Sharabelle bakes

Bicarbonate of Soda Not just for baking I don't remember how it started, but it ended up as a joke between my mum and I.  All the things that you can do with bicarbonate of soda.  Every time we needed to do something in the house, "get the bicarb out" Why bicarbonate of soda? It's a chemical compound that's a type of salt. Historically it's been used in one form or another since the Egyptian times, when it was used in natural form as Natron. It's seen as Eco friendly, which is something we all need more of in this world.  It's the one kitchen item you can use to bake a cake, then clean the oven it was baked in.   The Kitchen helper - Chopping Board : To get rid of strong smells and odours from your chopping board, sprinkle on 3 tbsp of Bicarb followed by enough water to moisten.  Leave for 15 Min's, the rub well clean then dry. - Worktops :  Use the same principle as above, to clean down your worktops.  Only use ho...

Waste not, Want Not Oops Kitchen Problems     We've all had them, those little Oops moments in the kitchen.  Last year I was making 3 bean vegetarian chilli and instead of flicking the top on my hot sauce bottle, I twisted the lid off instead.    Went right ahead shook the bottle the way I normally do, only this time I poured in nearly half the bottle instead of a few drops. I  like my food with a kick to it, just not that much of a kick!   Most people would have just dumped the chilli, but since I'm a thrifty Scot my first thought was how do I save this.    If I had had an extra tin of tomato sauce I would have poured it straight in too dilute the Spice.  Instead I decided to substitute cous cous for the rice, made some up and stirred through the very hot Chilli.  To my surprise it worked, the bulk of the plain cous cous made the chilli edible with out burning the lining of my stomach.  ...

 Kitchen Helper Sodium bicarbonate or Bicarbonate of soda there the same thing   Sodium Bicarbonate I had an appointment last week with  Ears, Nose and throat.   Iv had sinus problems for years, I have allergy like symptoms with out actually having an allergy!!!!  It's a bit like having food intolerance's with out having an allergy.  They can both cause a lot of pain, but are not life threatening.  Along with brushing my teeth in the morning and at night, I can now add rinsing out my nostrils.  According to the leaflet I got   "Rinsing your nose is a safe way to help wash crusts and mucus from your nose".  From my point of view it's not really a fun thing to do, however I'm willing to try anything to stop my nose constantly running.  Lucky for me I already had all the ingredients to make a rinse, so did not really have any excuse for putting it off.  Nasal wash Recipe   1...