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Yep definately better than shop bought. I will be doing them again.

The girls absolutely gulped them down with their salad so I'd say it was a success !!! xx

Whirley, could you let me have your Nan bread recipe please? I have a bread maker with loads of recipe's but not one for Nan bread.

sounds a succes Muffy. I think once you do these things, you dont buy shop stuff. I dont buy pizza's from the shop (unless an offer is on and i can pop em in the freezer, handy If i'm working late etc). I make my own pasta sauces and curries, pittas and naan breads, and my own burgers, with the help of a niffy little burger maker machine i bought from Lakeland plastics years back..........

Homemade is best, you know what goes into it..

Well I'm just a novice at the mo Whirls but I totally agree home made is better by far.... I do my own soups, quiches, pies, cakes and now pizzas...

I always said I couldn't cook...but I can (not to a high standard but good enough)....really what I should've been saying is I won't cook..because I lacked the confidence. I've given up on meringues and mayonnaise because they were rubbish lol but other than that I've pretty much sussed all that I've tried so far xx


>>>>off to look at burger makers now.....lol>>>>

anyone can follow a recipe Muffy, and a recipe is only a guideline so if ya feel like adding something extra then why not. When I do my naan bread, when rolling it, I roll in chopped garlic and corriander....

I havent done a quiche for ages, cos OH doesnt like them.......but I did a steak and kidney pie a couple of weeks back...and an extra for the freezer......I use puff pastry..I dont make that...too much of a hard task!!

I haven't attempted puff pastry yet...I've mastered shortcrust so am sticking with that for a while !!!

Is this the burger maker you have?

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/burger-maker/F/product/10481_10501?src=gpute&sq=burger%20press

that's the one, you put the meat in, stick the lid thing on, press down (there's an in built spring) and you take the burger out.

I ran out of the was discs, so improvised with no stick baking paper stuffy...

Brill. IIt looks like a great new toy ....its now on my *want* list ...I'd love to do homemade burgers ..

.It's my wedding anniversary tomorrow so I'll shame him into getting me one if he forgets about it (which I'm expecting cos I nearly did lol) xx

well it went ok, but read it to late whirley i stuffed some flour in so i could get the dough out as it was very sticky, then i stretched it over 2 pizza pan thingies , i didnt leave it to rise norty i just layered some cheese and toms with minced beef chilli garlic mushrooms, then more greated cheese lurvely.
the other one was a bit fishy, it was layered cheese cooked mush in garlic tomatoes prawns and anchovies yummmmmmmmmmmmm

Glad it worked out ok for you Puss.

Whirls....If I were to make another pizza base tomorrow and shove it in the freezer once I've rolled it out would that be ok? Or is it best to make them fresh? xx

Thanks Whirley for your recipe will let you know how it goes.

Muffy and homemade burgers dont shrink like the frozen shop ones do.........a pound of mince meat goes along way when burger making...

JG, as said the recipe i gave you is based on my bread maker........so results on others may vary:)

Muffy, I havent frozen a rolled out piece of dough, so dont know the answer, normally things that go in the freezer, like veg are blanched beforehand ie semi cooked...........

I'd probably cook the rolled out dough for abt 3 mins, leave to cool then freeze.........but i maybe wrong...............YOU GOT ME THINKING NOW........

Whirls I just ordered a burger maker from Ebay brand new in box...100 sheets of dibble £5 inc postage !!!

I'll let you know if they turn out edible LOL xx