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Please suggest me a present in a jar!
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Someone mentioned the BBC Food Christmas Muffin mix in a jar. I made this one year (itw as in their magazine) & tied a bow round the top to attach a wooden spoon & gave it to my Dad who had just retired and wanted to learn to cook. He made the muffins and they were lovely, so for anyone wanting to do this present in a jar, I can recommend it.2026's challenges: 1) To rebuild our Emergency Fund to at least £5k.
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Sorry, when I said "hot" I should perhaps have more correctly said "heated with boiling water and dried in the oven"Patchwork_Quilt wrote: »I would sterilise it too, just to make sure.0 -
One sauce in a jar that is very popular in our house is home-made pesto which is great for stirring into pasta or onto toast/pizzas. It tastes far better than the commercial stuff which always seems to have an acrid taste. There are probably lots of recipes on the internet but you do need a blender or stick blender for whizzing up all the ingredients. If you put the pesto into small glass jars with metal screw top lids, these can be stored in the freeze untill needed and then kept in the fridge once opened.0
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Or you could buy a block of marzipan from the cake-making section of the supermarket, cut it into two chunks, add a little red or green food colouring to the different chunks, and roll them into festive marzipan "marbles". Tie the jar with a colourful red or green ribbon. Far cheaper than all those marzipan fruits you pay a fortune for.0
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Delia's Xmas chutney (already suggested above I know) and tapenade for your sister. Can be almost anything whizzed in food processor but i use a tin of anchovies including the oil, black olives and some capers with possibly some sun dried toms. sounds a lovely idea for a family tradition.CCs @0% £24k Dec 05 £19,621.41 Au £13400 S 12600 Oct £11,981 £9481 £7500 Nov £7250 D £7100 Jan 6950 F £5800 Mar£5400 May £4830 June £4660 July £4460 Aug £3200, S £900, £0 18/9/07 DFW Nerd 0420
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i'm sure i remember last year, or the year before, there was a bit of a thing on US craft blogs about baking muffins actually inside the jar and giving as an unusual gift. i'll have a look and see if i can find one...Relax, Breathe, Love 2014 Challenges:Cross Stitch Cafe Challenger 23. Frugal Living Challenger. No buying cleaning products. I used MSE advice to reduce my car insurance from 550 to 325!! & paid it off in full!!!0
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ok, so i might have dreamt about actually baking the muffin in a jar.
but there's a bunch of nice ideas here:http://www.squawkfox.com/2008/12/02/holiday-gifts-8-homemade-gifts-in-a-jar-with-free-printable-gift-tags/
AND it gives nice print-out-able lables/tags for the jars too!
i will try the Chai Tea in a Jar, and the Chicken Noodle would be great for an ill friend anytime. I'm glad i looked - thanks!
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try recipezaar.com/The-Almost-Original-Branston-Pickle-Recipe-246675
I made this yesterday and my kids and OH thought it was so delicious, I made another huge batch up tonight. I now have about a dozen jars, some of which are going to be christmas pressies0 -
This is an American Site but it has lots of great ideas and recipes
http://www.homemade-gift-basket-ideas.com/homemade-gifts-in-a-jar.htmlBlessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
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