Weekend in my kitchen! Surprise bag, Sainsbury's haul, the most incredible gluten free char siu I

Welcome to my kitchen! Join me for some incredible gluten free slow cooker and air fryer recipes, a Sainsbury's grocery haul and a Heron Food surprise bag. This was honestly the best homemade char siu recipe I've ever made!
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[@theresaegbuniwe5808]

Great video, really enjoy the longer ones. My heart melts when I see the chubby hands of your glamorous assistant (no not Ed, the little one) helping. Although Ed is fun in his own right with his pessimism and loving support of you.

[@catharinepearce2690]

Love the longer Vlog.

[@mumthings]

Fab thank you! Just trying out different things to see what works best xx

[@palmapechy7439]

I started cooking for my eighty-one year old daddy with olive oil because he has DVT in his legs and lungs. Olive oil has polyphenols that improve circulation and help to burn fat. Daddy is improving nicely on his blood thinner and blood pressure meds.

[@crystalr5090]

Yum! Your meals looked great! Surprise bags looked good. Well, except for the lime drink. Poor Ed! As for the video length, I'm good with anything you post. Have a great week! 🥰🐢

[@mumthings]

He was a brave soul drinking that 🤣 xx

[@traceyrhodes5224]

Love watching your vlogs😊so the longer the better keep them coming 😊

[@mumthings]

Thank you so much! Will do xx

[@vanessalynn902]

Longer vlog...two thumbs up!

[@mumthings]

Thank you! Xx

[@janecox4173]

Love the longer vlog as its nice to be able to settle into something xx

[@joannehart1073]

P.s I love Eds reaction when you said he had to try the like drink!

[@elizabethcanavan4519]

Loved this video great to see what goes on in your kitchen . That pork dish looked amazing I will have to make that.

[@mumthings]

Thank you! Hope you enjoy it if you try it xx

[@elizabethcanavan4519]

@@mumthings was soooo good

[@hilarywatts1547]

❤ When you have time longer videos would be great ❤

[@mumthings]

I’ll do my best! Seems like a fair few people watch my videos on TV and seem to prefer longer videos xx

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

I loved this video. My favorite pro art was your outdoor walk in which you found the wild garlic. I liked the still photo of the failed banana bread on the Percy Pig plate. Ed was so brave to try that " Lime " milk. And he had an ample amount of decorum to not just gasp and spit it out. Your Chinese meal looked scrumptious. And now I want some but have nothing like it right now. My trip to Aldi is in the morning!!!!😜

[@mumthings]

I need to get better about filming when I’m out and about! Xx

[@julie011267]

Wow I really enjoyed this long video you two are so funny together xx some more videos like this please x

[@dianefriedrich8722]

You all are simple rhe best. Keep Well and God bless u all❤

[@mumthings]

Thank you lovely, hope you’re well! X

[@catwatson5964]

Thank you for the recipes, I am looking forward to trying the potato patties, the char siu and the cream cheese and salami tacos from your other video. You are broadening my gluten free horizons! Xx

[@mumthings]

I hope you enjoy them! Thanks for watching 😊 xx

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

High Fructose Syrup is usually made of corn. It can be made from other things but seeing as it is America; it's corn. Never made from sugar. It was developed during a time when sugar prices became too high and large food companies looked for a cheap means to sweeten food.

[@mumthings]

Ah good to know! I don’t think we have it in the UK, or at least I haven’t seen it myself. It’s probably an ingredient in things though I’m guessing xx

[@joannehart1073]

Firstly you look great love the dress and your hair is gorgeous. The banana 🍌 bread looked good to me. I going to give that a go. As will the potato cakes! Everything in moderation!!! Love watching your channel!

[@mumthings]

Aw thank you so much! He’s a brave wee soul 🤣 xx

[@colettebishop2173]

Golden syrup is partially inverted refiners syrup. It's not made from corn. Soy sauce is labelled as " contains gluten" as flour is used to carry the koji when its added to the beans, but at the end of the process it will not test positive for gluten as the protein has been fully hydrolysed.

[@mumthings]

Fab thank you! I knew it sounded wrong as soon as I said it but could remember much about corn syrup xx

[@avawestwood3366]

How I miss a Chinese takeaway,(celiac) 🙄😉 You have inspired me to cook a Chinese meal this evening!!Thank you. I also love to see those little helping hands. I whole heartedly agree not showing faces! Xxx

[@mumthings]

Hope you enjoyed your meal! I miss Chinese takeaway too. If they ever find a cure for coeliac disease the first thing I’m doing is going for dim sum xx

[@alisonb7734]

Love the long videos

[@Olive_O_Sudden]

HFCS isn't readily available in North America; it's a commercial/industrial food product. The corn syrups you can buy for cooking and baking are not "high fructose," and, sadly, the golden variety doesn't taste anything like Lyles. Lyles used to be easier to find where I am in southern Ontario, Canada, but now it's really only available in specialty shops at offensively high specialty prices. These days, if I need golden syrup, I just make it from sugar and lemon.☺

[@scottcullen2832]

Holy moly, that smells like toilet cleaner, I’m not feeding that to my kids, Ed has to try it 😂😂😂😂

[@jonap5740]

PS That banana bread would work well with a bit of custard and cream poured over it, and some sliced, fresh banana!

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

That's precisely what I was thinking. Maybe not the banana slices but mixed berries.

[@mumthings]

Great idea! Xx

[@jonap5740]

@@gloriastroedecke2717 Mmmm! That would be even better!

[@deniseprice4318]

hi Claire, great video, love watching all of your filming but especially loved this one, so funny and informative at the same time... keep up the good work sweety, looking forward to the next xx take care xxx

[@youmeandthefamily.7112]

Hi claire the face ed made when trying the crusha was the same face nate pulled when he tried it. Nate does however love the chocolate and strawberry crusha. Maybe get ed to try them lol

[@mumthings]

🤣 I don’t think it’s a popular flavour. Good on Nate for trying it xx

[@CaliMishell]

Nice to see you! I’m with you on the hair washing. After 50, my hair got very dry. I wash 2x per week and have a pixie cut so it involves very little shampoo for a wash.

[@mumthings]

Thanks for watching! Yes after pregnancy my skin and hair have been much drier so once or twice a week is best for me. It’s funny what hormones do to us! Xx

[@gloriastroedecke2717]

Also wash just twice a week after age fifty and hair color. Shampoo tends to last longer than it use to. When I was a teen and early twenties, I washed my hair 5-7 times a week. I could never do that now.

[@ML-hh2tf]

Of nobody jas said it already you can try beetroot juice on place of the red food colouring ✌🏻😊

[@jonap5740]

I really enjoyed this longer video. There was a little bit of everything---very enjoyable. Your char siu looked so good. We make fried rice with bacon and use some of the fat in it. So sweet to see Freyja helping. She was a patient one, letting you do all the adding!

[@mumthings]

Bacon fat is absolute gold! She was too excited to get mixing 🤣 xx

[@anthonytaylor8672]

You are getting better. Your confidence is amazing. So inspiring! Passion is your hobby. You got it! Everybody please comment like and subscribe? Claire is helping us solve the biggest question of the day? What's for supper. See how your mouth started watering? Claire knows about that Yum Yum lol!

[@mumthings]

Thank you so much lovely! I always appreciate your comments xx

[@anthonytaylor8672]

It's just natural. You are amazing!

[@anthonytaylor8672]

You are what it's all about. As your channel grows you will grow. You never stop learning. I'm 52 and I've been married for over 35 years. My wife is just as beautiful as you. We started all over with kids. My oldest ate 29 and 31. My youngest are 9 and 11. Trying to figure out what to eat has always been a big deal lol! Thankyou Claire. Your knowledge is a blessing.

[@anthonytaylor8672]

I am a independent contractor of professional painting. Ill go and make 20k and then sit at the house for months lol.

[@sweepsmamma]

Fab video and yummy meals. Poor Ed having to taste the concoction 😂 bless him. I hope you had better weather than we did in the caravan our 7 stone 8 month old puppy had a nervous breakdown. Love the way you let your girls help. Take care lovelies 😘🥰 xxx😊

[@mumthings]

Aw poor puppy! Xx

[@billybofh2363]

Depending on the wee ones taste - I quite often use gochujang if I need a bit of garish red. Korean 'chilli' paste - but the stuff you get in supermarkets here is more on the sweet variety so not really spicy at all (more like paprika heat at most). And tends towards the day-glo side of things. But in theory it's fermented and shizzle, so you can tell yourself it's great for your gut biome. #winning #possibly

[@billybofh2363]

Not 100% sure it's gluten free mind you. Should be I think, but with the wonders of modern food science, who knows!

[@mumthings]

Ooh I will keep an eye out for it! Sounds delicious. Absolutely, fermented foods are always health foods in my book 🤣 xx

[@deestarleman4682]

Great video - thanks!!! ❤

[@mumthings]

Thank you! Xx

[@sleepymoo6130]

#SaveEd 😅 haha hes so funny!😅 xx

[@janeglover3241]

I like the longer video

[@MaureenFinn-r7e]

Hi, love your videos x A question about the mushrooms please ; do I wash them before r after freezing ?

[@mumthings]

I don’t wash mushrooms as they absorb a lot of water, I just wipe off any dirt with a clean, damp cloth xx

[@MaureenFinn-r7e]

@@mumthings Thanks x

[@uglenddalejones2]

Awesome (yes I’m up,at stupid o clock) 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙌 Your char Sui looked amazing Thumbnail opportunity missed when smelling the crusha space food liquid ectoplasms lol. P.s- I really love peking sauce,not too dissimilar to char Sui- I know it has fifteen ingredients,golden syrup is one coincidentally. Going back lastly to red food colouring- the peking sauce recipe I followed called for beetroot powder as a red colouring- thought I’d enlighten you to this. Had it on Amazon- it wasn’t expensive I remember. I’m heading back to my pit. Cheerio xxx

[@mumthings]

Haha maybe I should change the thumbnail! That’s a good too with the beetroot powder. I’ve never seen it in shops but I will have to go looking. Or maybe I could make it myself 🧐 xx

[@uglenddalejones2]

@@mumthings that is a typical you response- can I make it?! That,would be highly fascinating to hear about.if they sell it ,then it has to be possible. Xx

[@vanessalynn902]

@@mumthings make beetroot powder at home. Wash beets, slice about 1/4 inch slices, and dehydrate (if you do not have a dehydrator), you can use your air fryer at 125 degrees F/52 degrees C; it will take 8-10 hours depending on the humidity, let cool and use a grinder or food processor to powder. Store in an airtight container. Check your powder for a couple of days to look for clumping. If that happens, then dehydrate the powder for an hour or two. It costs cents and time. I dehydrate and powder veggies all the time it takes up less space than freezing. Worth it!

[@carolmasters1305]

Hi Claire watching this on a very windy Sunday evening. Have you noticed a new addition of The West County Paastie company. A good one for Ed's lunches and they are very tasty

[@mumthings]

Oh my days this wind is something else isn’t it! I haven’t spotted it but I will keep an eye out, thanks for the tip! Xx

[@carolmasters1305]

There's one at Lymm and one on the M6 Knutsford services, sorry Claire its on the Too Good to Go App, I know you can read minds 🎉❤ poor Ed Lime milk

[@Almond001]

Hi Claire, you mentioned while cooking the fried rice about your gluten problem, without going into detail, what was your symptoms? My good lady wife seems to be having tummy pains after eating bread and pastries. If you don't want to share your symptoms here I will understand.. Enjoy your vids by the way.

[@mumthings]

Aw sorry she’s not feeling great! I get gastric issues but also my stomach gets incredibly bloated (I look 6 months pregnant), my joints swell and I get brain fog for a couple of days. I was lucky that because coeliac disease runs in the family I recognised it pretty quickly. Definitely worth getting tested I think! Xx

[@janeglover3241]

Could you not freeze the sauce for your next Charsui ?

[@mumthings]

I probably should have! Xx

[@santhompson6738]

Thanks goodness you have posted a vlog Claire TV is rubbish 😆 xx

[@mumthings]

🤣 i don’t really watch TV these days at all. KZbin is where it’s at xx

[@tinamungroo180]

Love the long vlog I made salt and chilli chicken it was really nice. I also make my own samosas I was married to a Mauritian don’t worry he’s not dead I divorced him.

[@mumthings]

🤣 ooh salt and chilli chicken sounds delicious xx

[@traceysallotment2506]

Hi Claire I really wouldn't worry about the sugar or food colouring. All your meals are cooked fresh from scratch you guys eat loads of fruit and veg. I made a huge batch of jam with the fruit I had in the freezer and I had a comment about sugar. Yes i done loads of small jars but for one we share it out (iv already gave 6 jars away) and 2 it lasts ages so not as if we having it all in one go. The chai sui pork looks AMAZING. I couldn't cook rice to save my life so love my rice cooker ! It gets used at least once a week and I love fried rice. I got some red sticker pork steaks and think il do them this week 😋 I love eds contribution and the 'banter' between you both 😂 Mmm flapjacks 😋 I used to use golden syrup but my son prefers honey ones but its a good way to use the syrup. 😂😂😂 good on Ed taking one for the team 😂😂😂

[@mumthings]

Oh my days, jam is always half sugar there’s no way round it! I guess they’d never made it before themselves. You’re right, life is about balance a heavy sugar / food colouring day once in a while is absolutely not the end of the world. I make flapjacks with honey too. Sooo good 🤤 xx

[@colettebishop2173]

Pretty certain Sainsburys red food colour is black carrot and paprika, so nothing to have coniptions about.

[@traceysallotment2506]

@colettebishop2173 some are even beetroot extract too I am sure. So agree sugars etc I wouldn't be worried about esp with what Claire cooks it really is balanced 👌 😀 💛

[@lisesolberg5301]

Enjoyed this vlog. 15 to 30 minutes maximum is good, any longer and I get distracted. Ed is a good sport for drinking something that smells like a cleaning agent!

[@mumthings]

Thanks for the feedback 😊 he’s a very patient man bless him xx

[@Anneli590]

Poor Ed’s face trying the lime Crusha x

[@mumthings]

He’s a good sport 🤣 xx

[@paulamartin6049]

@@mumthings coyld you use it too make a key lime pie ???

[@terrykeily9788]

My wife bought some butternut squash it say you can not freeze it but my wife has will it be ok

[@mumthings]

While I would always exercise caution and common sense, I will say I have chopped up and frozen butternut squash and pumpkin before and it’s been fine. It holds its texture pretty well with freezing but might be best in soups etc rather than roasted. I’m not recommending you do it if the instructions say not to, but I have done it before with no ill effects xx

[@anthonytaylor8672]

Claire I've been watching other channels. People are saying chicken from Aldi has no flavor at all? I'm in the U.S. this has me thinking. What's your trials and tribulations with the chicken from Aldi?

[@mumthings]

Ooh I haven’t particularly noticed an issue with flavour but I do tend to buy either meat on the bone like drumsticks or wings, or boneless chicken thighs. I think those cuts have more flavour and better texture than chicken breast in general xx

[@ashleybosvik3031]

Is ed a office worker.

[@mumthings]

Nope, he’s an allied health professional xx (radiographer)