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recipes for cakes please
I am on a budget this and next week and after rummaging through the cupboards i have. self rasing flour caster sugar golden syrup coca powder plain flour I dont mind adding to this but can anybody give me some recipes for cakes and treats for my 2 kids this week please.
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how do i avoid yeast ?
Hi everyone, I got my food intolerance test back today and it said I have a high intolerance to YEAST, that I should avoid yeast for the next 3 months then reintroduce some. Does anyone know what i can eat ? Ive read I should avoid the breads and biscuits, all types of sugars, cheese ,alcohol. Any ideas what I can eat , ?…
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Cleaning a used breadmaker?
I have just been given a breadmaker through freecycle and it needs a good clean first. Apparently it has been in the owners cupboard for a few years. Does anyone have any ideas on how I should go about cleaning this breadmaker so I can begin to cook lovely fresh bread? Peppa x
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Natural air freshners?
Was in tesco today and fancied getting some plug in air freshner, love the smell of mulled wine, but remembered last year i got really sore heads whenever i put them on. What is the natural alternative, fancy something with a festive scent, what does everyone else use? Kyle
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My first attempt at a meal plan - help me improve!
Hello everyone :hello: As the title suggests I've come up with my first meal plan so that I could spend less on my weekly shop. After reading a lot of you regular OSer's plans though, I suspect mine is a bit rubbish! :o I'd really appreciate some help for next week, but there's some advice from the other threads I can't…
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I have a BM. From a Lidl Car Park Sale!
I went to the lidl car park sale in Newton Heath this morning, not expecting to find anything too good, ended up getting: breadmaker glass jugged blender presure cooker set of 5 saucepans 2 digital scales plastic fruit and veg racks and some none OS things: remote controlled sockets 2 clocks lamp toolchest on a trolley all…
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Anyone got some recipies for me?
Hi, I have a special diet i am suppoed to follow because i have kidney problems. This basically consists of no red meat, no processed food, low sugar low salt diet. I have to eat a lot of fruit and veg and lately i have been flagging and i have just been told off firmly by my nurse. I was wondering if any of you had some…
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Beer Making Kits-How Easy????
Hi All My hubby likes the occasional beer/ale/stout etc. At present he drinks the cheapie beers from Asda/Tesco..about £1.00 for 4, but he finds them too fizzy and watery. He does like a good 5% beer/lager/ale/stout etc but the cheapie ones are only about 2% and a third of the price. :eek: Got me thinking about how…
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21st Birthday Party
ok, im 21 this Feb and i want a parrrrty! the cost of hiring a room in £50 and the dj £40ish (my bfs friend) so i wanna keep the costs low for the whole thing, and regards food id like some ideas (mse) OF COURSE :p of how i can make this go with a bang and everyone be full up!! wanna keep food bugdet with £50- £70…
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Shopping Budget
I have never managed to stick to my budget of £160 for 2 adults and 1 cat. I don't really want to raise it to £200 (which is what we seem to be spending) as I have a feeling I will let go a little and start going over that instead!! Anyhows, what my main question is, is that we have someone coming to live with us, who we…
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Sewing machine - thread keeps snapping
I'm trying to sew some curtains and the thread keeps snapping. At first I thought it was the spool - the plastic spool had a rough spot on the edge where the thread kept catching. I have used sandpaper to smooth down the rough edge, but its still happening. The thread from the bobbin doesn't break, only the one from the…
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hunters chicken? red wine?
hi all OK, using up the freezer & sortrecupbard this week and we have just over a large glass of red wine left, I thought i could use it for hunters chicken? I have done it before, and I used mushrooms onions, and something else along with the red wine- anyone know what else goes in it? cheers lynz
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What main dishes can you make with cooked chicken
Can anyone help, I am useless in the kitchen when it comes to thinking up ideas for meals. If I cook a whole chicken and use the cold bits during the week can someone give me ideas for meals to make with the cooked chicken. My husband will not eat: mushrooms any coloured peppers sweet potato anything hot (no curry or…
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Roast with a twist please
Hi peeps I'm hosting a long overdue Sunday dinner tomorrow (course its tomorrow silly me:D ) for my neighbour and good mate who regularly cooks for me. Shes a cracking cook so Im looking to do something that will have a bit of a twist to it. Have a really nice piece of beef that I got today but I could freeze that for…
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Tip esp for caravan and motor home owners
Now is the time of year lots of us sort out the caravan or motorhome for winter. A tip for coping with damp...instead of buying moisture absorbers such as these: http://www.lakelandlimited.co.uk/product.aspx/solutions/clean!6197 I find a couple of bowls of salt placed in the van collects all the damp moisture for very…
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Sewing machine help
I'm not sure if this is the right forum for this..but I'll give it a go anyway. I've got a sewing machine which is about 22 years old. It's never been serviced, so that's likely to be something I'd need to do, but am hoping for a cheap and quick way to sort it out - or at least a lead on what's gone wrong. It keeps missing…
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Bicarbonate of Soda
I have just got most of the ingredients ready to make some ginger nuts for the kids only to find I've run out of bicarbonate of soda:o . (What kind of Old Styler am I? I'm only admitting to this very quietly.) Will it matter if I miss it out?
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Can I Freeze Celery and Stilton Soup?
I've got a large piece of Stilton and some celery both sitting in the fridge. I thought I could get ahead of the game by turning it into soup and storing it in the freezer for one of my "can't be bothered cooking" days. However, I wondered whether the Stilton flavour might become a bit too intense or, even worse, would it…
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Weekly Meal Planner - Link
Hi all, Thought this may be useful - here's a weekly meal planner: http://office.microsoft.com/en-gb/templates/TC010705571033.aspx Hope it helps someone ;) x
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help - my brother wants to cook!
My brother is moving into his new house this weekend, he's lived away from the family home before, but with a girlfriend who was a good cook and did everything in the kitchen. Now he's a bachelor he'd like to learn cooking and I thought I'd use this Christmas as an opportunity to help him along. Can anyone recommend a good…