Not mentioning the T word at all

Kaz2904

Good grief, was it really 2007 :eek:! Time flies when you're having fun

Fruball

Re D&DD's apple braid - I make the dough and then make it into iced buns - They are like fluffy clouds to eat - just divine - the apple braid is scrummy too but the iced buns Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Fruball

xx_Jo_xx wrote: »

Hey all - im still around...

A NN just gifted me a bottle of wine and box of choccies... Thats lunch and dinner sorted

Freezers are currently defrosting and the kids are eating ice cream.

xx

NN? I can usually guess at the abbvs I don't know but this has me stumped!

Loving your meal plans for the day

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Frugal wrote: »

NN? I can usually guess at the abbvs I don't know but this has me stumped!

Loving your meal plans for the day

As Jo is moving house today I'm thinking Nextdoor neighbour? Nearby neighbour? New neighbour? Anyway, those are my guesses which might be completely off the mark.

Good luck with the move Jo! I hope it all goes well.

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maryb

Jo
Don't suppose you'll see this for a few days but I had to quote from one of Memory Girl's posts on the Matrix thread

Did the "bread-a-nomics" calculation for a journalist yesterday and they were stunned to see that by changing to actually USING their bread maker instead of looking at it that they could save enough over a year to pay off their Credit Card

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a mini light-bulb moment I think.

Draagonfly

Good luck with the move Jo hope it all goes smoothly x

smileyt_2

Good luck with the move, Jo. I hope you've packed the kettle and teabags at the top for easy access! Priorities!

bigsmoke

Hi ALl

i've been lurking on this thread and the tougher ones on and off for ages but, having just moved into our own flat for the first time (after sharing a room together in a shared house) we are now super keen to start being a bit more 'practical' about things!

anyway, i'm bigsmoke, i live in london but am from yorkshire (hence the name!) . i work full time in an office and have just moved in with my OH who is an impoverished actor so we're both coming to terms with the changes in our financial situations! I hope you don't mind me following your gossip, i love reading about how you're all getting by (and especially like how laughs seem to be a fundamental part of it!).

i wanted to ask - out of the slow cooker fans, do many of you use them for vegetarian meals, or just for meat?

thanks!

BS x

rising_from_the_ashes

Hi Bigsmoke:D

Just quickly on your sc question - I sometimes go a veg stew in mine and find it's great.

I love veg cooked in it as it keeps the veg (not sure I'm going to describe this well and will make it sound awful:o) not uncooked or raw, but (ohhhh not doing well here at all) firm and the flavours great.

Maybe it would be best to say that you know how sometimes veg can go mushy / overcooked in stews - well that doesn't happen in the sc and they keep their texture.


Phew .... hope that make some sort of sense!:o

bigsmoke

hi rising from the ashes

thanks for that, and it makes perfect sense! i sometimes get really disappointed with soups in particular that some of the veg goes a bit 'school dinners', so sounds like it might work for me.

has anyone ever tried soya mince/quorn/similar in one? suspect it might disintegrate a little....

thanks

BS x