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Create meals with a slow cooker You’ve pulled a 10-hour day without a break on just a banana and fi shpaste bap – and now you’ve got to cook dinner. In your state it’s going to be a pricey ready meal or doomed-to-fail scratch dish. Or cut food bills and waste with a slow cooker: add ingredients to the pot in the morning and return to a tasty soup or stew. Easy.
Buy vintage Versace online Secondhand clothes used to be about old army greatcoats smelling of sweaty truckers. Not any more, darlink! Swap shocking designer prices for fab vintage bargains at eBay or
evenoxfam.org.uk – it has a vintage and partywear section.
Swap for a top holiday hideaway Why spend 2k on a Tuscan villa when you can exchange your home for a free dream hideaway? Savvy types are saving on accommodation costs by house-swapping for their hols. Do it at
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Use scraps from the cupboard In our hygiene-obsessed, throwaway society, it’s easy to believe that last
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scraping of old(ish) mustard in the jar is seething with plague. But face your fear and don’t dump it. Instead, pour in a little olive oil, replace the lid and shake thoroughly. Voilà! A fresh salad dressing.
Find new uses for favourite things A chip in your treasured designer mug? This is not a tragedy, honest. Give it new life by fi lling with compost and planting with herbs. Display with not a little pride on your kitchen windowsill.
Make menu planning exciting Menu planning so you buy only the ingredients you’ll be using reduces waste and saves money. But surely, you ask, menu planning is for geeks who think bike clips are cute? Just include, say, four recipes a week from top chefs and your meals will be chic, not geek.
Sponge for longer-lasting food Be a sponger but in a nice way. Stick a clean, dry sponge in your salad drawer, where it will absorb excess moisture so foods prone to mould, such as tomatoes and strawberries, stay fresher for longer.
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READER OFFER: FREE INNOCENT JUICE
Here’s something that will put a smile on even the grumpiest of early-morning faces. Innocent is off ering readers a free 900ml bottle of unsweetened, not-from- concentrate orange or apple juice from its new range of juices. Simply add to your next shop, then enter the code COU4999503 at checkout. This coupon expires on 31 March 2012. Please note that each coupon can only be redeemed once, on a single unit of the relevant product at
ocado.com. Additional units will be charged at the usual price. The coupon cannot be used in conjunction with any other off er or promotion.
MIMI BERRY iPAD CASE GIVEAWAY
An iPad without a case to protect it is an accident waiting to happen. British leather goods company Mimi Berry makes a range of elegant and user-friendly bags, purses and wallets for men and women, many of them made in the UK, including this chic raspberry iPad case. And we have one to give away to a lucky reader. To enter this prize draw, email us at
ocado@augustmedia.com, using the subject line MIMI BERRY, and remember to include your name, address and phone number in the body of the email. The closing date is 29 February 2012, when the winner will be chosen at random. Turn to page 3 for full terms and conditions.
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