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Do you know what the 5 brands are KA??

I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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I always make pasta sauces from scratch too - very much a 'turf it all in and let it cook down', so no real recipe. Is roughly this though:

diced onion
garlic
saute in olive oil
add tin of crushed tomatoes (try to use Italian made ones)
herbs - fresh or dried
tablespoon of tomato paste
dash of balsamic vinegar to bring out tomato flavour more
water (maybe half the tomato tin in quantity)
cook down for at least half an hour, adding a bit more water if necessary, then season

can add diced capsicum / mushrooms etc if you want as well

if you want a creamy sauce, add a couple of tablespoons of creme fraiche at the end

a super quick sauce that i also do is just pesto and creme fraiche - very easy, and delicious!



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Our must haves are

Watties Baked Beans and Spaghetti
Shampoo, Conditioner and Deoderant
Dilmah Tea
Milo
Chelsea Brown Sugar
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My name is ellen and I'm an ultimate consumer. Is there a self help group I can join?

I won't compromise and am very brand loyal on lots of things and compulsively buy the following:

Lux body wash - has to be Ylang Ylang as I love the smell
Razor blades - DH buys whatever he needs as I was always getting it wrong (man they're expensive!)
Persil washing powder - love the smell
Sanitarium weetbix & cornflakes & ricies
Purex toilet paper
Choysa or Dilmah tea bags
Watties spaghetti & baked beans
Colgate toothpaste
Libra tampons
Jiff (have tried the budget stuff - just not the same)
Maggi gravies and stuff
Nestle cocoa powder
Griffins or Arnotts buscuits & crackers

Always buy Pams tomato sauce (kids prefer it) and whatever's cheapest for (what I perceive perhaps) milk, sugar, flour, butter, cheese, canned tomatoes.

DH has got a real thing for Natures Fresh bread whereas I'll buy the cheaper brands as I only really use it for toast. I've been told Sunny Crust is exactly the same bread but not in DH's mind - go figure?
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Ellen - keep you DH;s razors in olive oil. Got this tip from money man and it has been working a treat with us. DH buys Gillete freakinexpensive$5perrazor razors. And being part randomeurpoanisuspect greek, he needs to shave every day. He used to use a new razor every second time. So far his razor in olive oil has lasted over a month. a new record ladies!
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Or buy an electric one and save even more money.

I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived!
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Twinings english breakfast tea, nothing else tastes as good...

Loo paper - I like cotton soft or purex at a pinch, however, sig range/pams is ok as well.

Drive soap powder, used to be persil then they cahnges it and it didn't work as good and was waaay over perfumed

Good Morning (?) concentrate dishwashing liquid

Think thats about it.
The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P
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Thanks Lizzle I'll give the olive oil a go. He is also of mixed breed (a good dose of Lebanese thrown in) so shaves every day as well. Could I get away with a cheap generic brand or does it have to be pure, virgin, branded, highly marketed and expensive olive oil?
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Hello Ellen and welcome to consumers anonymous

I have to have certain brands and will not compromise

Mine are:

Dilma tea bags
Sanitarium peanut butter
Sanitarium weetbix, rices and cornflakes
Freyas soy and linseed bread (just for moi )
Mainland tasty cheese (the other just don't cut it)
Kikkoman soy sause
Watties BB/Spag and tomato sause
Fantastic rice crackers original flavour
Continental Tomato cup of soup (for work)
Kleenex double length toilet paper (too many girls in my house for the short stuff)
Colgate toothpaste for me
Mcleans for DH
ETA mayo
Country Goodness sour cream and cottage cheese Tararua is yuck


Hmmm I'm sure there are more.... I may need an intervention to help cut down my grocery bill.


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Thanks for the tip on the razors! ill have to give that one a try!
Things we wont comprimise on are:
Coke - must be proper coke, no diet no zero, no budget nothing but coke!!!
Watties bakedbeans - Hubby wont eat any others
Maggi 2 min noodles
Surf washing powder
Sanatirim marmite and Rice bubbles
carefree aloe liners
Real coffee beans for the machine - cant do instant
Tegal chargrilled chicken patties
Kellogs cocopops
well thats it i think gee no wonder between the 2 of us we spend 200 a week!
One thing that i will only buy pams of is the ice cream soda and lemonade soda stream syrup tastes so much better than the soda stream brand ones

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I would think any oil would do. the money man said that the reason the razor blunt is due to oxygen, so when you put in oil, you stop it oxygenating (or whatever)
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