slow cooker

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

October 15, 2013 By Ellen 1 Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 Leave a Comment

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 […]