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Re: Reviews of RTE recipes.
« Reply #75 on: May 16, 2020, 01:41:38 am »
Looks like Noritaki ? I also love China.  Tend to go for more informal these days, but nothing nicer than the full works.  Bought a French dinner set at an Auction.  $20.  Use it every day as the dinner plates are not too large.

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« Reply #76 on: May 16, 2020, 10:10:26 am »
The baked beans were really nice. Very much like tinned ones but with a little extra taste.
The dinner set is Royal Doulton. It was my Mum's everyday set!!!!!I am very lucky as I have 4 Royal Doulton dinner sets. I have Mum's everyday set that we use every day, her best one, a cheaper one I used to use everyday but it's missing bits now and MIL bought us one when we were first married. I love them all but fortunately we don't break much and so they will last for ever and ever. I love them and couldn't see the sense in tucking them away. I also have a collection of cup, saucer and plate that are Doulton. Some are mine but many were from Mum.
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« Reply #77 on: May 16, 2020, 10:59:48 am »
I agree cookie, you might as well use your beautiful dinner sets and your Mum would be pleased if she knew that you did.
Re the baked beans, I printed that recipe but I couldn’t find out what a serving size was therefore I couldn’t work out the nutritional values per serve.  Nagi normally puts the serving size on her recipes I thought.
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« Reply #78 on: May 17, 2020, 08:07:21 am »
She mentions that it serves 8.We had heaps left over and DD and DH had it for lunch yesterday and again today.
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« Reply #79 on: May 17, 2020, 10:15:05 am »
Ah yes she does, that’s not what I meant to ask cookie.  Can you tell me the serving size weight please?
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« Reply #80 on: May 17, 2020, 10:35:31 pm »
It certainly is a lovely set Cookie. I think it's great that you use your china everyday. If family isn't special enough to use it, then who is? I use a Royal Albert set on weekends, DH won't use it through the week as he doesn't want to hand wash it.
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« Reply #81 on: May 17, 2020, 11:02:52 pm »
Thanks, Michele and Cookie for the inspiration.   We are having a dear friend for lunch tomorrow.  I will get out the Wedgwood that we haven’t used since we came to Invermay. The Sterling silver might be a bit over the top so will use the plated silver. I’m sure it will give us all a buzz.

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« Reply #82 on: May 18, 2020, 06:33:19 am »
Ah yes she does, that’s not what I meant to ask cookie.  Can you tell me the serving size weight please?

Judy, I haven't made Nagi's beans, but when I make any recipe that says serves 4 for eg, I get around it by weighing the whole lot at the end of cooking and dividing the weight by 4 so I get the correct serving size and place that amount into containers.  I don't think of it as a pain to do as I'd rather get the size right.  :D

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« Reply #83 on: May 18, 2020, 06:47:17 am »
JulieO what a brilliant idea. I usually eyeball the amount and mentally work it out. I’m going to start doing that.
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« Reply #84 on: May 18, 2020, 08:36:44 am »
Yes I’ve done that Julie but with this recipe I’m thinking maybe I should only make half the recipe as I don’t want too many bags of it in the freezer.  If a recipe is for 4 I usually get more out of it than that.
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« Reply #85 on: May 19, 2020, 03:31:59 am »
Judy, for you I’d go with one tin of beans and a third of everything else. This will probably be enough for one meal and one over, or more.
DD bought herself a new printer yesterday and her new one has wifi. I love it, so I have been printing all the RTE recipes I love and will get Officeworks to make them into a book for me.
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« Reply #86 on: May 19, 2020, 08:54:41 am »
Thanks cookie, I’ll try that.  Those printers are great cookie, from the comfort of my armchair I can print out anything I see whilst browsing on my iPad.
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« Reply #87 on: May 20, 2020, 10:34:13 am »
DD was doing a face to face lecture a while ago and I kept sending things to the printer. It is a bit noisier than the last one but seems great.
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Re: Reviews of RTE recipes.
« Reply #88 on: July 20, 2020, 04:52:48 am »
I made the roasted eggplant salad at the weekend https://www.recipetineats.com/lentil-roasted-eggplant-salad/

It was a delicious salad.  I was a bit concerned that the eggplant wouldn’t cook evenly, but they were perfect.  I used 2 tins of lentils but, unless I was feeding a lot of people, I feel that one would be sufficient (there are an awful lot of lentils in a tin!)

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« Reply #89 on: July 25, 2020, 09:48:45 am »
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