have with steak/chicken and always end up making too much. DH loves the sauce and works away so was thinking of making a bit extra so there's enough to bottle up for him to take when he's away. My question is how long would he be able to keep it for?? It would have been heated once…
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O/S Daily Thursday 7th February 2012
O/S Daily Thursday 7th Feb 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. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Knitting Needles HELP!
Needle advice needed urgently... I'm recently new to knitting and love my chunky marble yarn, and i need to buy some 6mm needles.. i'm currently using the metal type and seem to be ok with them just they dont seem very pointy.. i have done lots of reading and struggling work out what straight 6mm needles are best to buy?…
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recipe ideas for mascarpone cheese, bacon and potatoes........
hi, i have mascarpone cheese, bacon and potatoes all due to go out of date and i was wondering if anyone has some ideas of something tasty i can make with them. many thanks skint x
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bread dough won't rise urgent help needed!!!
every time i try to make hand made breads of any sort the dough fails. ive tried different yeasts and flours and different recipes so all thats ruled out. i am desperate as i have dough balls on the go and nothing is happening. the cooker is on - both ovens to get some heat going but i am fighting the draughts as its windy…
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Slow cooker disasters
Hi, I've been trying to meal plan, and today's recipe was Chicken with sweet potato and rosemary pasta sauce, done on low for 8 hours in the slow cooker. I've had my slow cooker just over 12 months, but lately it's started burning everything! I've come back from work to find the SC dry, not completely charcoal ed, but not…
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OS Daily thread Wednesday 6th February
O/S Daily Monday 4th Feb 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. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Free iPhone/iPad app, NHL healthy choices recipes
Title should say NHS! Sorry I downloaded this and it's quite good, lots of recipe ideas, nice and simple and healthy. Good for inspiration :) It's called change4life healthier recipes / meal mixer Hth x
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Good recipe for using up food
Hi, I have been meaning to post this recipe for years and I am finally getting round to it as I have cooked it again recently. It comes from the "More with Less Cookbook" and I give you the recipe as it is printed in the book. However, I have found it is very adaptable and if you don't have the exact quantities in the book…
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OS ideas for a draughty door please!
Hi all, I am currently renting a property with an incredibly draughty front door. You can actually see daylight at the top and around the letter box :eek: However, my landlord would be incredibly unhappy if I were to do anything to the door/house that would involve screws in walls or doors. What non-invasive methods can I…
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Fabric Glue ?
Following on from an amazing tip here , I am attempting to turn 2 pairs of walking boots into one ! I have detached waterproof uppers off a pair with leaky soles and superglued them onto a pair with leaky uppers , but good soles ! Things have gone well except on the sides where fabric meets fabric instead of rubber , the…
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OS Daily thread Tuesday 5th February
O/S Daily Monday 4th Feb 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. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Lentil help
I am wanting to include lentils a little bit in our food. I'm new to lentils so I would appreciate some advice. Firstly, are they really healthy? How do you cook them? I have found a bag of red lentils in the cupboard. I'd like to start with them. I have no idea really about how to use them or which meals they would go…
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What to do with 30 jars of Marmalade ?
Inspired by the OS forum I started to make marmalade about 6yrs ago .... and each year I've made marmalade ... eaten marmalade ... given it as presents ..... made cake with it (Nigella's store cupboard choc orange cake) .... put it in porridge. Having been "banned" from making it for the past two years ..due to the…
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breadmaking issue
Hi , can anyone help? I dug out the old kenwood breadmaker and used a bread mix plus water on the correct setting.It looked ok after but it was a bit soggy and sweet.Any ideas what Im doing wrong? Thanks x
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Cheap and delicious cake!
Hi all, Just wanted to post a link to a particularly cheap and yummy cake I found online and made yesterday. http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/29865/golden-syrup-sponge-cake.aspx It's a real winner in our household, great for lunchboxes. Has anyone got any particularly favourite, reliable cheap and easy cakes they like making?
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soup is wayyyy to spicy.....can it be saved
hey there i have just made a soup ( a very large one) with leeks potatoes sweet chillis carrots onions veg stock red pepper green pepper and 1 large and blooming hot chilli as u can see i was having a fridge clear out, the soup tastes alright but has one hell of a kick i was just wondering if anyone has a tip to cancel it…
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My balsamic went weird
Went to open a new bottle yesterday only to find the contents were completely solid, so had to chuck it out. Was this due to the sugar caramelizing? It was a recent bottle.
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How many will this serve?
Hi all, I don't usually cook from recipes, but have come across this one: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/salmon_and_broccoli_77205 . It says 12 tartlets, but I'm looking to have this as a main. It's to feed me (medium eater) and OH (big eater). I'm wondering if this will make far too many ingredients-wise for us both.…
