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Topic: Breadmakers
Posted By: AandCsmum
Subject: Breadmakers
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 2:35pm
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Can you all let me know what one you use & what you like or dislike about it.
I had a sunbeam I loved & then a Breville I hated. We are looking at getting another one (one of my plans to allow us to save money so I can stay home longer) & want opinions Thanks ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com"> 
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
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Posted By: Lanata
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 2:56pm
We have a breville one and like it but in the end the amount of time to cook it was what stopped us using it. It'd be quicker in the oven except the oven doesn't turn off by itself 
BUT the bread was always yummy the same day and good toast bread the next day and easy, just pop all ingredients in and start. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 4:40pm
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We had a breville breadmaker and it was ok but TBH I make our bread by hand now and it doesn't take much longer and it always turns out great where as we found our breadmaker was abit hit and miss.
If you're looking for ways to save money I've got a list - ATM we're living on less than $60 a fortnight. I make our cleaners, bread, muesli bars, biscuits, pizza bases, washing liquid, and I make Jakes clothes from secondhand adult clothes. Today I made him a pair of cord pants and a 100% pure wool jersey and it cost me $1.50 and took an hour. -------------   
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Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 8:24pm
| wow!!!! babe....you must share your tips. I just spent $250 at the supermarket for the second week in a row and I was skimping! |
Posted By: Genie
Date Posted: 04 April 2009 at 10:07pm
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Yes please Babe, please share how to make all those things! I can make biscuits..and eat them lol
Our breadmaker we got from LV Martins, seems ok but haven't tried any other ones to compare. Don't use it much, too lazy to slice the bread in the morning as well as making sammies! Plus didn't seem worth it when I could buy a loaf for $1, but should think about it more now that bread is dearer again. Find it tastes funny when made into toast though..what is with that? ------------- 
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Posted By: Snappy
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 8:36am
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I have been buying the $1.34 budget bread. I also have a breadmaker, but find the loaves are half the size of a normal loaf. Plus its a PITA to cut!
I use the breadmaker to make pizza bases and a yummy raisin loaf though, as well as dinner rolls and vienna loaf. ------------- Mummy to two beauties... Formerly Kaiz. |
Posted By: Muz
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 8:46am
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Babe - Id love to see that list too!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 1:51pm
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Babe I'd love to see that list too!
I found the breville hit & miss too. Sorry I should explain why I don't buy the $1 loaves. Hubby is hypoglycemic & those sorts of breads send him what I call "Doolally" so we have to buy the high density types of bread which are now well over $4 a loaf. Actually i might try that, make the usual loaf I used to make via hand & see how it turns out. I've just done Hotcross buns by hand, but in the process have managed to make my food processor smoke 
But if anyone has a bread maker they rave about please still post. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 2:02pm
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We have a Breville and it is a bit hit and miss (mostly miss!) when I make it, but turns out great when DH does it. I think it's because he's really precise with measurements etc, where as I tend to just bung it all in! Also, it's important to use high-quality (ie, high gluten) flours, and add gluten flour, as the supermarket-brand flours just don't seem to have enough protein.
The one thing we really don't like about ours is that it doesn't switch itself off after it's baked - it keeps the bread warm, which dries it out, so we have to be around to get the bread out of the bread maker when it's done. But it is FANTASTIC - one of the best appliances we've ever brought. The bread is so tasty, and nutritious (we make the multigrain loaves, full of seeds), and really filling so we don't spend as much money on snacks to keep full between meals. We make a loaf a day - put it on in the morning, so we have fresh bread for lunch, and then the remainder we eat as toast for breakfast the next day. I don't find it too much of a PITA to cut, but my father swears by his electric knife? ETA: We have a Breville "Baker's Oven"... |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 3:49pm
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[QUOTE=Aliasmum]
Ummmmm, if you made it by hand...how come your processor was smoking? |
Posted By: Katep
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 5:22pm
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DF and I are bread snobs and must have the good stuff (freyas). But it was only recent that we realsied it was $4! WTF. It was the usual stuff so never looked at the price.We are concidering a bread maker, especially for when I'm at home. But with all the seeds, grains and whatever to make it healthy...does it work out cheaper?
Sorry alliasmum.....can't help with ur question. Babe...you are an inspiration! I hope you will share the list. We are in desperste need to do something. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Bobbie
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 5:55pm
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Babe I'd love the recipe for the Muesli bars. -------------  
 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 05 April 2009 at 9:01pm
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The recipe said to do it in it LOL sift flour via beating then add the yeast mixture in BUT it went up under the central thing & slowed it down so it was working really hard & I though hmmm funny smell oh sh*t bit of smoke
No worries Kate, that is going to be the next thing I'll look at. I'm sure it's cheaper. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 10:29am
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I have a breville - I use it to make pizza bases, and do the 'kneading' for dinner rolls etc.
Sometimes it doesn't always work when I make a loaf of bread - but that could be to do with the yeast I used! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: sweetpea
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 2:58pm
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I have a breville too the one that makes big loaves can't remember the actual size sorry. TBH i haven't used it for a while so it made its way to the garage over the weekend so that i could put my nice shiny and new kitchen mixer on show thanks mum and dad for the belated wedding present. We used it alot when at uni and found it good but as the others have said it takes just as long to make it by hand anyway so if i do want to make bread then i would just make it that way now or i would use the dough programme.
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Posted By: SpecialK
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 4:06pm
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OMG babe, that's amazing! Would love to see the list. And here's me feeling smug for making my own stock and yogurt...
We have a sunbeam breadmaker, a few years old now, but does a very good job. ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 4:21pm
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LOL sorry ladies missed all of this!!
Will have to do a couple of posts as Jakes being abit grotty. Cleaners are easy peasy. I get the Homebrand white vinegar from Countdown and mix it in $1 spray bottles from super cheap auto. I do 300ml vinegar to 200ml water and use it on our wooden bread boards, benchtops, table, and bathroom sink. For the toilet i have a mix of baking soda, washing soda and vinegar which I wipe in the bowl and leave (same as duck?) then go over the toilet with a cloth dampened with vinegar and a sprinkle of baking soda. I use borax, vinegar and salt for the bath and OMG it seriously cleans!! I don't even have to scrub! So all my cleaners are pretty much non toxic and natural and it costs me peanuts. If I was to buy the eco stuff from supermarket I'd be paying well over $4 a bottle. Muesli bar recipe as follows: 125g butter or marg 1 cup white sugar 2 TB golden syrup (can sub honey if req) 1 cup flour 1 tsp baking powder 1 cup dessicated coconut (can sub rolled oats - the big oaty stuff) 1 egg 1 cup dried fruit 5 weetbix or equiv dry wholewheat breakfast cereal, crushed (I use 4 weetbix - personal pref) Preheat oven to 180C. Spray/butter 20cmx30cm sponge roll tin. Place butter, sugar and golden syrup into large saucepan and stir over medium heat until melted. Remove from heat, add all other ingredients and mix thoroughly. Press into prepared tin and bake for 20 minutes. Cut into bars while still warm but leave in the tin until completely cold before removing. Store in airtight container. ** Different measures of same ingredients results in completely different types of bars. If softer, chewy bars are more popular (they are here) then use less weetbix and oats (tho not sure about adjusting coconut measure as I don't use it at all). Otherwise follow directions for drier, firmer bar. I muck around with the measures everytime I make them just to see how they turn out and they're always nice just different textures really. ** Washing Gunge 1 quart Water (boiling) **1 quart equals approx 4 cups ** 2 cups Bar soap (grated) 2 cups Borax 2 cups Washing Soda Eucalyptus/peppermint/teatree (whatever you want your washing to smell like!) Add finely grated bar soap to the boiling water and stir until soap is melted. You can keep on low heat until soap is melted (but I didn't find that worked coz my soap kept caking up again so I boiled the butt off it and stirred til it was nearly all melted, got too impatient and just went onto the next step which worked out fine). Pour the soap water into a large, clean bucket and add the Borax and Washing Soda. Stir well until all is dissolved. Add 2 gallons (makes about 10 litres all up) of water, stir until well mixed. Cover pail and use 1/4 cup (or a dessertspoonful which is what we use - thats enough to even get the pee smell outa Jakes cloth naps) for each load of laundry. Stir the soap each time you use it (will gel) --> will it ever!!!! I actually ended up adding alot more hot water to it coz it was so thick!! Trying out this Dishwashing Powder... In a plastic container with a firmly fitting lid, mix: 1 cup borax 1 cup baking soda (alternative - 1/2 cup baking soda & 1/2 cup washing soda. This is the variation I'm trying as we've got hard water and washing soda is a great water softener and really cuts through the grease on dishes!) 1/4 cup salt 1/4 cup citric acid 30 drops essential oil Put all of it in the container, shake it up. I use straight washing soda and water to wash our lino and wooden floors and its great! Cordial 750g/3 cups sugar 1.2 litres boiling water (I used water straight from kettle instead of boiling on stovetop and it was better I found) 2 TB Citric Acid 1 tsp natural essence (Hansells does a range of natural, colour-free essences like orange, raspberry, strawberry, passionfruit, peppermint etc) Dissolve sugar and citric acid in boiling water. Stir in essence. Makes approx 1.5 litres. ** Haha how easy is that??!!! OK my variation is below - less sugar, more essence.... ** 2 cups sugar 1.2 litres boiling water 2 TB citric acid 1-2 TB natural essence Mix as above. ** I found out by accident that less sugar (because I ran out) and more essence (because I was showing mum how to mix the same batch up and told her 2 TB instead of 2 tsp) actually works just as well. Its not as sweet but thats not a bad thing and because of the stronger flavour you can use less of it therefore making it go furthur!! Don't let the kiddies mix it up though - Jake would totally drink it straight if he could. Its really yummy - especially the orange flavour!!! I use PET bottles and make double batches and freeze them then just let them defrost in the fridge along with the bread and muffins and things as we go through them at a similar rate. Good for the fridge because it helps keep it cool thus saving power ;) its all about the savings! ** Ginger Beer PLANT 1/2 tsp dried yeast 8 tsp ground ginger 8 tsp sugar 1 cup warm water GINGER BEER 4 cups sugar 22 cups cold water 1/2 cup lemon juice To make plant, on day one, place yeast, 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp sugar and the cup of warm water in clean jar. Mix well, cover jar with square of muslin (or porous-type material - I used a clean nappy liner (UNUSED) :), and secure with rubber band. For each of the next 7 days, add 1 tsp ginger and 1 tsp sugar, stir and cover. To make sugar syrup for ginger beer, on the eighth day, combine sugar with 4 cups of water in a saucepan. Bring to boil, reduce heat to low and simmer til sugar is completely dissolved. Combine sugar syrup and remaining water (18 cups) in a clean bucket. Mix in lemon juice (I didn't have a 1/2 cup so just put in what I did have uhm about a 1/4 cup I think - seems to still be fine). Line a sieve with a triple thickness of muslin, place over a bowl and strain plant mixture. Pour resulting liquid into bucket mixture and stir well. Pour into clean bottles ** PET bottles are best ** and seal, leaving a little space at the top. Store in a cool place. Ginger beer is ready after 5-6 days or when it is suitably bubbly. Makes approx 6 litres. ** If you want to make another plant try dividing the mixture left in the muslin when you strain it in half. Place one half back in the jar, and 1 tsp ginger, 1 tsp sugar and 1 cup lukewarm water. Cover and feed each day as above. Either chuck out the other half out or use it as a second plant so you've got 2 going. If your PET bottles start to bulge at the bottom or sides then twist the lid and let out abit of the gas. I've had to do this almost every day. Also I didn't get around to doing the syrup til the 10th day so while I stopped feeding it on the 8th day it was sitting on the bench for a couple more days but it certainly doesn't seem worse for wear. ** -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 4:27pm
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I think everyone knows how to make pizza base but a really yummy cheap pizza is to make up mince - quite spicy or tomatoey however you like it. Put some tomato paste on the base and spread the mince over that. Top with sliced up veges and sprinkle with cheese.
Its so delish my entire family raves about it and you can freeze the base, cook up the mince and freeze that and then chuck it together on a night you don't want to cook. Its really economical coz you don't use alot of mince. Uhm we also use milk powder instead of milk - believe it or not its saved us a HUGE amount of money as we can get 10 litres for $7 and we end up going through less. We occasionally get real milk as a treat but if you're looking to save money thats a biggy. Will get some more tips together abit later - gotta go organise the troops as DS is heading away with his grandparents tonight to Invercargill  2 weeks by myself (oh except for DP in the evenings lol) so will have time to share all my frugal, stingy tips with you -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 10:01pm
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Babe, you are awesome! I do some of the vinegar things but you have given a great variation. Must get some borax powder.
I swear by vinegar & water to wash the windows! WE love ginger beer so will definitely give that a go! The washing gunge do you add to the normal washing powder, so use it as a "fabric softner" or do you use it instead of powder? Is the dishwashing powder for the dishwasher or for the sink or can you use it for both? ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Daizy
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 10:17pm
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For those that make bread without the breadmaker, what do you do?
Recipes please.... ------------- 
 
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 06 April 2009 at 10:19pm
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I'm going to try an Alison Holst one. She always has good instructions in her books. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 7:42am
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I use the washing gunge by itself. If I have farm stuff to clean I add extra washing soda crystals coz of all the crap and blood lol works good though. I stick my nappies in with the normal washing so don't use fabric softener at all. The eucalyptus works as abit of a softener though I find. Look up Borax on trademe theres a guy in palmy that sells 1kg for $7 which is the cheapest I've found and it lasts for ages!
For my white bread I use the edmonds recipe except I don't punch it down I just put it in the pans, let it do its first rise then biff it in the oven. It turns out just as well. This is my auntys no-knead bread recipe - omg so delish : Preheat oven to 200 degrees. Into a jug put 2 dessertspoons of active granule yeast, 2 teaspoons raw sugar and 1litre warm water. Put aside for 15 minutes (it kinda bubbles). Mix together 6 cups wholemeal flour, 2 cups white flour and 2-3 teaspoons salt. Add yeast mixture to dry ingredients and mix. Add any grains/seeds you want now. Pour into 2 WELL-GREASED tins and leave for approx 20 minutes to rise. Cook for 40 minutes. Something else thats saved me heaps is making a list of the regular stuff I buy and price checking. I have a form that I fill out with the prices of each supermarket and I go to the cheapest one. I've saved over $20 p/week doing that. My regular items are Flour (homebrand 5kg) Yeast (Tasti brand breadmakers yeast and the cheapest granules yeast) Baking soda White vinegar (Homebrand) Pure soap Citric Acid Oats (Homebrand) Weetbix (Homebrand 1.2kg) Ground ginger (and any other spices I might be low on) Sugar (Homebrand 3kg) Tinned tomatoes, corn kernels, peaches I alternate which weeks I get these. This week is a bigger shop since I haven't been in close to a month so will be getting 2x flour (all out) 1x bread yeast (still got 1 & 1/2 in cupboard) 2x granule yeast (all out) 1x Oats (started on last packet) 2x Weetbix (all out) 2x sugar (all out) 3x tomatoes (2 left) 2x corn (3 left) 2x peaches (3 left) Then I'll get a few topup veges like carrots. We have a vege garden and chickens so don't need eggs or alot of veges. I try to keep atleast 1 unopened bag/bottle in the cupboard and atleast 5 tins in the pantry. It means if we have an extended time where we don't shop (like the last month) we don't run out and I've always got something to throw together. -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 7:50am
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We buy beasts off the family farm and get them processed at our homekill butcher. I really recommend looking into it. If you don't know any farmers who'd be willing to flick you a steer or sheep then go down to the saleyards. Pick up a beastie for cheap and find a good homekill butcher (ask around and get recommendations) to process it for you. A med size steer will cost you around the $400 mark but your chest freezer will be packed and you'll have cuts of meat that no-one on a budget could afford. We have half a beast in our freezer and it'll last us a good 6 months (we're big on portion control and bulking things out). It would'v cost us about $200 and we've got mince, roasts, all types of steak, silverside...
An old sheep will cost you less than $100 to buy and process (well down here it would all my pricing is based on what we sell our beasts and sheep for plus what we pay our butcher) and you get a good range. The last mutton we did lasted us a good 2 months. -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 8:04am
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Oh Kel the dishwashing powder is just for the dishwasher (or can be used as a bathroom scrubber lol) but if you use dishwashing liquid I recommend getting the 2L budget stuff, tipping half into another container and topping the bottle up with a tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of washing soda crystals and water. Theres a few benefits - makes it last way longer and the salt works as a scrub, the washing soda work as a water softener (which means using less detergent) and the washing sida is also a major grease buster! Hope that helps
I also make our own toothpaste though I don't know how many people would be interested in that. Its a case of experimenting at the moment. Our last batch had a tablespoon of baking soda, a teaspoon of salt, a teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide (yes its safe), a teaspoon of citric acid (lol I told you it was an experiment!!), enough glycerin to make a toothpasty mix and a few drops of natural strawberry essence. Jake wanted to eat it like a lolly and DP said it tasted like sherbet and he wanted to brush his teeth 5 times a day! If you want fluoride in it you can get tablets from the pharmacy and crush them up but I personally don't think its required. I put our toothpaste mix in a washed out vegemite jar with a lid and we use a toothpick to stir it up and put it on our brushes. Is anybody else into bottling?? I just bottled 2 bags and a bucket full of apples that I nicked from a roadside tree (free free free  ) and it was so easy! I'm doing some more next week with some end of season pears and it'll mean we don't have to buy tinned fruit over winter.-------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:28pm
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Do you want some granny smiths? They are pretty manky but the bad bits can be chopped out. I'm stewing for baby food. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:36pm
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Yep I second the homekill, I haven't bought meat at the supermarket in ages, got a 1/2 beast last winter & then 1/2 cow in summer. Got far too many sausage at the mo...guess what we are having for tea! A is going to get a lamb for school this year, wonder how she'll cope knowing that her lamb will hit the table
Thanks heaps Babe, will be looking up the borax on trademe! Am definitely going to try that bread this arvo. Take about 20 mins to pick A up from school so that can be rising time. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:39pm
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If you are into organic sugar, I got 1.5kg for $5 at Steve's bulk barn compared to 500g for around $3 I think. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:50pm
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I'd love some granny smiths!!! Thanks Kel I'll be up in palmy on thursday this week and sometime next so will let you know so we can organise something!
LOL poor Alia and her lamb  Jakes calf is gonna end up in our freezer too lol its good it teaches them the cycle of life early and they don't get so upset later on (well thats the theory!).
I love organic but yeah so expensive!! I'll def check out the bulk barn. I get my tamari soy sauce refill from there its so good. I use to shop there heaps but making my own stuff has put an end to that and haven't really kept up with whats available. I use white sugar for baking since we go through it soooo fast especially since I make big batches for my mum and dad and send stuff down south for my bro and sister too. I like the healthier stuff for cereals and cuppas though! -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 12:51pm
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Oh uhm is anyone interested in converting adult clothes into kids clothes?? -------------
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Posted By: BessieBear
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 1:00pm
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Well on the breadmakernote. I have a breville, and I think it's fine. I use alison holsts bread reciepes book and you knwo theres a specific order your soppose to put the ingrediants in. babe good on you for drinking milk powder milk I can't stand it. We I was a kid mum used to feed us that but eek. I'm wondering if you could use that when baking instead of real milk. ------------- Sarah Mum to, Boy 07/2008, Girl 03/2010, Boy 05/2012, Angel  07/08/2014
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 1:34pm
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Yeah we have an easiyo maker and it saves us heaps!
Milk powder is def a good baking substitue. You can do all sorts with it too - http://www.hillbillyhousewife.com/powderedmilk.htm - Milk Powder Ideas We have fish shops round here so maybe check your yellow pages?? -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 2:29pm
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I use milk pwder for baking but don't use dairy as a rule.
Got lemons for africa too if you want some too, actually any is welcome to them ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 4:20pm
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Definitely!!! Thanks hun! -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 4:21pm
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LOL you can tell by my last post I was b/fing at the time!
Cool will PM you. ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 4:23pm
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OMG I am stomping my feet at wanting this bread to finish cooking...looks & smells devine! Even Alia is saying take it out now Mum.
I cant believe how quick it was to make! ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 5:12pm
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LOL the no knead stuff?? How was it?? -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 6:21pm
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OMG Yum!!! I didn't cook it at the right temp, read one thing & remembered another but it's a hit with all of us, & it made a lot.
Also made the dishwashing liquid, AWESOME. That was perfect timing as I needed to buy some today. Now I have 4ltrs...will take forever to get through One thing I did notice is that my sink is shiny, the other stuff must have left a film on it.------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: scribe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 8:59pm
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Thanks a lot Babe! Your cleaner 'recipes' are fantastic - I usually buy the eco stuff so you'll be saving me heaps. I'll have to try the muesli bar recipe too - I've been looking for good dairy-free snack ideas.
My father makes his own yoghurt - it's quite runny but it tastes good, and those Easiyo sachets are quite expensive. I wish we had enough land for hens - fresh eggs are so yummy. I always go for supermarket brands but I have found the Homebrand flour terrible - or was I just unlucky? The plain flour had black specks in it, the self-raising flour gave the baking that horrible after taste, and the bread made from the HG flour didn't rise (after multiple attempts - went back to Champion and turned out fine). Oh and a word of warning on the toothpaste - this is just second-hand advice so take it with a grain of salt, but I was just reading a letter in this month's Treasures and a mother who had been giving her children "green", non-fluoride toothpaste cautioned against it - said her daughter had terrible teeth as a result ...? |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 9:29pm
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Yeah I looked into fluoride for toothpaste but our water here atleast is full of fluoride. Also, due to my ADHD my parents brought us up on natural toothpaste without fluoride and I have great teeth so I'm still of two minds and since I haven't brought the fluoride tablets yet I figured I'd go without for now. I don't think fluoride actually does that much to your teeth as the bacteria eats from the inside out so its more about eating a balanced diet (though thats just what I've found in my reading up so I'm not an expert)
I'm glad you liked the cleaner 'recipes' I was unsure how they'd clean at first but found that the vinegar/water mix removed caked on weetbix off my sons wooden highchair that even easy-off bam couldn't remove I was so stoked!
As for Homebrand flour it may have just been that bag. I've brought it since we brought our house almost a year ago and its always worked brilliantly. I get the high grade flour and use it for everything and my bread always turns out perfect! Maybe give it another go? I've actually been thinking about making our own yoghurt since I found a recipe for yoghurt culture. I also have recipes for homemade mascarpone, mozzarella, condensed milk and creme-fraiche if anyone wants a cheaper version of expensive stuff? Great to know that the bread was a hit Kel, you may not need a breadmaker after all lol have you got any left? It disappears FAST here! -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 9:31pm
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Oh yeah hey glad the dishwashing liquid worked out well too!!!! Clever aye lol yeah its the washing soda that cleans all the gunk and scum off everything!
anakk I remembered some egg and dairy free recipes I've got so I'll find them and post either here or on a new thread tomorrow -------------
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Posted By: AandCsmum
Date Posted: 07 April 2009 at 9:39pm
Yes...call it Babe's fantastic tips  we should transfer all this stuff in there so others can easily find it.
Definitely not going to bother buying a bread maker now. Will just buy one more loaf tin, cake tin worked a treat though 
Have you got the vinegar book? That's got good tips in there. I also use the baking soda & spray vinegar to clean stuff as well. That's always fun ------------- Kel http://lilypie.com">
A = 01.02.04 & C = 16.01.09 & G = 30.03.12 |
Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 08 April 2009 at 8:27am
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The vinegar book??? No! I'll have a look when I come round though I'm always up for more tips.
LOL ok will start new thread now, then have to go shopping now coz I have actually left it too long now - 3 weeks without shopping was fine, the extra week has left my poor cupboards bare!! -------------
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Posted By: Babe
Date Posted: 08 April 2009 at 8:45am
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All done under babes fantastic tips though i felt a tad pretentious lol will pm you when i get home from shopping and organise time for coffee tomorrow -------------
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