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Whilst i was watching 'This Morning' this morning, a man was on about useful websites, he comes onto the show every week

and this week he mentioned this site, what you do is tick the boxes that match what you have in your kitchen cupboards at home and it tells you what meals you can make out of what you have, i think its excellent...instead of thinking 'i've got nothing in for tea, what can i make?' it sorts it out for you


have a go, its brilliant

http://www.cookingbynumbers.com/

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I have seen that site. It provided me with a list of options
The last one was 'a cup of coffee' :rolleyes:

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HAHAHAHAHAHAHA is that all you had in your cupboard?

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I can make bacon surprise..... the surprise is, its just bacon lol

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I said 'the last on the list'
I thought the 'beans on toast' option was quite imaginative :rolleyes:

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Get c00king!
Here is your lucky selection...


70% of 10 ingredients in Beef and Beans Pie.
A variation on cottage pie, this is tasty and quick.
You are missing an essential ingredient : Ground beef.


So how can i make that? :D

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lol beans pie it is then Jen ;)

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Ok that was the lucky one ... this is what its said for the rest of it:

What are you going to c00k?
Here are the recipes you can make, so click on for a more information and how to do it, print it off and get cooking. They are listed in order, with the top one having the most % of ingredients you have.

100% of 1 ingredients in Grilled tomatoes.
A great accompaniment to many things, and just as good on their own.
100% of 1 ingredients in Chocolate dream
This is the best way to eat chocolate. My mother thinks that it is a crime to sully the taste by adding anything to it. So sit back and enjoy it.
100% of 1 ingredients in Tomato concassee
Its great stuff, this is what you can do with it.
100% of 2 ingredients in Baked Beans on Toast
We all know and love this, so go on get to it.
100% of 2 ingredients in Cheese on Toast
Come on don’t look at me like that, I had to include it, I have lived off it for long enough.
100% of 2 ingredients in Cheese Sandwich
The original Earl of Sandwich probably would turn in his grave at the common use of his name, but who cares? Tuck in.
100% of 2 ingredients in Hot or cold, Italian tomato salad.
A much more flavoursome way to eat a traditional salad.
100% of 2 ingredients in Baked bean sandwich
Hot or cold, the epitome of student cooking, here it is in all it's glory.
100% of 2 ingredients in A cup of coffee
So you only have coffee? Well make a cup, ponder on life and why you have no food in the house.
100% of 2 ingredients in Grilled Vegetables
A Mediterranean style of cooking your vegetables- don’t forget to turn them.

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In actual fact im making chicken and vegetable stir fry with noodles in sweet chilli sauce

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baked bean sandwich......yum!

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I actually like the look of the fish with herby tomato and peppers!! might give that one ago

Lesley quickly saves site to favourites :D

karma on its way flashy, great find as I love ideas of what to make when I haven't been shopping

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thanx for the karma Lesley, i'm glad someone appreciated it hun ;)

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Well it came up with 16 meals for me well, cup of coffee was one, some of them were quite good really:)

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Ive been shopping today.. i went for i feel lucky and it came up with cheese on toast!

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I never got a reply.Is it because i ticked 37boxes?

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lol could quite possibly be :D

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For somebody who is not very imaginative with food this is a great site...thanks.

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why the hell have i been deducted twice for this thread??

and who is rik?

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happen thought you didn't need any help Beni:D

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Well i said i had eggs, mushrooms, butter, salad, cheese + cooked meats in my fridge and it says......wait for it............



...........MUSHROOM OMELETE!! :blink8::w00t: ....well why didnt i think of that?:rolleyes:.....LOL oh it also did say tomato omelete :rolleyz8:



But it is a good site;):alright:....karma on tha way chuck!!

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thanks for the karma panther and norwich stanley, much appreciated :D

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Just had a look at it, it said I had 67% of the ingredients for roast chicken......except the chicken !:rolleyes:

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yeah we've had that crack already Lindsay

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Should have told the truth in the first place.


2 oxo's and a kettle (that i have to measure by hand because i can't afford a Tefal one cup):tongueout

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well if you have an oxo,,you cant say you havent got the ingredients for a square meal...:biggrin8::rofl38:

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Nice one GC and Flashy haven't looked because there is no grub in at mine. Eating at mum's at the moment;)

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I ticked cheese ,beans ,tomatoes, milk ,amongst other recipes it gave me a recipe for CHEESEY OMELETTES ,and then it said ,you are missing an essential ingredient EGGS :hehetable
its a brilliant site though and i too have added it to favourites

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well will try it for tea tonight as being on nights a quick tea is handy when up late for work LOL :p let you know what it comes up with LOL

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I typed in PORK and it gave me a recipe for Rosemary Roast LAMB, guess which essential ingredient I was missing!:eek:

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icant cook to save my life iam 33 now living bk at home after spliting up from the ex after 10 years and she loved to cook so i never had the need to cook ok i can do very basic stuff microwave meals bacon buttyd etc. now iam living bk with my mum its great the only thing i cant cook is fried eggs lol sad at 33 when you can even fry an egg

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I hate cooking - really. I'd sooner clean the toilet so this is a great site - thanks!

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I love cooking, always experimenting with different things.