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Moneysaving in rural location
Hello everyone! How do you do it? There's plenty advice about shopping around , buying things later on, when marked down cheaper. I can't do it, where I live. It's a small market town, nearest supermarket is 11 miles away, there are three food shops, all expensive ones , electric and DIY stores just have been shut down and…
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Will cooked leg of lamb still be ok ?
Hi, I cooked a leg of lamb on Thursday night and we had some on friday and had intended curry last night. Last night went pear shaped and the left overs are still in the fridge. Will it still be ok tonight ? Going to add peppers, onion and some jalfrezi sauce. I also feel I should be making stock and soup but have only…
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OS Daily 6th April 2015
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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Spring 2015 decluttering again!
Tomorrow, it has been decided is the day to begin decluttering the loft. Every thing out, looked over. Can we use anything? can we pass anything on to our adult children? give to charity as has not been needed for several years? Now the question? how much do we keep? Me! I would say as little as possible. OH wants to keep…
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Weekly Flylady Thread 6th April 2015
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. Thank you Natty for last week's thread Every room comes back around next week so please don’t stress about catching up These lists are only suggestions and not a must do list;…
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Meal planner wc 05/04/15
Happy easter :) Our meals this week, all from stores. Sunday- Gammon dinner with all the trimmings Monday- Gammon, egg and chips Tuesday- HM quiche using lo bits of gammon with a jacket spud and beans Wednesday- Cheese and vegetable frittata with salad Thursday- Fish, chips and peas Friday-HM pizza and garlic bread…
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Left over french bread
I need some help please. I have a cheese topped french stick left over from yesterday that I can't eat today. So tomorrow, I know it will be rock hard and rather than making breadcrumbs I wondered if anyone has any nice recipes that will use it up? I can't make bread pudding as it has cheese on it but I was thinking there…
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Ideas for what to make please- Lots of food, no ideas!
Hi :) I am trying to eat everything i already have in the kitchen cupboards, before i do a shopping trip. Could someone please give me ideas what i can make? I have: -Lots of beans (black, black eye, kidney, butter, baked). -Tinned pineapple, lots of dried fruit -Lots of lots of lentils. Yellow, red and green. -Tonnes of…
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Quick lamb roast help please
Happy Easter everybody :j I have just put a whole leg of lamb into the oven without checking the weight. I don't want to go reaching into the bin for the bloody (leaky red kind) packaging to check the weight and am not sure how long I should be roasting this thing for! It is quite a large leg and was at room temp when it…
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something simple to make with pork tenderloin
up until now we have sold the tenderloin from our own pigs that we have reared ourselves, but this lot we want to keep ourselves.. sad to say we have never eaten tenderloin lol, so was just wondering what would be the nicest way of cooking it..etc.. as everyone raves about it, and it is always the first things to get…
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Sunday 5th April
No one seems to have started todays thread so here goes. 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…
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Easter Sunday 5th April OS daily
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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keeping sliced roast meat warm in slow cooker?
I'm cooking a big roast for the in laws tomorrow. They'll be ten of us in total, so am doing 2 legs of lamb. I've had an idea that we could cook off the lamb in the morning, carve it and keep it on warm in the slow cooker, thereby freeing up the oven for roast potatoes and Yorkshire puddings I have either onion gravy…
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OS Daily 4th April
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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Hot cross bread?
Morning Does anyone have a recipe to make a bread loaf that has the same taste as traditional hot cross buns? I've googled a few recipes but they are adding things like mixed peel, cherries, chocolate chips etc but I just want a straight forward recipe + I don't have any of those extras in the cupboard! Found lots of…
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Rice for rice pudding
I've just made rice pudding with risotto rice and worked out very well. No need for rice pudding rice for rice pudding .
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Cauliflower tikka masala - Jamie, Sunday Times
This is a Jamie Oliver recipe for a curried roasted whole cauli that was in the Sunday Times Magazine a few weeks ago. I've accidentally thrown the mag away and would like to make this tomorrow. I can find the ingredients on line - but not the method as you have to be a subscriber - can anyone help please? Serves: 4 1 tsp…
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OS Daily Good Friday 3rd April
O/S Daily Thursday 2nd April 2015 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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Calling all dog owners
Hi lovlies I have a large labrador who loves to drink and run amound the house. He runs round the house anyway but when he has a drink he leaves a Hansel and Gretel trail for us all to follow. So my question is, do you guys have any tips or tricks, for the area around the bowl where most of the excess water is or for any…
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3 course meal without buying anything
I haven't been on here for a while, and have a couple of threads I need to get back to. However, just wanted to post this scenario quickly, and see if anyone can advise? My husband & I are having friends over for dinner Saturday & I'm not sure what to cook. Don't really have the money to spend on buying food in. I do have…
