Sally lunn. Ingredients: 1 cup cold mashed potato, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 cup flour, 2 tsp BP, 1/2 tsp salt, 1 cup milk, 1 cup sultanas. Beat potato and sugar til creamy, add rest of ingredients. Bake 180 c (or 350 f) for 30 mins on a well greased tray. Ice while warm and sprinkle with […]
Sally lunn. Ingredients: 1 cup cold mashed potato, 3/4 cup sugar, 2 cups SR flour, pinch salt, 1 cup sultanas, about 1/2 cup milk. Icing: 1 cup icing sugar, hot water, 1 tbsp melted butter, about 1 tbsp coconut. Cream potato & sugar together until light and fluffy. Sift flour & salt together. Add […]
While I know it’s cheaper to bake your own bread, on reading a Vogel-type recipe, and it being touted as ‘only’ $2.20 per loaf, it’s not the cheapest Vogel-type bread out there. Try the Budget, Giant or Big brands of Multigrain loaves. These are delicious, nutritious and filling, and cost somewhere around $1.69 per loaf […]
Vogel-type bread recipe. You will need: 2¼ cups (315g) white flour, 2¼ cups (315g) wholemeal flour, ½ cup (75g) kibbled wheat, ¼ cup (35g) kibbled rye, ½ cup (70g) sunflower seeds, ¼ cup (22g) rolled oats, 2 teaspoons Surebake yeast or 1 teaspoon Bakels dried yeast, 2 teaspoons salt, ½ teaspoon of sugar, and 3 […]
Stuff website has an interesting article about pet insurance. It includes examples of vet costs and more. Well worth a read for pet owners. Here’s a extract from the column, but the article is well worth a read. Here’s the link: Pet Insurance >>>. “Examples of pet insurance plans (Southern Cross Pet Insurance) GoldRibbon plan with zero […]
Can anyone advise as to how to make coconut milk yoghurt. (we are needing to have a lactose free diet, but don’t want to miss out on yoghurt). Many thanks!
Living off the smell of an oily rag is not all about counting cents and saving dollars. It’s also about having fun. We thought we would have a bit of fun with readers by asking them to let us know how they hang their toilet roll: with the paper hanging to the front or the back and why! Some may say that’s getting a little up close and personal but not so the oily rag community who have responded in droves. We have received more responses to this survey than any other conducted by the oily rag research department – 2846 responses!
Dog biscuit recipe. You need 1 pound wholemeal flour, quarter pound mince, quarter pound white flower, 1 teaspoon salt and 1 teaspoon cod liver oil. Mix all of the ingredients and add water to form a stiff dough. Roll out and mark into squares. Prick each one with a fork. Bake at 150C for one […]
Pat from Orakei in Auckland asks, “Can you tell me where one can get plastic 250 litre drums?”
About 17 years ago, the Govt raised child support to $150 per week for our child. Cullen at the time suggested parents think about their child’s future educational needs so we did. I saved $50 per week in a special account not touching it except for major dental work, and there is now $25,000 in […]