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The 5 things Mums do NOT need for a great Mothers Day
I've been a mum for nearly 19 years. I know some of you out there have been mums for longer and some of you may be just starting out, but I've seen my share of Mothers Day gifts and I know the greatest ones do not require a credit card. ...
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How to make Mandarincello
Winter is the season for citrus fruits and hopefully you're making the most of all the cheap vitamin C that is around. However what do you do with all that left over peel? Do you just throw it in the bin or composter? How about turning ...
Food
Southern Comfort Cake
The weather in the UK was really miserable in January: we were trapped in our homes and going stir crazy. Not that any of us should be complaining compared with the horrors that were unleashed upon those poor Haitians. But when ...
Food
Cooking pizza in the fireplace
Thanks to Sally for this great article - and can anybody help her with her broken oven? It seems there’s no end to all the culinary gadgetry available to us today. Do we really need all this stuff? Our ancestors got by without it. ...
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In praise of packed lunch
We Make it and Menders love packed lunches! Why do we love them? They're thrifty - a great way to use up leftovers and prepare lovely food at the fraction of the cost of shop bought sandwiches and drinks. They're creative - thinking ...
Food
Winter one pot cooking – brown stew chicken
When it's cold outside there's no better way to keep warm than to cook up a stew. Caroline Mi Li Artiss, The 10 Minute Cook, shows us how to make one. This recipe is a delicious one pot way to stay warm and even better it can all be ...
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Top tips for making marmalade
Marmalade is a more time-consuming project than making jam, but no less satisfying. It's much more labour intensive than the summer fruit jams. You need Seville oranges which only have a limited season in the UK shops - it’s smash and ...
Stories - Well-being
Anti-allergenic, antiseptic, expectorant – what more do you want!
Garlic honey is an incredibly versatile medicine you can make from just two items in your larder. By Frances Walker BA (Hons) Oxon, BSc (Hons), MBHMA, MNIMH At first sight, the thought of steeping garlic in honey may seem ...
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