How can I use a slow cooker besides cooking

Many housewives in the house have a crock-pot, which allows you to cook a variety of dishes. But besides cooking, this appliance is capable of performing other functions that many did not even think about. This multifunctional device allows you to cook not only a delicious lunch or dinner, but also do a lot of useful things.

Hidden multicooker features

Using a slow cooker you can do a lot of useful and interesting things. To do this, it is enough to read useful workshops and show imagination. Of course, safety precautions must be followed.

Slow cooker as an air freshener

It's no secret that while cooking in a slow cooker, the kitchen is filled with wonderful delicious aromas. But besides this, the device can also work as an air freshener. It is enough to add a few drops of essential oil to the container, or you can just drop freshly cut cubes of oranges, apples or mint into the water. Next, the slow cooking mode on low heat is turned on. Very soon, the room and even the whole apartment will be filled with a pleasant aroma. It also happens that you just need to get rid of the unpleasant persistent smell. For example, after cooking the fish. A solution of soda, which you just need to put in a certain mode, will perfectly cope with this task.

In addition to an air freshener, a multicooker can also be a humidifier. Humidify the air with ordinary water, just boiling it, even without additional aromatic means.

ATTENTION! If a cold has suddenly started, the device will help to disinfect the room and will be an excellent device for inhalation. To do this, you can add cold balms to the water. This is another unusual use.

Make candles and soap

The recipe for making soap is quite simple. To prepare it, you need the following ingredients:

• 3⁄4 cup of water;
• 1⁄4 cup liquor;
• 2⁄3 cup olive oil, 2⁄3 cup sunflower oil;
• 2⁄3 cup coconut oil (if desired, it is better to add almond oil in combination with a grape seed squeeze).

It is these components that make a fragrant home soap. You can also experiment with the color of the soap by adding additional ingredients. For example, recycled coffee beans. It will make a wonderful scrub soap with an invigorating coffee aroma. Or add a few drops of lavender oil, orange pine or rose. This is a great solution for home spa treatments.

Similarly, soaps are made in a slow cooker and candles. To create scented candles, you should fill the device’s capacity with soy wax flakes and choose the aroma of your choice. When the resulting mass begins to cool, put a wick in it. This moment is important not to miss, otherwise you will have to slightly heat the whole mass again. You can also add various dyes or flower petals to create special gift solutions.

Make a moisturizing balm or lotion

Surprisingly, even body lotion is easy to make with your own hands. For dry skin prone to peeling, lotions are suitable, which include beeswax, oil with vitamin E, and coconut oil. Various aromatic oils are also added to the lotion.

REFERENCE! Balms are made using the same technology. Beeswax and essential oil formulations are mixed. Now you can no longer buy lip balm, especially since the process of preparing it at home is much more environmentally friendly.

Plasticine

Plasticine "cook" in a slow cooker will also not be difficult. The recipe is quite simple. The following ingredients must be mixed: flour, salt, corn starch, water, tartar, and oil. Next, simmer the resulting composition for about half an hour. Before cooking, food coloring is added to the mixture.

IMPORTANT! You can simultaneously paint plasticine in several colors at once, separating the plates. When the clay has cooled, it can be used.

Other

A slow cooker is a real solution for those who like to use everything natural without adding any ingredients of a chemical origin. For example, you can make a sunscreen at home. It will be hypoallergenic, and in its protective properties it is not so different from the products that are sold in stores. To make a cream or mousse, shea butter, beeswax, coconut and olive oil, zinc oxide, vitamin E are required. Such a cream, prepared in an unconventional way, is also very useful for the prevention and treatment of various diseases, such as eczema, burns. Favorably affecting the epidermis, it is able to stop skin scratching after bites of mosquitoes or other insects.

To keep the cream longer, it is better to place it in the refrigerator, in a hermetically sealed package. In addition, aromatic oils can also be infused at home, due to the properties of the slow cooker. Herbal oils are also easy to craft at home. To do this, you need to prepare the necessary roots or leaves of herbs and flowers, place them in water and cook for 8-10 hours over low heat. This is a significant cost savings, because oil is quite an expensive product.

ATTENTION! Another slow cooker can help in removing stains from paint from furniture. You need to pour liquid soap into the multicooker, soak the items that need to be cleaned in it, and turn on the appliance for a short time to the minimum level. Surprisingly, there will be no traces of paint.

The possibilities of the multicooker can be unlimited. This device can please not only lovers of delicious food, but also those who appreciate hand-made and natural ingredients in cosmetics. It is important to show your imagination and learn new recipes for using the multicooker. After all, this device can work in different directions.