and there's more...: busy job calls for slow cooker

and there's more...: busy job calls for slow cooker: I quite often use my slow cooker I love the convenience of it... ready when you come in from work I love the taste... delicious I love t...

busy job calls for slow cooker

I quite often use my slow cooker

I love the convenience of it... ready when you come in from work
I love the taste... delicious
I love the simplicity of it... you can put all ingredients in together ( but if I have extra time I do like to brown some of my ingredients first )

So the fact that with this new job, every day is different, and you never know what time  you are going to finish my slow cooker is going to be a God send...

And on that note I am going to share one of my recipes with you.. this is a very simple one

Savoury mince

• lean mince beef
• 2 onions chopped small
• 1 pepper   ( what ever colour you have in fridge )
• couple of cloves garlic chopped
• 2 or 3 carrots chopped small
• tin of tomatoes
• couple of beef stock cubes
• handful of frozen peas ( optional )
• a pinch of dried chilli flakes, for a little spice, and pinch of salt for taste ( optional )

so I havnt got much time so ...
in with the tinned tomatoes... and the stock cubes ..chilli flakes ..salt into slow cooker
all other ingredients can now go in too, give a good stir to mix all ingredients.. a little water can be added if necessary
cook on slow for 6/8 hours  ( work hours )  or 4 hours on fast
a spoonful of flour can be sprinkled on ingredients when cooking to thicken....

I usually serve with rice with this ...and if I have enough left over      ( thats if every dosnt want seconds )
I put it into a glass dish and put mashed potato over it..pop it in the oven for a delicious shepherds pie for the night after....delicious
and there's more....
another good accompaniment is dumplings...just drop a few on the top of mince in slow cooker for last half an hour...mmmmm....add a nice glass of red for the ultimate midweek treat

and of course this can be tweeked to each individuals preference....

perfect

and there's more...: you have to give it time???

and there's more...: you have to give it time???: Yes I know its only been 3 days in my new job...but I have to think about if I really cant do it So yesterday I applied directly to 2 compa...

you have to give it time???

Yes I know its only been 3 days in my new job...but I have to think about if I really cant do it
So yesterday I applied directly to 2 companies advertising job vacancies..  and there's more 
Yep I was flabbergasted...

 ( surprise (someone) greatly; astonish.

"this news has left me totally flabbergasted"

synonyms:

astonish, astound, amaze, surprise, startle, shock, take aback, take by surprise )

Yeah I hada quick peek to see if it meant what I thought it meant!!! 

I was offered two interviews!!!  And yes I feel very lucky, grateful, humbled to get interviews..and went to them both in the same day!!

the one I was more in interested in, is still pending....

the other one...would you believe,  has only been and offered me the job...

so even more flabbergast !!!!!    

so decisions decisions.... balancing the fors and againsts  

lovly people... only 15 minutes drive...

salary quite a bit less.... weekend working... 

so what to do... 

and there's more...: day 3...new job

and there's more...: day 3...new job: so after that long draining day yesterday... I got an early finish today... I guess they thought I needed it after yesterday!! so today w...

day 3...new job

so after that long draining day yesterday... I got an early finish today...
I guess they thought I needed it after yesterday!!

so today was easier than the last two days...with most of the patients able bodied and mind, this makes the job more enjoyable, makes it seem more worthwhile, improving the quality of life for these patients is very rewarding...

Will I stick the job  ?  who knows...

and there's more...: Day 2...oh my days

and there's more...: Day 2...oh my days: so my 2nd day out on the road..visiting the not so able in their homes... my day started at 7.45 am and ended at 7.10 pm...and its probabl...