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Had a cocktails and karaoke party on Friday for my upcoming birthday. Made lots of snacks, at least half of which were things wrapped in bacon (cream cheese stuffed jalapenos, baby potatoes, prunes, mini pork chipolata sausages). Also made my own take on mojitos and sangria.

I regret nothing.

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My reason for disliking Santa is different (Christmas is a religious holiday for me and I dislike the commercial and historically pagan aspects). My kid picked up about Santa from osmosis, so we told him that we made a deal with Santa; seeing as we're fortunate enough to be able to afford gifts, we ...

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Well thanks a lot now I want saag paneer.

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That makes me feel better

Although, I couldn't have done too badly, got invited for an interview on Monday.

I'm pretty sure half the time the novelty of a female dev is enough to get me in the door so they can see what this mythical creature looks like

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EEEEEeeeeee I am not a good test taker!!!!!!!!!!!11 Just did an online programming assessment (looking for a job) using HackerRank. Nice platform, decent and interesting questions. But damn if my mind doesn't go blank the minute the timer starts running. Eh, I guess we'll see how it goes. Realised a...

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Today I will make: ⋅ Cottage cheese, salmon and cucumber rolls ⋅ Chicken breasts stuffed with mozarella and basil and wrapped in parma ham (damn supermarket that only had dried basil) ⋅ Roasted new potatoes with garlic butter ⋅ Steamed green beans and roasted ...

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Well, it was a dinosaur party! 2 of the 3 dino things my mother in law bought, and the other my husband. I think my mother in law is the one with the problem...

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Made loads of things for the boy's 5th birthday party. smitten kitchen's chocolate cookies in these awesome 3d dinosaur cookie shapes; dinosaur birthday cake (yellow cake with buttercream); dinosaur cake pops thingies in this other cool dinosaur mold; and other things.
Good times.

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So my kid is apparently hugely intelligent and probably ADD. Poop.

I'm not looking for advice (just yet); I'm just venting. Lots of thinking and reading to be done.

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Today I cleared out my fast declining vegetable drawer. I made cauliflower and bacon soup, chocolate zucchini muffins, curried pumpkin soup and cherry tomato and basil quiche.

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This isn't the recipe I used, that is at home in a book (how novel); you can try this? I don't know it tastes. My recipe contians ground pumpkin seeds too, which adds a nice texture and better simulates the chickpea skins in hummus http://www.grassfedgirl.com/paleo-and-low-carb-pumpkin-hummus-recipe...

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No, none at all. My 5yo son just has some sensory integration issues and that's stressful enough for me, I can't even imagine. Wishing you definitive answers and effective treatment options!

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Zohar wrote:there was a lot of liquid in the pie... Perhaps I should have cooked the fruit first. Next time - there will be plenty of apples this season.

You can also toss the fruit in flour and optional sugar or honey, which will turn that liquid into a syrup inside the pie.

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Recipes for pumpkin "hummus" and curried pumpkin soup available on request.

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Made four dozen cupcakes (24 vanilla, 24 chocolate), 5 mini banana loaves and 7 dozen muffins (24 banana, 24 apple and raisin, 24 carrot and walnut and 12 low carb pumpkin) for Saturday's neighbourhood market on Friday night. It was fun, the baking as well as the market (but not so much the cleanup)...

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flicky1991 wrote:Nando's

Fun fact: South African export

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Left me wondering-do people in places not America eat corn on the cob? Reporting in from South Africa: hells yeah. EDITED to add this picture from my husband's Facebook feed from a weekend some time ago https://fbcdn-photos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-0/p206x206/10421536_101523284644215...

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I have trays with lids, that I used to freeze home made baby food in a few years ago

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Hmm, like in ice cube trays? That could work...

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It wasn't a disaster as such, just a hodge-podge. People seemed to like it last night at least, not that they'd really say otherwise I guess. Everyone finished everything of the rather large slice the hostess cut for them (and some had seconds), except for the clearly way too much buttercream betwee...

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I guess I'm jsut used to VS, so I find anything else extremely limited and unintuitive. I guess it's a personal thing. If I can't work in VS I just work in Notepad++

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Made a chocolate cake last night but not a very successful one. It was a last minute request so I had to make do with what I had in the house, and I didn't notice until I'd already started I didn't have enough cocoa powder. So I had to scoop out some sugar, trying to avoid the flour I'd already adde...

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Made a bunch of stuff last week. Spiced cookies with my son for his class (their theme for the week was dinosaurs, so we made dinosaur shapes); and stuff for my colleague's baby shower. Cupcakes, pastries, quiches, chicken wings, mojitos and bacon wrapped baby potatoes. Went down pretty well.

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It's a quagmire, but a bit classier than your run-of-the-mill quagmire. I'd say it's a shit sandwich, but the shit sandwich is wearing a top hat and monocle. Someone needs to turn this into a mascot or icon or something (not that a board can have an icon). Stat! Then someone needs to think of how t...

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Yay for delicious cake!

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Went on a work team build thing which was a group cooking class, enjoyed it more than I thought I would (because I barely knew anyone going). The menu was traditional South African food (each group got a different theme). Made a simplified version of the chicken tomato dish last night for dinner, so...

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Is it correct to say something like "Not sure what the impact will be coding-wise / business-wise"? I agree it seems right BUT I would add a comma: Not sure what the impact will be, coding-wise Although I'm at a loss to say why, except that whenever I say or imagine saying it, there's a s...

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Do teeth and peristaltic movements count?

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Made this bad boy for my friend over the weekend

Spoiler:

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Yeah I tend to go with a polite half smile too, seems to do the trick. I think if someone was that passive aggressive I'd just let it go, don't need that kid of crap in my day. Especially since the door holding thing is riddled with other existing gender based annoyances. I just walk.

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Echo244 wrote:Much obliged! I'll give the cheese muffins and crepes a go at some point soon. ;-D

Pleasure. Not sure the effect it will have to sub a runny milk like almond for the cream in the crepes, you may have to play with the recipe a bit and maybe increase the oil.

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Not sure if you mean the savoury muffin or pumpkin muffin recipe. The savoury muffin recipe relies on quite a bit of cheese, not sure if it's ideal, but here it is in a nutshell: 2 eggs 50ml milk 1 cup grated cheese 1 cup filling of choice - eg. ham and brocolli, roast cherry tomato and chopped basi...

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Can you eat mature cheese (lower in lactose, right)? Or maybe goat? I have a nice savoury muffin recipe if you can. Can you eat chia seeds? If yes, chia porridge could work. What about coconut flour? Lots of possibilities there. If you at some point know if flaxseed is ok, I have some recipes using ...

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What are your dietary requirements for breakfast? A lot of the low carb stuff is necessarily gluten free; I've made some pretty great breakfast "cereals" with nuts and seeds.

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Broccoli and blue cheese soup. Om nom nom.

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This weekend I made: - Chocolate cookies - Orange almond baked pudding - Ham, leek and mushroom mini quiches - Curried pumpkin soup (sooooooooo good) - Scotch eggs All low carb versions. I haven't felt like baking/cooking in a while so it was nice to get back into that groove; it's also good that I ...

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So yeah, at the bottom of the board there is a sub forum, Free as in Destitute. Its not really a secret per say, I suppose. It is opt in but unless you do, there is no indication of what goes on in there, if anything at all. Basically it consists of a large number of forumites, talking shit and bei...

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Corn? I've never seen that on a pizza. This was one of the biggest revelations of my time living in the UK. As someone who likes pops of sweetness, crunch and/or juicyness on pizzas (such as pineapple, peppadew, peppers etc), corn is definitely a great pizza topping for me. Especially on a deep dis...

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Stock is always nice to boil things in instead of water? Like rice, pasta and cauliflower. Otherwise, risotto, sauces and cold soups are all I got...

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Now I just need to find a dairy replacement in Cullen Skink , baring in mind it's usually made with cream instead of milk. I could try a similar trick using fish stock instead of chicken or veg, but I usually just buy my stock. Can anyone vouch for a particular (preferably UK) brand? Coconut milk w...

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