*The Holly and the Ivy* and the You Know What 2013 Chatter Thread.

SwipernoSwiping

:jExcellent news on the paypal with that hamper fiasco! :j


OMO - book to read hamper ideas. There is a publisher called Choclit - not sure what their titles are but they do all sub-genres of romance (vamp, historical, fantasy etc)
Supposed to be Weigh in at sw tonight as our usual wi falls on NYD, not sure if i'll go. Shattered and its a dark wet flooded road.
I've convinced myself out of it

madz2802

Not sure if this has been mentioned but snapfish has a huge sale, and if you use the code- WSALE13 - you get 50% off!
I just bought my mum a small photo book for £3.50 including delivery
So one present down, many more to go haha

bunbun2

back from town...with more wrapping paper. unfortunately it is still 6 rolls for £1 in our card factory but still a good price. I got some tags too.

I also got 2 yankee candle sets (candle and shade) so that's 2 presents sorted.

pinknfluffy I am going to put the yankee candles in a hamper with some non Christmas smelling candles and anything else I think of at a later date. would your mum like anything like that?

i am making my cousin's 6 year old daughter a hamper with a scrapbook kit as the main item. I am making her a movie hamper for Christmas.

However I haven't a clue what I will get my own two boys:rotfl:

ruth honey do you have any links for the free kindle slow cooker books? I have looked on amazon but can't see any free ones.

Ruth_honey

bunbun2 wrote: »

that's great news pinksteps:j:j:j

ruth honey your slow cooker meals sound yummy. I will have a look at the kindle cookbooks - thanks for the info. we got rid of our slow cooker but we have a slow oven on our range cooker which OH uses alot. we seem to have alot of milk at the moment (boys getting up too late for breakfast) so will see if I can find a recipe for rice pudding

Would they eat chocolate & orange rice pudding? I can post my recipie for you if you like.
It was pudding rice, caster sugar, chocolate powder & juice & rind of oranges (could probably leave this out or use orange juice anyway). If you need quantities, let me know & I'll find the book.

dropsofjupiter wrote: »

Happy birthday Daisiegg! :bdaycake:

Happy birthday, Daisiegg! Hope you're having a good day.

bunbun2

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Would they eat chocolate & orange rice pudding? I can post my recipie for you if you like.
It was pudding rice, caster sugar, chocolate powder & juice & rind of oranges (could probably leave this out or use orange juice anyway). If you need quantities, let me know & I'll find the book.



Happy birthday, Daisiegg! Hope you're having a good day.

that sounds nice - the recipe would be fab thanks!

madz2802

Saw some bargains today
Matalan_d had really nice soft dressing gowns for £5
Pr1mark have toys, like build a car out of leggo,for 50p and christmas wrapping paper reduce
Hope these are helpful to someone

Ruth_honey

bunbun2 wrote: »

back from town...with more wrapping paper. unfortunately it is still 6 rolls for £1 in our card factory but still a good price. I got some tags too.

I also got 2 yankee candle sets (candle and shade) so that's 2 presents sorted.

pinknfluffy I am going to put the yankee candles in a hamper with some non Christmas smelling candles and anything else I think of at a later date. would your mum like anything like that?

i am making my cousin's 6 year old daughter a hamper with a scrapbook kit as the main item. I am making her a movie hamper for Christmas.

However I haven't a clue what I will get my own two boys:rotfl:

ruth honey do you have any links for the free kindle slow cooker books? I have looked on amazon but can't see any free ones.

I am SO sorry! There was 4 books free last night, but now only one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FAST-Recipes-SLOW-Cookers-ebook/dp/B0087PWYXQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1356883836&sr=1-1

I put 'slow cooker' in the search in the kindle section, then changed the relevance drop down menu to show price low to high. Keep checking as they might have them free again.

Ruth_honey

bunbun2 wrote: »

that sounds nice - the recipe would be fab thanks!

100g/4 oz pudding rice
1.1 litre/2 pints milk
50g/2 oz chocolate powder
50g/2oz caster sugar
Grated rind & juice of 2 oranges

Low 4-5 hours
Method:
Lightly butter inside of stoneware bowl
Place all ingredients in the bowl & stir (heat milk first, remember)
Cook as recommended

I will say again, it looks totally vile, but tastes nice. Haven't had rice pudding in sooo long.

I'm being a proper domestic goddess this weekend. Got a cake in the oven & chocolate brownies to go in after that. Better freeze those I think or they'll be gone within a few days.
With that and the rice pudding yesterday-plus helping peel veg earlier-that's my cooking quota done for the month! Lol!

bunbun2

Ruth_honey wrote: »

I am SO sorry! There was 4 books free last night, but now only one.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/FAST-Recipes-SLOW-Cookers-ebook/dp/B0087PWYXQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1356883836&sr=1-1

I put 'slow cooker' in the search in the kindle section, then changed the relevance drop down menu to show price low to high. Keep checking as they might have them free again.

don't worry one is a good start. I only got my kindle mid December and am still learning. I didn't know there was a kindle section.

bunbun2

Ruth_honey wrote: »

100g/4 oz pudding rice
1.1 litre/2 pints milk
50g/2 oz chocolate powder
50g/2oz caster sugar
Grated rind & juice of 2 oranges

Low 4-5 hours
Method:
Lightly butter inside of stoneware bowl
Place all ingredients in the bowl & stir (heat milk first, remember)
Cook as recommended

I will say again, it looks totally vile, but tastes nice. Haven't had rice pudding in sooo long.

I'm being a proper domestic goddess this weekend. Got a cake in the oven & chocolate brownies to go in after that. Better freeze those I think or they'll be gone within a few days.

thank you for the recipe. I will make it tomorrow as OH is about to make roast duck for tea and i will only get in the way!