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MinnieSpender

Hi Melabarrie.

I bought my slow cooker last week. So far I've made soup, curry and chilli in it. When it's not in use I just sit and look at it because I love it so much. I know we're still in the honeymoon period, but I honestly think it's The One.

AussieLass

MinnieSpender wrote:

Hi Melabarrie.

I bought my slow cooker last week. So far I've made soup, curry and chilli in it. When it's not in use I just sit and look at it because I love it so much. I know we're still in the honeymoon period, but I honestly think it's The One.

That is very very sad. I expect you'll be giving it a name soon. I love my slow cooker too, obviously not as much as Minnie but I find they are great. Love microfibre cloths but can't get Stardrops here. [IMG]http://smileys.!!!!!!/cat/15/15_5_6.gif[/IMG] Welcome to OS.

MinnieSpender

AussieLass wrote:

That is very very sad. I expect you'll be giving it a name soon. I love my slow cooker too, obviously not as much as Minnie but I find they are great. Love microfibre cloths but can't get Stardrops here. [IMG]http://smileys.!!!!!!/cat/15/15_5_6.gif[/IMG] Welcome to OS.

Whaddya mean, will be? My slow cooker is called Sanchez. When he gets all sweaty from working so hard, I give him a rub down with Mildred the Microfibre Cloth.

:rotfl:

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AussieLass wrote:

That is very very sad. I expect you'll be giving it a name soon. I love my slow cooker too, obviously not as much as Minnie but I find they are great.

Funny you should say that mine is called 'Ebenezer' as it saves me bundles of cash :rotfl: :rotfl: I really am sad aren't I ?

AussieLass

JackieO wrote:

AussieLass wrote:

That is very very sad. I expect you'll be giving it a name soon. I love my slow cooker too, obviously not as much as Minnie but I find they are great.

Funny you should say that mine is called 'Ebenezer' as it saves me bundles of cash :rotfl: :rotfl: I really am sad aren't I ?

Yes Goes and puts thinking cap on to think of a name for slow cooker. :rolleyes:

catznine

I'll need to find 2 names then

1sttimer_2

Welcome Melabarrie - I often 'pop' in here and find so many good ideas.

I have a slow cooker but don't use it often as we are vegetarian and apart from soups I don't find many other uses for it.
Love my microfibre cloths - not yet tried stardrops
Like the Soap nuts for coloured washes - don't find it too good on whites though.
Use White vinegar for lots of things
I'm sure there is many more but the above is the most recent for me.

I'm sure you will find loads of good ideas too!

Queenie

melabarrie wrote:

I don't yet have a bread maker (but i do make bread often so maybe i won't bother with that), ..... don't have a slow cooker (can't figure out the money savings benefit of having one yet ...

:hello: Welcome melabarrie

I tend to use my slow cooker much more in warmer weather than in the colder months simply because my kitchen is really small and in the warmer weather, to have the cooker on is just too much heat!! The same is also true with the bread machine.

I have a large SC so I can also make good use of the glut of farm shop goodies to batch cook and freeze if/when necessary. In those ways, I find it more economical than using the oven.

Yet, in the winter months, the oven wins over the SC because it helps to keep the coldest corner of the house warm and I can utilise all three shelves in the oven.

It's very much horses for courses really.

In £-shops you can pick up microfibre cloths in lovely vibrant orange, deep pink and other colours - so I use a different colour for different rooms (the orange is definately the bathroom cloth and not to be confused with the blue kitchen cloth! :laugh:

Chipps

Hi Melabarrie - Welcome to OS

One of the things I use the SC for is to cook meat, for example on Sunday I put a turkey breast roast in, with some apple juice & sliced lemon, sprinkled with a little black pepper & dried garlic. When we got home from church, the turkey was cooked beautifully, not too dry - just had to do some new potatoes & veg to go with it: easy!

Microfibre cloths: I have bought mine from Aldi, they do a pack of 2. One is the ordinary sort, the other one is kind of velvety, great for cleaning things like computer & TV screens. I think they are about £1.79 for the 2, about that price, anyway.

leni

whilst just browsing MSOS, and trying to write my shopping list, I decided to actually see what was in my cupboards, fridge and freezer - the result - :eek:

I don't hardly need to go shopping this week! and I though we had "nothing in"

We have...

Fajita Dinner Kit
2 part-baked bread rolls
Riscotto Rice
Pearl Barley - (what do I do with this??? )
Macaroni - again what can I do with it?
Brown rice
pasta twists
2 packets of dried lasagne sheets
LOADS of paxo stuffing mix - any ideas what to do with it other than making stuffing?
2 tins mushy pea's
chopped toms
baked beans
2 tins fruit cocktail
2 tins rice pudding
tin sweetcorn
Shepherd's Pir sauce mix
creamy pepper and mushrooms sauce
plain pasta sauce
red and white lasagne sauces
chilli con carne mix
3 packets of custard powder - can I make anything other than custard? trifle - how?
beef and ale casserole mix
farmhouse veg soup mix
beef stroganoff mix
beef casserole mix

In the freezer

2 birds eye roast beef in gravy (from the Tesco club card promo last year :T )
WeightWatchers Beef Hot Pot
2 Asda Chicken Tikka Masala frozen meals
2 half size ham and pineapple pizza's
2 packs of lean mince
8 thick pork sausages
6 beef burgers
3 fish fingers
1 chicken burger
4 frozen samosa's
6 chinese style chicken drumsticks
8 irish sauages
Frozen chips
2 pieces of Haddock
Turkey Mince
2 processed stir fry's
4 half size corn on the cobs
bacon
frozen pea's!

:rotfl: and I thought I had nothing in!

Any idea's for what I can makes? I also have carrots, onions, potatoes, beetroot, spring onions, margerine, half a loaf, eggs, cereals, flours, sugar

what would be your meal plan if you had all the above? and could spare £10 for extra's?