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Learning to be frugal with food
I'm on a mission to be as frugal as possible. We have a lot of debt to pay off & have finally come around and realised we need to face this head on. Part of this is to be more savvy with our food. We were just sitting discussing about going to the supermarket and picking up some food for dinner today. However, we have a…
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Meal Plans WB 9th December
So last week we followed the plan until last night, but last night we got home late and just has cheese-on-toast... So another successful week :) Sunday: Chicken Jambalaya Monday: HM Pea & Ham Soup w/ HM Rolls Tuesday: Spaghetti Bolognaise w/ Salad Wednesday: Sausage, Eggs, Beans and Hashbrowns Thursday: LO Spaghetti…
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O/SDaily Sunday 8th December 2013
Sunday 8th December 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, please do come…
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Ald! hog roast...
Hi all I was wondering if anyone had tried the ald! hog roast joint? It looks really good but would like a recommendation before I try it... It is £9.99 but looks quite big...
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How do I freeze.....
I would like some help with freezing soup as in what to store it in, in order to freeze it. I will not use plastic of any sort, either plastic bags or plastic containers. That is very important. Water expands when frozen so how can soup be frozen without breaking a container? I need to store quite large quantities of…
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Pirate Cake advice please!
Hi Me and my big mouth! While shopping, I saw some cute pirate edible cake decorations (2 pirates and a treasure chest) and jokingly said to OH that I was tempted to make a pirate ship cake instead of the more usual Santa - Snowmen that most people have at Christmas. He loved the idea so we bought them. Now I'm thinking…
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How often do you wash your car?
I admit, not very often . I washed it today morning.
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can i freeze soft cheese?
i was looking for that that thread which people write what they sucsessfully froze, but I couldn't find my answer. I have some of that soft French roule stuff with the herbs in, there is quite a bit left and I am wondering if it can be frozen? I really don't want to throw it away but I cant face eating any more of it right…
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Lakeland hemisphere tins
I'm off to Lakeland this morning to buy a couple of those new hemisphere baking tins. Not money saving at all. But I can't wait to try them out. Has anyone here got them? Are they easy to use?
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Saturday 7th December
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, please do come in, put your feet…
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Rescuing alcohol-free xmas cake
I didn't wrap it well enough and it has dried out quite a bit! Other than using it as a door-stop, how do I rescue it before I marzipan it? I am hoping to trim off the hard exterior as I need to shape the cake anyway, but was wondering if I could feed it with anything non-alcoholic?
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a request for the bakers among you
Hi All, I think you may be the best group of people to ask this question of - apologies if I'm in the wrong place. I have been told by my DH that he's buying me a Kitchen Aid mixer for Christmas as I won't tell him what I want (he could've definitely picked something worse than that :j) but my problem is that I have not…
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OS Daily Friday 6th December 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, please do come in, put your feet…
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Craft magazine subscription help
Afternoon all, hope you are all staying safe in this weather :eek: I'm looking to get myself a magazine subscription, my dad suggested it as a Christmas present to me from him. As we are on a tight household budget, I don't actually buy craft magazines, so I'm not too sure what to go for! I like to sew, but I'm happy to…
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slow cooker chicken help - made a mistake!
I need some advice please! I got one of the half price chickens from morrisons last night. Cut the breasts and legs off and froze. The carcass and wings etc, I chucked in the slow cooker with 3 pints of water overnight to make stock and shred the rest of the chicken off to make risotto tonight. Except, ive just woke up and…
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O/S Daily Thursday 5 December 2013
OS Daily Thursday 5th December 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…
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Long Grain Rice (instead of Arborio Risotto Rice) for a risotto?
I have lots of long grain rice, and want to make a risotto this week. Will it make a huge difference if i use this instead of risotto rice? Will i have to cook it differently?
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Recipe Needed For Mince Pies With Icing On Top
Hi everybody, I really love the ones you can buy in Asda and Tesco but I fancy making them myself but can't find a recipe for them. Can you help me out please? Thanks
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Stuffed Peppers Recipe
I have some Ramiro peppers and also some cous cous. I want to make cous cous stuffed peppers - what's the best way to do it?
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Crispy duck
Hi, I'm defrosting some crispy duck legs from the freezer and the instructions say to cook on a wire rack over a roasting tray, well I don't have a wire rack any ideas what I can do instead? Can I just cook it in a roasting tray without the rack and it just won't be as crispy, lol.
