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Wonderbag!
Mar. 15th, 2014 09:10 amI have for some time been contemplating making a haybox.
I am v hungry by the time I come in from work. If I'm local I sling things in the slow cooker. If I'm not, I buy sugar on the way home, because train delays, last minute far away meetings, etc, make me worry a tad about things burning dry. So it limits spontaneity.
Hay box however
- needs some kind of carpentry ability or purchase of a cool box
- requires hay. Or old duvets. Both of which I am short of. And both of which smell funny.
I also looked at pan in thermos style cookers, although
- pricey and
- you only get one pan with them that fits
Enter the Wonderbag!
Same principles, a drawstring bag you pop your pot in, full of beanbag style beans (except they withstand higher heats.)
£30, and one is donated to a country with fuel poverty, put any two handled pot you have in it.
So far I have made
- spicy lentils
- overnight oat groats
- and currently in is coconut cherry rice pudding
I boil stuff for 10 mins while having breakfast/ dinner and then pop it into the bag. Grains cook, pulses soften. I may even go back to the thrifty world of cooking chickpeas from dried. (I grew tired of cleaning gunk out of the pressure cooker valve last time.)
Thumbs up from me! I vaguely expect it saves on my fuel bill vs cooking things in the steamer, rice or slow cooker; but the lazy moo factor is the real win here.
Apparently they are also good at keeping things warm or cool for picnics, but I am not sure I know lots of people who would like to have an outdoor veggie curry vs going to a restaurant.
I am v hungry by the time I come in from work. If I'm local I sling things in the slow cooker. If I'm not, I buy sugar on the way home, because train delays, last minute far away meetings, etc, make me worry a tad about things burning dry. So it limits spontaneity.
Hay box however
- needs some kind of carpentry ability or purchase of a cool box
- requires hay. Or old duvets. Both of which I am short of. And both of which smell funny.
I also looked at pan in thermos style cookers, although
- pricey and
- you only get one pan with them that fits
Enter the Wonderbag!
Same principles, a drawstring bag you pop your pot in, full of beanbag style beans (except they withstand higher heats.)
£30, and one is donated to a country with fuel poverty, put any two handled pot you have in it.
So far I have made
- spicy lentils
- overnight oat groats
- and currently in is coconut cherry rice pudding
I boil stuff for 10 mins while having breakfast/ dinner and then pop it into the bag. Grains cook, pulses soften. I may even go back to the thrifty world of cooking chickpeas from dried. (I grew tired of cleaning gunk out of the pressure cooker valve last time.)
Thumbs up from me! I vaguely expect it saves on my fuel bill vs cooking things in the steamer, rice or slow cooker; but the lazy moo factor is the real win here.
Apparently they are also good at keeping things warm or cool for picnics, but I am not sure I know lots of people who would like to have an outdoor veggie curry vs going to a restaurant.
