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Don't really know where to put this, so it can go in chit-chat, if mods think it would be better elsewhere, feel free to move!
Just wanted to share this with everyone, because it has been one of my best purchases ever, and I soooo wish I had had it when I was doing my pre-op (and post-op, come to think of it!)
I bought myself a soup-maker a few weeks ago. It's great! It whizzes me home made soups in less than 1/2 hour, all made from scratch so healthy stuff, it can make chunky or puree... Where has it been all my life?
My band was giving me a bit of trouble (turned out I had a blockage which took a while to resolve) and this made all the difference, allowing me to still get the right nutrition in, and not struggling. Definitely the way to go for me in the future!
There are a few on the market right now, I got mine from Robert Dyas for £50 (Giles & Posner), but Lidl had the Morphy-Richards in for £40 last week and I got one for my DD, which seems better in that it also does smoothies etc, whereas the G&P one is just soups and that's all.
Recipes, well, plenty of those all over the Internet if you lose your booklet or are uninspired, but it's so simple even non-cooks shouldn't find it a struggle: basically, you chop in your choice of veg, pour stock (oxo cubes in hot water will do nicely), add seasoning, and boom. From 15 - 30 mns later, hot soup like you've been slaving over it for hours!
Hope this helps someone!
Just wanted to share this with everyone, because it has been one of my best purchases ever, and I soooo wish I had had it when I was doing my pre-op (and post-op, come to think of it!)
I bought myself a soup-maker a few weeks ago. It's great! It whizzes me home made soups in less than 1/2 hour, all made from scratch so healthy stuff, it can make chunky or puree... Where has it been all my life?
My band was giving me a bit of trouble (turned out I had a blockage which took a while to resolve) and this made all the difference, allowing me to still get the right nutrition in, and not struggling. Definitely the way to go for me in the future!
There are a few on the market right now, I got mine from Robert Dyas for £50 (Giles & Posner), but Lidl had the Morphy-Richards in for £40 last week and I got one for my DD, which seems better in that it also does smoothies etc, whereas the G&P one is just soups and that's all.
Recipes, well, plenty of those all over the Internet if you lose your booklet or are uninspired, but it's so simple even non-cooks shouldn't find it a struggle: basically, you chop in your choice of veg, pour stock (oxo cubes in hot water will do nicely), add seasoning, and boom. From 15 - 30 mns later, hot soup like you've been slaving over it for hours!
Hope this helps someone!
