Category: Food Hints

Corned beef for lunches

I have a piece of corned beef I bought to cook, slice up and freeze.  Much cheaper than buying from the deli and really the cooking takes care of itself. I cover my meat in water in a large pot.  I tip in about 1 tablespoon of vinegar. Depending on the size of my meat …

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My cream of something soup pasta dinner.

Why cream of something soup? It’s cream of something soup because it’s whatever can of cream soup I have in the pantry at the time.  Usually cream of mushroom or cream of chicken  but works well with what you have. Mix 1 can of soup with half that can of milk. Set aside. (see soup …

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Todays job, cheese grating.

Oh one of the many messier foodie jobs but it is cheaper to do it yourself than to buy store bought. You also know exactly what cheese is used. So today I will get out my food processor and 1.5 kilograms of cheese (2x750g of my favourite cheese blocks, one low fat cheddar and one …

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Back to freezing food …

I was out at the grocery store doing my weekly shop this morning.  I was standing in the bakery section sorting through the pocket/pita bread packets to find the one I wanted. (yes I do freeze pocket/pita breads.) An older lady beside me said to no one in particular, I wish these had more days …

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Cake freezing

I don’t know about anyone else but when I bake a cake, unless it’s for an event, I use half then slice and freeze the other half. Before freezing the cake I always slice it as that makes it so much easier to grab out a piece.   Just pop in container and take to work …

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