slow cooker

288/365 What happens when your family is a well-oiled machine?

October 15, 2013 By Ellen

No really? What happens, because I have no flipping idea. I picked up Boy Three and Boy Two from nursery today with high hopes of a freshly cooked supper and a contented evening. Boy Two was in the holiday afterschool club – not ACTUAL nursery – under huge sufferance and in a big strop. But boy Three was […]

An evolution of ovens…

September 27, 2013 By Ellen

Where did it all start? When the first person discover that their freshly slain supper tasted so much better if you dropped it in a fire for a while? Did they instantly understand that if you heated it for the right amount of time it would smell amazing and everyone would gather hungrily and […]

253/365 making friends with the slow cooker

September 10, 2013 By Ellen

This is what the peperonata sauce looked like at first. Later it just looked like sauce. I got the slow cooker out of the cupboard today. I know the food is easy, healthy and delicious. And a slow cooker is an energy efficient way of cooking. Previously I’ve tried and ended up bunging the […]