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Omelettes
What can you serve with cheese and ham omelettes? I have frozen garlic bread, but was planning to use them with the pizzas I'm making tonight for tomorrow's dinner. Any suggestions? (Hopefully something that I'll find in my cupboard).
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Growing my own - limited space...
I only have a small back yard - sadly, no huge garden for growing heaps of veggies etc..... It's not south facing so only gets a tiny bit of direct sun at about 8 in the morning..... it's in the shade all day really. I would LOVE to be able to grow some of my own fruit / veggies but due to my limited space, I have only…
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OS and Vegetarian wannabe seeking help
Hello OS board, This is my first thread here so please be gentle with me. I've just moved into rented accomodation and will be cooking my own meals. I'm turning vegetarian, mainly for health reasons. I will be cooking for one, and I really enjoy cooking. The kitchen is well equipped and I do have some freezer space. I'm…
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Carpet - bicarb problem
Our dog had an accident and pooed on the carpet. I used vinegar to clean it up & then sprinkled some bicarb (when i thought the carpet was dry) to absorb any left over smell. I can't get the bicarb out of the carpet - Help! I can't hoover up any more & not getting anywhere with gentle scrubbing to loosen & then hoover.…
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Kilner type jars
Anyone know the best place to get these...want to make some chutney and I think they will be the best thing to use thanks
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Cooking for up to 10 people daily as cheaply as possible help please
Hi, for the next few months i am going to be cooking for up to 10 people a day. I've been doing it for the last two weeks and I am running out of ideas. I need meals that are cheap, require minimum preparation and have little or no salt (9 mth old baby ). I would be very grateful for any help given. Thanks in advance.
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Not so green fingered
Hi guys I wonder if you could advice me on what I can grow at this time of year and where I can pick up free info on the subject. I have never really grown anything and have abit of space which is not used for anything. I have always managed to kill plants even the growing herbs from supermarkets don't last that long with…
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Money Saving Tips from Full-time Mums
Hello, I've recently become a full-time Mum to my new Baby & I'd really appreciate any money saving tips. I'm already breastfeeding & it's going really well but I'm at a loss when it comes to food shopping. Are the own brand nappies & Baby wipes any good in your experience? I've never really cooked having previous worked…
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food safety question for a learner cook - food temperature probe?
My daughter has just started Uni and is finding it diffcult to know when food is cooked enough to be safe so she's cooking things to a frazzle 'just to be sure'. This is because her elder brother gave himself food poisoning twice while at Uni, on both occasions it was because he was a bit careless with heating bolognese…
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Got loads of milk expiring tommorow...
It should be ok, but I don't really know whether the sauce would seprate - although that should imo be recoverable when defrosting and reheating. If you have some pudding rice, you could always make rice porridge and freeze it for later. This rice porrisge also makes the base for the Scandinavian style "rice cream" (rice a…
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Recipe Journal
I wonder if anyone can help. I am looking to purchase a recipe journal (i.e nice bound book that has note pages to add your favourite recipes in) it is as a present, so I would like a professional one, as opposed to making one out of a ring binder for myself! Does anyone know of any good quality / nice ones. Ideally if it…
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OS party for 11 year old
HELP I told my 11 year old that I would take her and 3 mates to the cinema and for a pizza afterwards for her birthday.....she now wants to invite 5 which we cannot afford as that would be 7 with her and her sister too then there is me and her dad for the meal and her dad for the cinema as i would be looking after dd3. Can…
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Knitting little bags/holders
hoping this is the right place mums getting bored around the house and been knitting 24/7, shes running out of things to do so thought she could try doing little bags/holders to hold phones, as much as i hate to say it something like the ipod socks for our phones and mp3 players and things e.g. we googled the patterns but…
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Asda free range chickens!!
I have tried without success in the past to get free range chicken at Asda which is my nearest supermarket. Previously they have only stocked organic chicken which is out of my price range or cheapo chickens which I won't buy. This morning however, they have started to sell free range "Britsh rare breed Wallace Red"…
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Any Curry Experts out there?
hi all Curry, rice & naan on the menu this evening. So I was digging around to get all the stuff to start making it and ALAS I have no balti paste which I already use. HOWEVER I do have tescos medium curry powder ( so mild its barely worth using :rolleyes ) ground cumin ground corinder madras powder medium garlic & garlic…
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Onion chutney
I absolutely love onion chutney and want to make some of my own....has anyone a recipe...thanks
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Os Making The House A Mess
Since doing OS , Ive notised how messy the house can be..... I have a food blender/slowcooker/breadmaker all cramed into my kitchen, clothes hanging on airers, lots more piggy banks collecting loose change, all my crafts in boxes trying to make extra money,ebaying stuff and parcels to post, balnkets on the sofa to keep…
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Looking for fun family cooking????
I am having problems with my 5 yr old and getting him to eat, he has been taken to the doctors and we have been told that he is seriously underweight. (We have been trying to get him to eat but to no avail) He has said that he would like to be more involved in cooking dinners as he has siad he would like to see 'how food…
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Old Kenwood mixer - dishwasher safe..?
I've just got a lovely Kenwood mixer with all the gubbins from lovely, lovely Freecycle. It's an old-looking model (Kenwood A701a for afficionados), from about the 60s. Does anyone know whether it's ok to put the attachments in the dishwasher? And has anyone got a link to an instruction/ recipe book - I've had a search and…
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Jazzing up my hot water bottle
Yesterday I bought 3 hot water bottles and wondered if you had any suggestions for making covers for them either from scratch, or using something else that I may already have lurking in my home! :D Thanks