Family of 5 'shop from home'food storage challenge...

kethry

ok ok i'll stop with the christmas countdown i promise.. hope the cider vinegar works. Its not too expensive, from what i remember. 50odd pee for 350ml? I know cos its the main ingredient in my bread and butter pickles and i need a 350ml bottle with 350g sugar and 5 cucumbers, 1 onion and 1 green pepper. And a bunch of spices. lol.

keth
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Yategirl

lol! I found a similar recipe... and they "warn" you that you have to boil the marmalade mix slowly for 4 hours...

kethry

Yategirl wrote: »

lol! I found a similar recipe... and they "warn" you that you have to boil the marmalade mix slowly for 4 hours...

really? ok.. if you do that and it works, can you let me know and i'll reboil the sloppy ones i got.. thanks!!

Yategirl

ok will try and get some more cider vinegar tomorrow and have ago.

We had bacon, cheese and chard quiche for tea - mmhh yum! got the thumbs up from dh and ds1 too

CRANKY40

Yategirl,how about some shortbread. I am going to make some with ds also aged 3 on Thursday. Should be interesting to see how we manage with his shape cutters......

JAMIEDODGER

arghhhhh:mad:

this site the last few days has been a nightmare!

anyways:D

have just finished the cakes for ds3 christmas coffee morning, and the goodies for lunchboxes.

Made bread again today! im sure i dont know where it all goes!

Did a lot of walking today so i am tired this evening. I will get used to it im sure, actually it was really nice to amble along nattering to dd about nothing in particular:) I took her wellies with me when I went to collect her so she could jump in puddles on the way home, she was laughing so much bless her:D

Im not planning anything for tomorrow, I shall just walk dd to nursery, come home and see where the day takes me!

I didnt get that much done today as a friend popped in for a cuppa, which was nice:)

hope everyone has had a good day???

lets hope the site gets better! does anyone know what is wrong?

Yategirl

Cranky - good idea about shortbread.... do you have a good recipe? I know I have one somewhere *wracking my brains!*

Jamie - have you had lots of rain then? ds2 loves jumping in the puddles or crunching the leaves when we go to collect ds1 from school or we play tag - speeds the journey up loads!

we had the last of the hm bread today for toast... ds1 took some for sandwiches but left half as it was too heavy.... just wondering what else I can do for quick lunches - I try and vary what he has but if it can't be eaten quickly then it doesn't get eaten........

yeah.... site is really bad atm...

CRANKY40

Yategirl wrote: »

Cranky - good idea about shortbread.... do you have a good recipe? I know I have one somewhere *wracking my brains!*

No, it's years since I made shortbread, so I'm going to try one of these

http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=617831

I thought it would be good to make some christmas shapes, and they can be dipped in melted chocolate if you want to make the fun last.

What about chocolate crispy cakes too? They're good to make nests from at easter, with some little chocolate eggs added.

D&DD

I've had terrible trouble since yesterday evening even getting the home page up and this is the first time I've managed to get as far as the forums :eek:
'Tis awful...I get withdrawal :rotfl:
Hope everyone is well just off to *hopefully fingers crossed* catch up...if I suddenly disappear you know 'the Gremlins' have got me

ravylesley

Phew thank goodness for that I thought it was my pc and internet that was playing up.But the extra time has been well spent on sorting out my freezer so that I actually have room for my Xmas meat and cleaning.

Cranky40 I love Shortbread but for some strange reason my hubby and kids dont.So for me to make some would mean I would have to eat it all myself.Believe me I could manage it but I'm fat enough as it is I dont need anymore extra lol

Kethry thanks for the info on Onion Marmalade.I think I will give it a try this weekend

Lesleyxx