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After you've shuffled through stop go traffic to get home you really need to get fed as soon as possible. I try to organise as much as I can in the morning to I can feed my hungry face as soon as possible. To that end, before I left this morning, I pulled a few stalks off a head of cauliflower, the same again with some broccoli, washed them and left them covered in a pan on top of the stove. I peeled a few potatoes and left them covered in water, I add a squirt of lemon juice to make sure they don't discolour. I made a casserole and switched on the slow cooker. (It's about 6.30 am at this point) I then loaded the washing machine, swept out and set the fire and ran the hoover round the place.
This meant that within thirty minutes of coming home, I could light the fire, serve up supper and have the evening to myself. I even put some lunch in tupperware (ish) ready for tomorrow. The fire is going, the washing is hanging in front of it to be ready by morning and I'm now off to walk the dogs. Happy St Piran's day!!!!
Well.....................you've got to get on.
Over to you. How do you save time and make your life easier?
Love Froogs xxxx
21 comments:
I use to do the same thing that you do before I went to work. I used my crockpot a lot back then :)
I'm retired now so I don't have the rush, rush schedule so I can take my time cooking and baking :)
i just posted how I save time through cooking in bulk, an dnot wasting food, makes a huge difference to my life and the spare time i have available. I prep meals int he morning too, and i love walking in to the aroma from the slow cooker after a long day out.
I aways prepare the night before, uniforms, clothes all laid out, packed lunches made, shoes polished save the mad rush in the morning. A load in washer before work and hung out when I get home and if I'm really organised dinner in the slow cooker the night before so it's waiting when we get home.
twiggy x
I do similar to you, lunches are made the night before and put into the fridge. Makes life so much easier.
Happy St Piran's day. We've had pasties for dinner (alas, not homemade).
Either the slow cooker or the opposite - pressure cooker. I try to think ahead - for instance I never boil just one egg, they keep for several days and I can always use a hard-boiled egg.
I do the same thing! But washing hung out on the line which I've set up in the garage. My aunt (an ex-matron at hospital) always has 'one in the cupboard and one on the go' for any pantry goods so if you open it, add it to the list.
Even though I am at home a lot I use my slow cooker a lot. It saves me precious energy as I can prep a meal and add to it over the course of the day.
Before if I had a bad day with the ME/cfs then my husband would buy a takeaway which soon added up! Can't afford that now so the slow cooker is saving us a fortune! I love the smell of dinner cooking as well, really makes me feel I have achieved something and is lovely for husband as well to come home to.
I actually have 2 slowcookers and had them both in use today, casserole and dumplings in the big one (enough to freeze some as future ready meals) and a pea and ham soup in Mum's old tower slowcooker.
quick food can also be a lifesaver. Tonight we went to the gym straight from work and I grilled some pork steaks. In the time that I grilled them I prepared a greek salad to go with them. was lovely.
Dydh Sen Pyran lowen. I went to Truro to watch the parade. It was quite heartwarming to hear such a large group singing Trelawney! :)
Had a pasty from Rowe's too. It was a special occasion after all! :)
1- double up when cooking - make two freeze one
2- put chicken carcase in slocooker tonight, so there will be stock all ready tomorrow for making soup
3- above all, plan ahead
Frugal Queen could we please have someof your slow cooker recipes. Thankyou Lindel.
Frugal Queen could I have some of your slow cooker recipes. Thankyou Lindel
I try to batch cook as much as possible, thanks to you. A while back, I made a bunch of Mexican beef tamales, approx 150 of them. They are time consuming to make, but keep well in the freezer. When we are in the mood, we take them out to steam for 30 minutes. Usually 7 for my husband and 4 for me for an easy lunch or dinner. Currently, I have a turkey thawing in the freezer. I will brine it, smoke it, then plan on making turkey pot pie with the leftovers.
Even though most days I have the luxury of being home I try to plan ahead. It just makes the evening go smoother. (I also like to keep a few things more or less made up and in the freezer.)
On days when I know life is going to be hectic or I have to be away from home the crockpot is a godsend.
I love my slow cooker, it is a real boon. I also do things like getting food out of the freezer the night before and doing lunches the night before. Being prepared and organised definitely helps to feel less stressed x
I always prepare as much as I can the night before. In the mornings, it always seems to be enough work to get myself up and ready to go out to work : )
Do slow cookers smell? I constantly have a stew or stock on the hobb and quite like the oniony, meaty aroma. However my mother, who has the nose of a bloodhound, has moved in half the week and says all she can smell is sweat and deadbodies mmm! I wonder what Bisto could do with that as a tagline? So I now cook my stews when she is not around, open the windows for a couple of days and then recook really, really quickly to cut back on smells. Do I need to invest in a slow cooker? Would it work or would the bloodhound still pick up the scent?
When the children were in nappies I used to take them off the line and fold them ready for use with a liner in them all in a pile, so I never had to fumble when a change was necessary. I put everything for upstairs on my stairlift chair and try to carry it all on my lap as I go up and when I'm upstairs I do similarly for stuff coming back down. My arms can be pretty full, but as long as I can flick the switch to go it's fine. When I've had roast chicken I strip it immediately after the meal and put the carcass on with onions, carrots and parsley stalks before I clear up from the meal. The meat goes in the fridge for later and the stock with the addition of veggies another day becomes a soup.
When the children were in nappies I used to take them off the line and fold them ready for use with a liner in them all in a pile, so I never had to fumble when a change was necessary. I put everything for upstairs on my stairlift chair and try to carry it all on my lap as I go up and when I'm upstairs I do similarly for stuff coming back down. My arms can be pretty full, but as long as I can flick the switch to go it's fine. When I've had roast chicken I strip it immediately after the meal and put the carcass on with onions, carrots and parsley stalks before I clear up from the meal. The meat goes in the fridge for later and the stock with the addition of veggies another day becomes a soup.
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