Recent content by grannym

When I owned the icecream van I sold a "Fixxy-Lix" cone as one of my tributes to nostalgia - icecream covered in sherbert, a sherbie on the top and finished off with a licorice straw - they were popular with young and old.

How do you keep cool in Summer ? I bought a cooling mat for the puppies a few seasons back, but decided to give it a try first, then they had to wait until I bought them another one - I ended up buying 2 large and 2 small (the size of a pillow) for myself - much cheaper buying those for pets...

When defrosting of minced meat, to prevent edges from starting to cook while centre is still frozen - put portion required into a freezer bag, flatten and make a decent sized hole in the centre - like a donut.

I buy a whole chook and cut into pieces and freeze in portions enough for one meal - eg drumsticks, thighs and breast meat, the wings and carcass for stock, broth, soup - 6 or more meals for one person. I also buy boned roasting pieces of pork, beef and lamb and slice them into steaks and also...

Intermittent fasting! I water fast/black coffee/herbal and green teas whenever I feel like it, with meds (for BP and Tikka) & supplements every day for abt 20 hours now, started at 16hrs and worked my way up, an hour longer every day, and have lost 10kilos since the first week in September - I...

Apple Cider Vinegar works for us - abt 10-15ml/1tblsp either straight or in water