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Can I rescue this?
I roasted some pork a while back and stuck the leftovers in the freezer. The original roast was a quite dry, is there anything I can do with this to rescue it? My usual go-to idea makes me think the meat will be really tough/dry if I cook it further (sweet and sour pork is what I would normally do) and it's too dry for a…
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Tool to slice meat thinly?
Any cookery experts on here please? I am going to stop buying deli meats and make my own. These will be chicken breasts, gammon joints and roast beef joints. The problem is, I don't have a way to slice them thinly. I have a V slicer and a mandoline, also a Kenwood food mixer with attachments, but I don't think ANY of these…
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Freezing cooked beef and ham
Afternoon all Just a quick one really, you know the big packs of precooked sliced meat that the likes of Costco etc sell, well would it be ok to portion them up to freeze and use as needed? I was wondering if it altered the taste or texture. I seem to spend a lot buy the smaller packs and if I could by the larger ones and…
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My inner domestic goddess
I'm going to apologise in advance if I ramble, not that I think I do but my husband would disagree. I hope you don't mind me giving you a brief outline of recent circumstance changes that should make my ineptitude at household management clearer. About 12 months ago we lived near London. Just me and Mr JoJo. both had…
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Very Frugal Meals
Hello, I'm new & not sure about the different sections, so please forgive me if I'm in the wrong section. I need to find ideas that will turn £7-£10 into a weeks worth of healthy dinners for two adults & 2 children. That's not per head, that's total. Any ideas please? Tia x
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Man lunch ideas!
Looking for ideas for my husbands lunch. We are both a bit overweight, him a little more so then me. We are trying for babies, so really need to sort our diet and lose a few stone. Biggest problem for my husband is his lunch at work. He is a community psychiatric nurse, and drives to people's homes for work. He does spend…
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Easy fish pie recipe?
Any ideas? I have plain white fish and chicken stock (?) in the freezer, and carrots, brocolli, onions and spuds. Also have a good store cupboard. I can't do a milk based sauce, as I'm not good with lactose. Can cope with very small amounts, but a white sauce turns me :( Dunno if this is a lactose intolerance or a…
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Tempering White Chocolate
Hi all, I need to make some white chocolate lollipop things (have a silicon mold already) and need to try and temper the chocolate first so it doesn't go "furry". I have been doing a lot of reading online and this looks a really complicated process. I usually use good food for my recipes so I started there…
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Wednesday 20th August
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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Meat .....avoiding processed
I'm not sure if this is the right place to post this? Last night I watched the programme about meat & it said processed meat is really bad for us. Something I already knew but didn't realise just how serious it was 😳. The problem I have is my son is allergic to all nuts, fish,egg & beans. So I'm wondering what on earth I…
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Singles, how do you shop?
I can't seem to get organised. I do an online food shop once a month and shop myself in between but I still find I run out of things or over order on the online shop. Would I be as well just shopping daily, I also buy cat food and litter which isn't light to carry.
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chicken parma
looking for a nice recepie for chicken parmigiana. looked on google but there are so many variations.
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Creamed sweetcorn - ideas welcome
I've started to do an inventory of my stock - which may take some time!! Anyway, have come across a tin of creamed sweetcorn, which must have seemed like a good idea at the time of purchase, but it keeps staring at me, and I don't know what to do with it - other than serve it on the side of our plates as a vegetable. What…
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OS Daily Tuesday 19th August
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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tuna steaks - help please
Hello all, I am not much of a cook. Im hoping you clever people can help. This is what I have 2 lovely fat tuna steaks [bought greatly reduced today need to use tomorrow] tray of ready prepared 'Mediterranean veg' includes onions, courgettes and cherry tomatoes to go in oven all the above need using asap I though I could…
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Using an open fireplace to cook indoors
I have a 1950s semi with an open fire. In the winter this is going almost every evening, and during the weekends it's going all day. I keep thinking there must be some way to cook using some of the heat coming out, whether that is putting a pot on the hearth next to the fire or in the embers under the grate. Does anyone do…
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Pork ribs help please?
I bought some huge pork ribs from the market and cooked a rack for dh and I the other day. He is very funny with pork and said they taste 'smeggy' and he doesn't like them. I have three more ribs to use up and I'm wondering if I can do anything with them to disguise what they are and try pull the wool over his eyes. The…
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Recipe for potted beef?
I just tried a Hairy Bikers one in which you cook the beef in butter (like making confit duck) but after the allotted 3.5 hours in the oven, the butter had obv reduced a bit and the beef was not exactly burnt but very well done on the outside of the chunks. Have since blitzed it and, despite liberal application of extra…
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Where is all the VENISON??
I read recently that 100,000 deer were culled annually in Scotland alone, never mind the rest of the country. I love venison and prize it for being just about the only red meat which makes for healthy eating. So why do I find that, on the rare occasions my local Tesco's stocks it, the packet says 'imported from New…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 18th August 2014
Welcome to the weekly Flylady thread. If you need help organising your week or getting motivated when it comes to housework then come and join us.[/B] Thank you to Dusty for last weeks thread Welcome aboard if you are new, jump right in with whichever day you join us on. Returners welcome home. Regulars time to up your…
