so I hear people say all of the time..

aww, eating healthy isn't cheap 

well that's just a load of rot from someone who doesn't know what they are talking about, and to be quite frank, most likely someone who doesn't do the cooking or is too lazy to make a healthy meal for their family...

today I spent $70 and made two soups, and, two stews...

here's what I purchased.. you'll see apples and yakult in there as well as part of the $70... mind you I already had carrots in the fridge so didn't need to buy them...



so i'll start with the soups..

I have a Tefel soup maker as some of you may have seen already... it's not one of those inferior products that you see with a plastic bowl.. the Tefel is stainless steel and as tough as nails...

this is mine while cooking today...



so... i'll teach you on how to make two soups and how damn easy it is... a veg soup and a pumpkin soup... you wont believe how tasty they are once you try them... so sweet and yummy using all natural ingredients..

first... with the vegetable soup... you'll need this..

one vegetable pack from woollies.. some chopped garlic and half a cube of vegetable stock...

this is it



no seriously.. that's it... you'll also need 800 ml of water...

I don't peal any of it accept taking the outer layer off the onion.. cut off the ends if need be and dice it up.. it should look like this..



once you chop it up just chuck it in the Tefal.. add your 800 ml of water, half a cube of vegetable stock and two teaspoons of garlic



turn it on to P2 and 35 mins later its done





it took me 7 minutes to dice and put the ingredients into the bowl..

so while that ones cooking for 35 minutes with a blend at the end which is all automatic... you start preparing the next soup... the pumpkin soup...

tbc

BatteriesNotIncluded wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 5:13pm:


hang on, wait, there's more...

people talk about spending HUNDREDS of dollars every week on groceries.. 4 . 5 hundred etc.... im giving you the option to halve it..

this will feed two adults for smoko, lunch/dinner meals for 7 days

PS don't taste test it as soon as its finished.. it'll burn your mouth out...

if you take the lid off two quickly it can bubble and spit out hot soup...

so leave it for a bit... 

Aussie wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 5:54pm:


Harvey Norman have them... Tefel try and maintain their price and price them at $299

but I beat them down on price... I got that one for around $270

I know that dear... but you are getting a stainless steel bowl that's bullet proof..

I hear from a lot of people that have the plastic bowl that they burn the bottom turning it black...

that's just not on... no way.. to me its a fire hazard..

get one of these and you'll have no trouble, NO burning and easy to clean...

after two soups all I had to clean was

one bowl,

one knife,

one tea spoon...

wow... 

Unless you are going to fry off the veggies and meat and getting some maillard caramelisation I don't like the sound of those soups.

Datalife wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 6:13pm:


suck it and see... you'll be surprised...

I can't believe how sweet these recipes are... if you cooked them on the stove they'd be bland by themselves...

but the recipes above are my likes and the mrs... there's plenty of other recipes you can try to your taste in the books that you get...

President Elect, The Mechanic wrote on Jul 9^th, 2014 at 5:26pm:

Now ya tell me: laughing dood- sweet!

so...

I also have a Tefal pressure cooker.. I think its called "Cook for me" or something like that..

I cooked two stews today as well...

this one is a chicken stew...



about 500grams of chicken... I use stir fry strips as they are easy to cut up...

five "mash" type potatoes.. so the white ones

five sticks of celery, or 3 of the full sized ones

five carrots

two onions

a couple of cups of frozen vegies...

umm.. about 2 table spoons of garlic...

one cup of red wine.. (some people use white)

2 tbl spoon olive oil and a slice of butter

2 cups of Vegetable or Beef stock... depend on what you like.. either one..

2 cans of diced tomatoes..

brown the chicken in the oil and butter... add in a tble spoon of oregano, 2 of Garlic, then add a cup of red wine.. and then if you like add in the onion and marinade for a few minutes..



all this is done in the one pot...

then add in the rest of the ingredients and set for 25 minutes...

that's it.. you are done..

don't eat until around at least 6 hours later to let the flavours set in...
we usually wait till the day after... the longer it sits the more flavours blend in and are stronger.. its amazing.. so tasty