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weezl and friends Phase 4 - recipe testing christmas treats!

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  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    Just dropping buy to say ...WOW you have all been so busy and the website looks fabby :T:T:T


    I am going to try a few recipes but it will have to wait until the bad weather passes . Hubby is taking early retirement in February :) so we need to trim the grocery budget ......again !


    Waves madly to weezl, ISOM and anyone else who remembers me
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    Shaz
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  • Lesley_Gaye
    Lesley_Gaye Posts: 1,045 Forumite
    Hello Shaz, how fab to see you again :wave: waves back

    we use lots of cfr recipes on a regular basis now

    which ones will you try?
  • weezl74
    weezl74 Posts: 8,701 Forumite
    SHAZ! hello! I haven't seen you for ages :) hope you are ok. I will text ISOM and say you said hi :)

    I have caught you up now and am weezl_mum_of_two ;)     tee hee

    :hello:Jonathan 'Fergie' Fergus William, born 05/03/09, 7lb 4.4oz:hello:
    :)Benjamin 'Kezzie' Kester Jacob, born 18/03/10, 7lb 5oz:)
    cash neutral gifts 2011, value of purchased gifts/actual paid/amount earnt to cover it £67/£3.60/£0
    january grocery challenge, feed 4 of us for £40
  • hornetgirl
    hornetgirl Posts: 6,155 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hello all. I'm hoping to try the lemon cheese cake this weekend. I wanted to do it a while back but my oven started playing up - getting hotter and hotter and turning everything to charcoal :eek: Luckily I was able to get someone in to take a look this week. I was worried it had died but he recalibrated the thermostat and, fingers crossed, all now seems to be well, so looking forward to a scrummy dessert.

    Hope everyone is keeping warm and safe.
  • queen_of_string
    queen_of_string Posts: 507 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Hi everyone, *waves to Shaz*, am back in the land of the interwebs, got a great deal on a laptop, so no peering at the tiny netbook screen any more :-). Looking forward to catching up with everyone :-).
    Eat food, not edible food-like items. Mostly plants.
  • In_Search_Of_Me
    In_Search_Of_Me Posts: 10,634 Forumite
    hello shaz! Lucky OH taking early retirement!!
    Waves madly at weezl...is text working?! Text to see if you are free for a cuppa and catch up after I go to church tom?
    Nerd no 109 Long haulers supporters DFW #1! Even in the darkest moments, love and hope are always possible.

  • shaz_mum_of__2
    shaz_mum_of__2 Posts: 2,010 Forumite
    edited 6 December 2010 at 2:26PM
    Thanks guys

    been busy with uni so not been on MSE for ages , only 6 months to go and i will graduate....hopefully . Fingers crossed on track for a first

    weezl -kessie is so cute (saw pics on parent thread) . Still not moved but i have 4 hens and 22 quails ...the quails i hatched from eggs via Nyk (frugaldom)

    isom - hope you are well and your issues at work are resolved, retirement is going to be a shock both finacial and relationship wise lol

    lesley - not sure yet , probably something veggie as we are rationing meat and have a glut of eggs. Bought a load of meat from the smallholders group but its got to last a year!

    off to peruse the menu back soon
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    Shaz
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  • Sami_Bee
    Sami_Bee Posts: 14,555 Forumite
    BNS risotto for tea tonight, I don't know what I did but it tasted even better this time - possibly I added more mixed spice than last time.

    I might make some biccies and gingerbread men tomorrow, does anyone have a tried & tested gingerbread recipe? I've only made them once before and no idea where I got the recipe from.
    The very best is sometimes what nature gives us for free.
    3onitsway wrote: »
    I think Sami is right, as always!
  • HowlinWolf
    HowlinWolf Posts: 498 Forumite
    lentil and pancake lasagne for us last night with slow-cooker rice pud. ds and i made salt dough decs too
    Sealed pot member 735
    Frugal Living Challenge 2011
    GC 2011 404.92/2400
  • Lesley_Gaye
    Lesley_Gaye Posts: 1,045 Forumite
    HowlinWolf wrote: »
    lentil and pancake lasagne for us last night with slow-cooker rice pud. ds and i made salt dough decs too

    got any pictures of your salt dough decs Howlin'? Would love to see them
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