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Tomato paste doubles as cheap puree
Tomato paste saves me valuable dollars on buying puree! Whenever a recipe calls for tomato puree, I just use a sachet of tomato paste and then add water to it to make it up to whatever quantity of puree is required. It works as well and tastes just as good. I like to buy the Delmaine concentrated tomato paste, which comes in four little tubs of 70gm each. It is so versatile, and compared to tomato paste takes up far less room in the pantry!
By: Helen 2 responses in the members' forumFind the reason behind nail biting online
If you are spending money on solutions to put an end to nail biting, it could pay to instead get to the bottom of WHY you are doing it! Nail biting is associated with anxiety, because the act of chewing on nails reportedly relieves stress, tension, or boredom. People who habitually bite their nails often report that they do so when they feel nervous, bored, lonely, or even hungry. For more information, visit this link:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/conditions/onychophagia-nail-biting
By: Jo Carson 2 responses in the members' forumHottest Hints
Quick hint about slow cooking
I leave for work at 7.30am and get home at 6.30pm, but I still need to prepare dinner for my husband who starts night shift at 5pm. If I turn on my slow cooker at 7.30am, the food is sometimes overdone by the time he gets up at 3.30pm.
To solve this problem, I have purchased a cheap plug-in timer, just like the one people use to turn on their lights when they go on holiday. My cooker now comes on during the day and dinner is perfectly cooked by 3.30pm! This saves on power because the slow cooker is not turned on all day.
By: Rebecca Graham 35 responses in the members' forumA platter from 'nothing'
This hint was a saviour during our last $21 Challenge.
The girls were looking for lunch and complained there was nothing to eat, so I found a large plastic platter and put the following treats on it:
A leftover BBQ sausage, thinly sliced
Two slices of leftover bread, buttered and cut into quarters
A diced kiwifruit
Four strawberries
A small piece of cheese, diced
1/4 tin corn kernels in a lettuce leaf
A muffin, cut in quarters
Four leftover chicken nuggets, cut in halves
A dob of cream cheese with a little corn relish mixed in
Four cucumber slices
Four cherry tomatoes
One Vita Wheat, halved
I gave the girls and myself a saucer each, plus a cocktail fork and everything was eaten and enjoyed. Now we often have 'platter parties' for meals and snacks. A novel way to serve up a meal when you have 'nothing' to eat!
By: Mona 37 responses in the members' forumReceive a Free Newsletter