A tip from Evie-Rose's mum

When I first started this blog I said that one day, maybe, if they were interested, I would have other Mums as guest bloggers, well we aren't quite there yet but... I thought I would share a fabulous tip from my friend Evie-Rose's Mum.

The other day I had a Mummy brain moment, lost in the wonders of vacuum packs (yes I am new to these) and I thought to myself Gee its funny how stewing pears and vacuum packs smell like fairy floss.

They don't. Only stewing pears smell like fair floss, but that smell quickly turns to burning and smoke if you leave the pears on the stove and get lost in vacuum packs.

So I was complaining to Evie-Rose's Mum that I had to scrub the pan for days to get it clean and she shared this gem.

Put water, bicarb and a dash of dish washing liquid into the pot. Return to the heat and cook off the burnt bits.

It works a treat! Matilda's Dad had a similar Daddy brain moment the other night with dinner and we got to give Evie-Rose's Mum's hint a try. Not only do we now have a sparkling clean pot but we had fun watching it all react and bubble up like a science experiment.

Which reminds me - if you are going to give this a go don't add too much water and do not walk away from the stove (do it when the kids are in bed!) as you will have a much bigger mess to clean up if you do!