Well, it’s been quite some time since I last posted. Now my health is good again, I’m off the blood pressure meds after 16 years and I’m starting to feel really well again. Thank goodness. Now I’m ready to explore. Welcome back to my journey…

It started a couple of weeks ago. It was too hot to cook indoors, the humidity was off the scale and dripping into your dinner as you cook is no fun. So, I was trawling the internet for recipes (so that’s what you call it?) and I’d found some slow cooker groups on Facebook. Interesting stuff, mostly. It seemed like a good idea then, even though in my head slow cooked meals were a winter phenomenon. Apparently not. I was  pleasantly surprised to learn I was not utilising this cheap appliance to its full potential. I had acquired a secondhand cooker for all of $6.99 from Goodwill and figured I should give it a try. It works! Baking, braising, roasting, it seems the cooker has a lot to recommend it, and it didn’t fry me in the kitchen in the process! Ok, beef cheeks in Borello can wait till the first frost, but there are many things to attempt in the meantime.

The next few posts will be related to slow cooking, some stuff that is new, and some adaptations of previously stove topped tagine or other recipes. Have fun and enjoy the endeavours (and maybe some epic fails ha ha…)

kind regards,

J