didn't get it all done - i love my mum, but her and her sister are damn hopeless at large scale stuff - what would take DH and I about 2 hours to get everything on the go took maybe 6 with them dilly dallying around. no matter how much i tried to say "hey, let's do it this way" it just didn't sink in! so i'm heading back to mum's today. i guess the fact that mum said "yeah, i have plenty of room" and then couldn't have more than four slow cookers on the go at once... grrrrrr

i left home at half 8 yesterday morning, got home just on midnight (crashed big time) - told her i'd be back around lunch time today so there goes another half day

BUT - having said that - there was not a single flop out of what we made (and it actually sunk in with my aunt!). yesterday we managed to cook:
potato soup
meatballs
chicken bolognaise
spaghetti bolognaise
braised lamb
braised beef
cottage pie base (will top with mash today and put them in the freezer)

today we're just doing the meal sized portions of all of that and cooking vegie soup and chicken stirfry

am exhausted, but it's not too hard to get these things done and mum's couch is comfy enough for me and Gremlin to have a break (cos Gremlin is kinda over mummy cooking i think!)


next mass cook up is at MY house, MY set up, MY rules - we'll get it all done really quickly!