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Food / Cooking Gems

Cooking tips - why do we need to do certain things, how do we make things last, what are the best storage tips, how do we save time with our cooking, what are great ideas for kids lunch boxes, how do we take something ordinary and make it special and more...

23rd May 2010

 Cooking Tricks and Tips Cooking paper - save time cleaning, sticking and the longetivity of your pans and dishes - where possible use cooking paper in the oven.  eg. put your pizza on cooking paper on a tray; cooking paper under your cookies / biscuits cooking; cook your fillet on...

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30th Mar 2010

There is so many things we can discuss in this topic, so lets start with time savers... what do you do to save time for weekly meals?  By the time I get home, everyone is hungry and I need to feed fast, but make sure it is healthy and tasty... One of the things I started late last...

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27th Mar 2010

Kids Sandwhich ideas  Whether it be white, brown or wholemeal bread, rolls, wrap, pita or mountain bread - the following filling ideas should give you some fresh new fillings for your kids lunches.  Add your own kids favourites, so we as mums get more ideas. See also Kids...

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9th Mar 2010

 When cooking with a saucepan, eg boiling pasta, a wooden spoon placed on top of the saucepan will stop it boiling and frothing over. If you want to reduce your cleaning time, and longetivity of pans - use cooking paper under most things in the oven I have always wanted to know how you put...

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6th Feb 2010

what one to start it off.  But this week I bought Anathoth Jam at the super market (wollies) and it is exactly like mum  used to make it. No preservatives or colourings.

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A great way to clean red wine out of wool carpet

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