10 Unusual Uses for Your Multicooker That Have Nothing to Do with Cooking
Surely many housewives in the kitchen have such a versatile cooking unit as a slow cooker. It turns out that this household appliance can be used not only to prepare a delicious dinner. So, with the help of a multicooker, you can ...
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1. Get rid of unpleasant odors in the room
Those who have used a slow cooker know that the kitchen simply smells sweet while cooking. If you fill this device with water with a couple of drops of aromatic oils, or simply put chopped fresh fruits into the water, remove the lid and turn on the slow cooking mode (low fire), then the room will soon be filled with fresh aromas. If you just want to neutralize unpleasant odors, then you should mix baking soda with water and put it on "cooking".
2. Make soap
The recipe is very simple. You need to take ¾ cup cold water, ¼ cup lye (100% sodium hydroxide), ⅔ cup olive oil, ⅔ cup coconut oil, ⅔ cup sunflower oil (you can also use almond oil or grape seed oil). You can make real homemade soap from these ingredients in a slow cooker.
3. Turn your slow cooker into a humidifier
If the air in the apartment is too dry, you can pour water into the slow cooker and add a little Vicks VapoRub cold balm. Then you need to put the kitchen unit in the room (away from the bed, so as not to get burned in the middle of the night) and turn on the minimum cooking mode.
4. Make your own candles
If you want to make candles with some special scent, you can fill the multicooker container with soy wax flakes and add any flavors of your choice. In the process of cooling the resulting mass, we place a wick in it.
5. Remove paint
To remove hardened paint splashes from metal hinges, door handles or other fittings, you need to fill the slow cooker with liquid soap, soak the fittings in it and briefly turn on the device to the minimum cooking level.
6. Make a moisturizing lotion
To prepare a solid moisturizing lotion for flaky skin, you need to take beeswax granules, shea butter, coconut oil, vitamin E oil and any aromatic oils.
7. Make a lip balm
Why buy lip balms when you can make your own with beeswax, coconut oil, almond oil, and peppermint.
8. Infuse your own oils
Aromatic and herbal oils are a key ingredient in many beauty products. It turns out that instead of spending a lot of money on spicy oils, you can make them yourself in a slow cooker. To prepare an extract for adding to oil, we take the desired herbs, flowers or other plants, put them in water and set to boil for 8-10 hours.
9. Prepare Natural Sunscreen
For those who do not like to use chemicals, a recipe for homemade sunscreen is suitable: shea butter, coconut oil, beeswax, olive oil, vitamin E and zinc oxide. A similar slow-cooked cream is also suitable for treating eczema, burns, and will help stop itching caused by mosquito bites.
10. Make plasticine for kids
For 30 minutes in a slow cooker, you need to cook a mixture of flour, cornstarch, salt, cream of tartar, water and oil. After that, add food coloring of the desired color to the mixture, mix and leave to cool.
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