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Help cutting the budget
Okay, we've tried and the lowest we can get the food budget to is £100 per week. This is for (basically) four adults. The problem is, father and brother eat pretty much anything as long as it is meat. Mother is on Weight Watchers, doesn't like ready meals but eats anything healthy. I am allergic to cow's milk (which causes…
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slow cooker question (again!)
Sorry to keep asking about slow cookers, but I have scoured the threads and can't find and answer, hence the new thread. Has anyone done potatoes sliced up with onions, milk/cream, stock and butter in it? I think its called dauphinois or boulangere potatoes, I did some potatoes in mine the other day on top of a casserole…
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my home made bread is too heavy - any tips?
now i realise it isn't gonna be like the commercially produced fluff - but it is a bit too stodgy i think :o and OH isn't keen :o I got the £14-99 breadmaker from argos [fab tip - :beer:] and it is so easy to use - have tried two of the reciepes in it [the basic loaf and the french bread] and they taste fab but a bit too…
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The Use it Up Challenge Revisited
Hi Is anyone else still doing the use it up challenge? I really can't believe that the only toiletries that i have bought this year are deodrants, and i'm talking since Christmas! :T Just to clarify i don't smell either! :rotfl: :rotfl: what is so worrying is that i still don't need to buy them and probably won't be…
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Advise on saving money food shopping.
I am serious about getting out of debt and curreny spend around £350 if not more on food each month. We have to pay for cat food which we buy from Lidl as it is cheaper. This money also includes our packing up for the month. We go shopping on a weekly basis and have to feed two of us. Any ideas would be great.:D
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vegetable boxes in Bucks.... any good?
Hi there :) we've made the decision to start getting our veggies delivered in a weekly box but wondered if anyone here lives in and around the Aylesbury region and does the same? Can anyone reccomend a veggie box delivery company? Is it worth the money? I think that now the evenings are getting darker I'm starting to think…
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Preserve Icing Rose off Daughters 18th Cake
Can anyone help. I would like to preserve the icing roses from my daughters 18th birthday cake. Is this possible? If so, how would I do it? Many thanks, for any advice
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Food to take on holiday?
Hi, guys although not money saving as such:rolleyes: . Was looking for suggestions on food to take on holiday with us. We are going to mablethorpe for 4 days and staying in caravan, we don't really want to spend a fortune on food and so was wondering what I could take. I have thought of a couple already like sausages for…
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beating the supermarket
Don't know if this is useful - but I read somewhere about the marketing psychology used in supermarkets and the placement of the impulse buy items, there were a few great tips that were mentioned. - Go around the supermarket the opposite way, most supermarkets have the fresh fruit first and freezer section last, so start…
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OS answer to Moth larvae, anyone?
I did a "Kim & Aggie" on my bedroom, today. Horror of horrors, underneath the pine shelf unit were dozens of Moth larvae - and they'd even got under the dog's bed. I've vacuumed everything to within an inch of its life and even moved the bed so that I could vac all the way under that. Got muscles like Mr Atlas now, but at…
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Keeping a list on how much spent
I would like please to know the methods everyone finds easy to keep track of spending. in the past i had a notebook and kept all recipts and when i got home i would sit down and write everything down. but i'm getting a bit forgetful at this. so sometimes i for get what i have bought but i check online banking and then get…
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Ah, the things we buy on holiday.....!!
Hi everyone Just clearing out a cupboard in the kitchen and I found a pack of spices I bought in India in 2002 - they are all sealed in individual packets and are black peppercorns, fenugreek seeds, aniseds, coriander seeds, marsala leaves and dried ginger. Are these out of date? If not does anyone have a curry recipe I…
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A vegetarian meal planner, please.
Do any of you good people have a veggi meal planner and recipes, please. Not strictly veggie but not keen on meat or poultry, do eat bacon and fish though.
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HELP - Laundry Disaster !!!
In the spirit of 'helping' OH put DS1's white football kit into the washing machine with a newly issued brand new DARK BLUE football sweatshirt. :mad: You can guess the rest - Still dark blue sweat shirt and newly dirty blue/grey 100% polyester football kit. I've tried soaking the kit for 5 hours in Vanish oxi-action…
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Advice please getting rid of dog wee from wooden floors-sorry
:confused: sorry for those with dodgy stomaches but i could do with a bit of advice please we have recently moved house the lady before had dogs and am sure i get the odd wiff of dog pee on the wooden floor at the bottom of the stairs any advice how to get rid of this please, have tried disinfectant and floor cleaner and…
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Refreezing meat
After months of lurking thought it was time to register and say hello. I have so far managed to cut my food budget down from over £500 :o to £360 thanks to all the tips I have picked up on here. But there is still work to do. So time for a stupid question. I know that once you have defrosted meat you can not refreeze it,…
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Extreme moneysaving - milk!
Had this idea, don't know if it would work... I would not use much milk if it weren't for the kids, hate it on cereals, have porridge with water, and only a tiny bit in cups of tea. AH! The cup of tea. If you put milk into ice cube trays you could add one to your cuppa. I am going to try this just to see if it's ok, even…
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Buying a fridge freezer with OS in mind
Sorry if I'm bombarding (sp) you all with questions. I'm moving to a new home next week and need to get a fridge-freezer. There is only me & my cat. What would you recommend when buying/getting a fridge freezer????? Would you recommend a frige freezer with only 3 freezer drawers or would you plump for a full length fridge…
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When is fruit ready?
There is a common near my home where some enlightened person long ago planted all sorts of fruit trees - I have picked cherries and elderflower there this year, got myself 3lb plums last weekend as well as the usual blackberries and am now thinking about setting forth with my fruit picker on the apple and pear trees.…
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Use up fridge cookies
Hi Guys I made some fridge cookies last week....I know....they haven't all gone...it's worse, I forgot I had them...:eek: Anyway, now that OH has remembered we have them (he's been away...) they are quite soft, not bad to eat but I think I'll make a fresh batch. So....is there anything I can do with stale homemade cookies…