My children love potato and cheese dishes (potato skins, jacket potato, cheesey mash) but I am looking for some new ideas. Only the eldest likes potato dauphinois so I can't do that (I have a lovely...
Made some scones today but they weren't properly cooked in the middle - I cooked them for the right time and at the right temperature. However, I put in more fruit than the recipe said so (can't stand...
We already have cowboy pie (individual dishes with a layer of baked beans, mashed potatoes and sausage horns) and I am thinking of altering it slightly with burger 'ears' and calling it mouse pie....
Every so often I get almost a lump just below my sternum, it feels like something is getting knotted. It happens if I lean at a certain angle, for example, I have my iPad only knees at the moment and...
My 12 year son is so miserable at the moment. He gets upset at the slightest thing and seems so angry when I try to get to the bottom of it. We have had a big discussion tonight and I have made it...
A little while ago I received a kind invite to share in a business opportunity with a complete stranger. I decided not to take them up on the offer as they were only offering me 35% of the money....
Am I showing up with QofM's avatar or my usual one (the cartoon one)? One my profile I am 'me' but on my list of posts I am showing up as QofM. Thanks.
Whats the best way to store bananas. I don't normally buy them (as I can't stand them) but have started to buy them for thing 2 for school and after only a couple of days they were starting to look a...
Anyone else see this? I thought that the Muslim funerals were so chaotic and that poor woman having to plan h own funeral. Certainly food for thought. (Not trig to be miserable or maudlin though.)
Just answered a question about Christmas shopping and it doesn't show up which category it is in - is this a problem caused by swapping some of the categories around?
Can't remember what it was called, but two strangers meet who are identical and one engineers things so that they swap lives - can anyone tell me what happened in the end please?
It is my daughter's birthday party in three weeks (she will be seven) and I am going to try and make it brilliant but I also want to spend less money than I usually do (I've been watching super...
Just had an email from Mr Bill Scott of the IMF informing me that he is going to sort out all those rotters who have been trying to fleece me of money via email scams. He is working with the US secret...
The things start school next week (week of afternoons followed by a week of mornings and then full time). Obviously all parents will want to know how their children are getting on but thing 2 has...
Right, mildly superstitious (I believe the ones that I believe - please don't tell me any new ones). Boy #1 needs his school trousers taken up and he will have to stand him on the kitchen table so I...
Where have all these flipping snails come from all of a sudden? Lived in this house for two years, maybe seem two snails in all that time, there are at least five tonight (garden is tiny (and paved)).
Is there any problem with eating (seriously) out of date Worcestershire sauce - its special edition and I can't get it around here so I am loathe to chuck it out.