Category: Food Hints

Biscuit cake slice.

I really have no name for this, I found some raw biscuit dough in the freezer, this is what I came up with. Some chocolate biscuit dough.  Make up a vanilla cake mix (packet or from scratch).  Spread your biscuit dough on the bottom of a slice tray to cover the bottom 1/2 to 1cm …

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Last nights dinner

Mmmm lasagne!  Last nights dinner was very nice.  Now that there are only 3 of us at home this lasagne mix makes up 1 meal for now and 1 meal for the freezer or for another night, easy. Some other uses for bolognaise sauce. If you prefer a runnier sauce add more tomatoes. Make up …

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Grated cheese

For some reason this one time I went grocery shopping, I really looked at how expensive grated cheese was in the cheese aisle and thought wow, I’ve been paying that? So I bought 2 blocks of cheese, my usual and one cheaper (which my choices were one low fat block and 1 full fat block). …

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My freezer

Don’t  throw cooked food out – use your freezer. No one will know if you throw several different casserole leftovers together to make one big pot. Custard, if I buy it big is cheaper.  Divide into usable portions and freeze. Tomato paste, a large jar was always going mouldy before I use it all.  Spread …

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A touch of grated cheese

For a quick meal sometimes the plain old meat and 3 veg get thrown together for dinner.  Once boiled or steamed give the vegetables a bit of a boost by grating a handful of your favourite cheese, mix with a little chopped parsley and ground pepper (or pepper on it’s own).  Plate the veg and …

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