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Benefits of a slow cooker please
I am attempting to convert my DH to buying a slow cooker. Mainly due to the fact that he has a new job, he is based at home but will have to do more travelling and so I am the family cook :rolleyes: I work full time and 2 kids so need all the help I can get. Are slow cookers worth it, what can I cook in them, what are the…
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Best food buys from M&S with £10
Hi all, I have a ten pound m & s voucher, and could do with some food. I'm putting off going out in the rain and wondered since I know it's expensive there, what are the best buys I should be looking for? (I don't really want any of the voucher back in change, only means more vouchers!, but I want as much food as…
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Ground Rice in a recipe
In an attempt to cut down on the amount of cakes OH likes to buy, I am going to make almond slices (his fave) at home. I am using a recipe from my Bero book, but it calls for 50g ground rice. I have no way of getting any before I wanted to make them - tonight. How essential is this to the recipe? I know it probably does…
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Some specific soup questions
Right im new to this soup making lark so ive got some questions: 1) if using fresh tomatoes do you have to de-seed and peel the skins 2) do you have to peel peppers and roast them beforehand (the only recipe I have used says to do this) 3) how much potato to other veg is a good ratio, I dont want to make it bland and just…
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Can anyone guide me to....
Can anyone guide me to Queenie's Everyday Biscuits recipe please? i saw a thread about it but can't find the actual recipe. Thanks rigs
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HELP! How to clean a cushion!
I've just found my cat has thrown up on a dining room chair cushion. Cover will get washed but how do I clean the actual cushion as it has soaked through?? bleurgggg.
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Weekly Flylady Thread 23rd July 2007
Welcome to the weekly flylady thread. If you need help organising your week when it comes to housework, or just the motivation to do the dreaded housework tasks you have to do, come and join us, hopefully make it a little easier. You never know, you might start to enjoy it! Following requests to start things steadier for…
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OS DAILY WEDS 1st AUGUST
GOOD MORNING TO YOU ALL PINCH PUNCH AND ALL THAT STUFF !!!!!!!! BEEN AWAKE SINCE 2am, so ive got up and gonna make a start on getting party food ready..STILL HAVENT GOT CAKE !!!!!! went to see Hairspray yesterday, it was sooo good , cheesey and singing all the way through !!!!!!! John Travolta looks so funny as a woman.…
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Homemade biscuits cheaper than value?
All you homebakers out there - have you ever costed the price of homemade biscuits etc and can they be made even cheaper than value/smart price type packs of biscuits?? Also, do you use the value/smart price ingredients ie/ margarine, flour etc & still get good results? I am trying to cut down food budget as much as…
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Rice Balls
Any idea on how to make them? DS1 is desperate for some (!) after Todd off Todd World had them in his lunch box today ... I'm not sure he'd go for the traditional Japanese kind, can you just basically roll up rice into a ball and grill it (I don't fry anything, can't stand the smell!!!). And could I roll the rice around a…
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Disguising banana
Hi My bf has started a real health kick and has lost about 2 stone and trains in the gym about 5 days a week. He keeps reading about bananas and how good they are and wishes he could incorporate them into his diet but they really make him feel sick, even the smell. He can cope with a smoothie where the taste is diguised…
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how long does iced choc sponge keep for?
Do any of you lovely MSers have experience of how long a chocolate cake would keep fresh for? It would be a chocolate sponge with some sort of chocolate or jam filling in the middle and covered in white roll out icing. I want to make this for my wedding cake - it only needs to serve 16 people yet I can't find a shop-bought…
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how long to slow cook lamb?
Going to be slow cooking some lamb following a lamb receipie in the slow cooker thread. I went and bought a leg of lamb which is 4.4 pounds never realised it was so big LOL does anybody know how long to cook for? I have a 6.5 litre Morphy Richards slow cooker which only has one tempature level on it was planning to make it…
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A Non-Lasagna Question
Howdi everyone. Hope everyone is good. :) Was just wondering if I could ask you about bad smells! (don't take that personally by the way :rotfl:) The problem is my *insert swear word here* car. Basically I've got a persistent leak that costs me £60 odd quid a time to get fixed (because Ford don't cover that part, I mean…
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A month of meal plans + shopping
Hello all, looking for a little advice. My boyfriend is away for the next month which means I'll be at my house most evenings and some days. I need to get some shopping done tomorrow as I've not got much left, but not sure where to start really. I've gotten into the habit of only being at home one or two nights in a row,…
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new start can you help and give advice
ok so its August the 1st and im going to get all this in order, as I put it off every month and its beginning to get me down. firstly can someone help with a meal plan. ( for a fornight, month anything just to get me started!!!) I have most storecupboard items in and we eat mince, sausage, chicken, white and yellow fish,…
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Olivia Salad
I have a young student from Kazakstan, today his mum was making 'Olivia' salad. It sounds good - and moneysaving. In a dish she had four boiled potatoes and four boiled carrots. She was going to chop them up. They will then be mixed with mayonnaise, chopped pickled cucumbers, cooked meat (Irena said beef or lamb. Then she…
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Carrot & chocolate cake
Does anybody have a recipe for carrot and chocolate cake? It needs to be yummy and I don't need to worry about calories, the guy I'm making it for is as thin as a rake. This would get me loads of brownie points and I know how good you guys are.
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Daily tuesday 31st July
Hi, this is the Daily Thread for today Tuesday 31st July .This is an “over the garden fence” type thread where we chat about everything OS and maybe a little bit more. It’s a great, inspiring and motivating thread we start each day to discuss what we’re going to do today or what we’ve achieved already. Everyone’s welcome,…
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Help - butter has seperated in the sun!
We came in today and found the new slab of butter had completely melted and seperated in the sun. What can I use it for now? Could I bake with it just as normal or will it all go horribly wrong? I like the idea of having to make and eat loads of biscuits as not to be wasteful! Thanks Maddie