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Wonderbag cookers are a South African invention that is useful anywhere in the world. A Wonderbag is a cloth bag filled with insulation and capable of being tied up tightly at the top. It is used as a non-electric slow cooker by heating your dish on the stove, in a pan that doesn’t have long handles sticking out. Then once it has reached boiling, you put the pot into the Wonderbag cooker and tie it up tightly so it stays hot for hours. Then eventually, voila! You have a hot dish. There is a bit more to it than that, so do take a look at the articles on this site.

My First Meal and My First Mistake with Our New Wonderbag Cooker

Simple Green Living: Tips, Tales, Reviews, & Recipes

Our arrived recently and we photographed its arrival and our first meal. I’ve just turned those photos into a YouTube video, which you can see further down this page. I was so thrilled with getting our non-electric Wonderbag cooker that I posted this on Twitter: Love it! Slow cooker without electricity! https://t.co/BPw4fqtiAd pic.twitter.com/JKPaXNffVx — Zana Hart (@simplegreenlvng) May 7, 2016 I’ve also blogged about the Wonderbag here before. So why is this thing inspiring my media outreach so much? (I also posted on Facebook and Pinterest, and believe me I am no social media maven!) It uses a way of cooking … Continue reading →

Love Slow Cooking in the Innovative Wonderbag Cooker

Simple Green Living: Tips, Tales, Reviews, & Recipes

How can the simple non-electric make such a difference in so many lives? I’ll get to that, but first let’s see what it does. You start a dish on your stovetop as usual, for example a beef, veggies, and rice casserole. You’re cooking it in a pot of yours that has short handles and a good lid. The pot can be between 2 quarts and 9 quarts in size, and it’s best to make a dish that pretty much fills the pot so it will stay hot longer. After just a few minutes, the food reaches a rolling boil. You turn the … Continue reading →