SLOW COOKER BATCH COOKING, COME THRIFTING WITH ME, HOME UPDATES & FUN WITH LUKE! MR CARRINGTON VLOG

[Music] let's talk about the mirror and then the tin of baked beans so I popped it here next to the desk have still been burning Christmas candles at all the storms we've been have aged I don't really have your well welcome back to my channel and back with a vlog for you there's a few bits I wanted to show you around the house so I thought I'd just do a bit of a vlog today and we can have a little catch-up so I hope you're doing really well I've just made myself a coffee I'm going to be heading out shortly for the afternoon by really fancied a coffee number two of the day I think number two is my favorite coffee and yeah grab yourself a little drink and settle in for the vlog because we are going to be doing a few bits and pieces in this one yeah I just thought we'd have a little catch-up keep it nice and relaxed you'll be meeting up with Luke shortly it's finally the 13th so that it could be interesting we don't always have the best luck when we shoot together we're going to be shooting some outfits later on and we've got some props today so I'm going to be taking a stepladder out with me we really are asking for trouble aren't we on Friday the 13th but that would be really nice to catch up with Luke and then yeah I want to show you a couple of bits around the home and also I was back on the slow cooker recipes yesterday so I think what I'll do now is insert what I've been doing with the slow cook I've been doing a bit of batch cooking so I've made some chili and some spag bol let's not talk about the pasta situation but here's what I've been up to do with the slow cooker so into my slow cooker I have added 750 grams of 5% minced beef and I've chopped up two white onions so what I'm thinking for this one is we will split this and make two meals so I'm going to put that on high and let that do its thing and then we're going to do two meals with this so the first one we're going to do is going to be my favorite a chili con carne so I'm just going to add a jar of the chili con carne sauce really reasonable and with a tin of the mixed beans you could just go for straight-up kidney beans going to add some baked beans to the chili so this will just bulk it out and I think that'll make it taste really nice I know that ketchup can make chili taste really good so I thought we could throw some of that in its baked beans one of your five a day I think it might be and I'll probably throw in one of these cartons of tomatoes as well and then for the next meal so with half of this mint and onion once that's cooked I will add to that these Italian cherry tomatoes in tomato sauce along with some sliced mushrooms and a jar of Bolognese pasta sauce and for spaghetti I love to add some garlic as well the more the merrier for me so two meals there you've got your chili you've got your spag bol that is if you can get your hands on any pasta I couldn't so for the sake of this video we won't be seeing the spaghetti bolognaise but if I do manage to get any there's certainly something that I will be looking forward to in the meantime I can box all of these up you can put them into some food containers store them in your fridge and all of the items I'm showing you for these recipes are things that you can keep in your cupboards or in your freezer in the case of the meat so things that you can have in ready for a rainy day and when you want to make something from what is in your cupboard or your pantry or your press or whatever you call it your cupboard where you keep your food supplies let me know if you've got a name for it I've got one down here and when I just shove it onto the back so this has now been on for a couple of hours pretty much spoon out of the mince and onions and while you're doing this obviously you can drain any fat away which is probably a good idea so first of all I'm going to add the tomato I'm next up the chili con carne sauce and then tin of baked beans and finally a tin of mixed beans which I'm just rinsing off camera you see we do this before and then they go this has made absolutely loads I'm gonna leave that now do its thing leave it for a couple more hours it's all cooked so to be honest you could just work that in a saucepan if you were in a hurry then just do it for ten minutes on the hob but nicely easy job done you could sneak a few vegetables in there as well chop up some carrots maybe add some extra greens and now I might sneak in a bit of spinach before I dish that up as well just to get a little bit of extra greens in there so with the remaining half this is obviously already cooked so I'm going to add into that these Italian cherry tomatoes Oh didn't be like that for every chopped alright okay we're just going with the flow we'll add what am I going to do with these just mush them in if you've got potato mash to get it involved at this stage because that isn't what I was expecting I think that'd be really nice regardless in fact maybe it will add a little something what are you saying you naughty spag bol we're gonna add to that obviously chops and mushrooms if you've got them in but if you have oh we're doing it all out the cupboard so sliced mushrooms and then all we're gonna add is a jar of Bolognese pesto sauce now I know what you're thinking you could just do this in the saucepan but obviously the convenience here is the fact that this we can pop that in the fridge leave it in there in a container and then when you're ready to make this you can just throw all of that either into a pan and we'll add our garlic and we're good to go fingers crossed I'll find myself some spaghetti I just thought I'd show you that I've actually put these into these food containers so those would be really easy to stack up in the fridge for a different evening or maybe a nice lunch and the chili is done I don't know why it's so runny maybe that was the tomato situation but we'll get some rice on the go and that will be fab I'm actually going to use one of these pulses and grains sashays and these only take two minutes to make there's a little bit healthier they've got whole-grain rice lentils and wheat berries in there and these are from Aldi [Music] I bet you know what I'm thinking about so yeah hopefully that's given you a bit of inspiration you can do some batch cooking yourself if you fancy it and yeah I've had both of those now and they were both really good I had the the spaghetti bolognaise mixture actually with some grains in the end which was slightly random but sort of worked so I think once you sling a load of mozzarella on anything anything works quite frankly so and that was nice anyway but I just ate you on the bedroom because I've actually hung the mirror that I got from BNN or my shoulders just clicked sorry from bnm and it's up so you may have seen the home where haul I did recently I picked up the mirror when I went down see Kate in Norfolk and it was the bargain price of 14 pounds so let me show you how it's looking now I've hung it on the wall I'm really pleased with this I've got it above the chest of drawers here in the bedroom excuse the towels that are drying hanging over the door where do you dry your towels out of curiosity do you have a certain place that you put them that's not particularly beside me inside the word anyway I'm getting distracted let's talk about the mirror I'm so pleased with this for 14 pounds I just think it's such a bargain I mentioned in the hall that it reminds me of one you can get in habitat that is a bit bigger but very similar and that one's a hundred and ninety five pounds so really pleased with this little setup and I put this on Instagram and had a few comments about this statue here this I've featured so long ago on my channel one of the very first few videos I think I made I've had it a while it actually came from flying tiger and this was a statue that was actually in Trafalgar Square for a while on the plinth so you may have seen in Japan Square in London on the plants they have different art installations and this was one of them whoops it's sort of got stuck there and it's by David shrink Larry and it's a sort of limited piece that was released in tiger and I really love this because it is a positive message about London it's thumbs up London basically and obviously living in London and whoops come on focus yeah living in London and being very passionate about this city it's just a really nice little reminder of why I love living here because yeah it definitely gets the thumbs-up that's so corny all I just quickly show you my hands I faked Han last night because of taking some photos today that have got a bit of a summer spring summer vibe so I thought let's sort this out I thought I've done an alright job with the wrist situation but I wasn't sure how to do a fake tan with the beard it's new to me so I wasn't sure whether you go into the beard line or not and then I just thought like half went in and then it all got a bit yeah I would say patchy is the word to describe the situation but um we'll go with patch it's fine I think in the photos it'll look alright if I I just do this that's a good pose right for the gram the other thing I wanted to show you is this candle this one is from little oh it's burnt funny I need to trim the wick but yet really like this I've been burning it of an evening and it is kind of like a I guess like a white company Joop and this was 399 I think they still have them in store and with it being lavender it's just really lovely to burn at bedtime so over here I've packed a load bit that I will be taking photos with today's we've got a few pairs of shoes and some accessories my camera's in there I put it in the hamper because I'm going to be using that it's a bit of a prop I think and also I've got one two three four outfits here ready to go and yeah I think I'm sorted on Friday the 13th what could possibly go wrong I'll just show you the first outfit that I'm wearing for today I'm really excited that I'm going to be working with Madeline over on Instagram so if you want to give me a follow over there that's where I post all of my outfit photo so I've been through their website and picked out my favorite pieces from their new in collection and one of them was this shirt which is really reasonable I think for the price and yeah I just really like the simple stripe design very classic the kind of thing that I wear all the time and then I've teamed it with some stretch-fit cheaters which I just rolled up a little bit and then these shoes which are kind of like an espadrille slash loafer I guess a pop a little link in the description box for all the clothes that I am wearing today in case you fancy treating yourself or somebody that might wanna wear them right I think Luke is nearly here so I'm gonna get all the stuff downstairs and ready and then yeah time to take some photographs oh here we are a little plane landing yeah oh it's narrable it's a train oh it was a helicopter earlier and we thought it was a engine problems right yeah surprise yeah so we have made it to the park we're at a place called bel-air house which is just near Dulwich village taking some photos so yeah do you like it I adore Southland yeah I really do especially this area yeah nice to have you back on the vlog I know also I'm sorry that I'm not wearing a very spring appropriate outfit I think this is more appropriate for the UK to be fair in the storms you've been having I feel like I'm a bit premature no I think the mission that's it yeah it comes yeah that's why I got the fake tan on absolutely for let's not it that's a mood we've got a few photographs to take so we've just an over there and then Luke's good you understand this was it yes very nice so we'll get cracking with that yeah right for an hour yeah we always need the food I've got bananas in my bag all good yeah just in case I'm sorry man let's go you good to go [Music] and poking you [Music] [Music] always [Music] what you say I'll just go off camera the trousers I'm chilling here like [Music] [Applause] [Music] balladeer shooting de Grasse [Music] [Applause] [Music] the next outfit I really like this shirt nice color isn't it yeah Luke just getting changed into a jump very nice that be on Luke's Instagram very soon there we go there's our handle include a new thing I've given you a little logo on yours yeah you like it I think it was a mix mixer yeah we've just spied some parakeets just see one there I don't see you can spot these because they're green welcome truly I am done think I'd be able to look after myself if it wasn't it's a banana supply I'm once over whoo mostly bananas how about spring bananas today good man I mean probably carefully other I'm surprised these haven't started disappearing off the shelves hmm it's true I wouldn't be stocking up on the pasture I'll be stepping up new bananas hmm so yeah we've done a few pictures mhm we've done two each yeah it's for follow-ups in total we get to get the ladder out so I put the ladder you've got the chair yeah yep and that's what we're actually now this is a really high-quality invigorate and content guys it's emergency banana time and I'm off I don't know where I'm off to have you little quick workout I'll do it my pleasure drink we literally just heard it was like oh it was like a suspension I feel like what's happened it's not that bad yeah we've tried to wipe then that's not working I'll get a little tissue out we've come prepared the best thing about shooting in the parks we always get dogs coming to say hello Oh this guy where are you where are you Arius scene 1 action [Music] [Music] [Music] yeah yeah definitely the internal cognitions of mr. Kerem if you want to see and check out his Instagram it'll be on the screen right now here me editor is one of my favorites [Music] oh my gosh you still turn me on you can make me whole again 1 2 3 bonus is the speech very heartfelt if you change your mind don't be too late because I just can't go on it has already been too long baby you're the one you still turn me on you can make me whole again [Music] I've just got home that was a brilliant shoot I've thoroughly enjoyed mixing things up a bit we had some props on the go with fiddling about chair was sinking in the mud as you may have seen but yeah I think we've got some really good pictures so those will be coming soon on instagrams so I've got a bit of the old admin to do it's half-past five so I'm going to crack on with that for the next hour or so and hopefully bash through that or let's give you a quick update on something else I wanted to show you in the home that was from my home where Hall and that is the tiger shelving the Ratan shelf I popped up last night so I just screwed in a couple of screws into the wall here in the office slash spare room it's still a bit of a work in progress in hip I'll just show you I've put it so I popped it here next to the desk setup so I've got the Ottoman style desk here which is really good cuz I can close work away once I finished work and this is the shelf so I've just put a few little bits on here and yeah I think that's looking really nice I'm quite pleased with that and you might notice this little DIY that I did so this is a mason jar as you can see he actually use this for some Christmas DIYs I did with Wilco but I have now turned it into a phone jar so the idea with this is that I will actually lock my phone into this for period when I want to be creative and I do not want distraction so doing the stuff that I do feel like throughout the day I'm trying to do lots of different things in various jobs that I do so creating content and then having to deal with the sort of admin side of things can make my brain ache fail you I could describe it it can make me get a bit of like brain fog and I feel like I'm trying to do too many things at once and I'm all for a bit of multitasking but I think too much multitasking means that we kind of we're just not focusing on one thing I know for me anyway that that's often the case so what I thought I'd do is every now and then when I want to really knuckle down on something when I'm shooting a video or when I'm just really wanting to concentrate for a bit lock the phone away it's so easy to reach for it have a quick look and then before you know it you're sucked into whatever it is a bit of social media a bit of email hell anything like that so I'm finding if I actually lock it away I can just give that window and if I'm worried about like the time I can just set an alarm on it and then maybe just pop it in there for now and then the alarm will go off and it will ring and I'll think okay I'll get my phone and I better check what's going on and yeah it seems to be working quite nicely so I've been doing that a little bit and I found that it has sort of helped things along this shirt I've got on that or coming before updated you on this one this is a Ralph Lauren it was from the charity shop and I'm really pleased with how this one's looking and it hasn't been ironed or steamed but it's not creasing anyway talking of distractions I bet back on with the work we do [Music] give me a reason to get out of bed I [Music] need a minute to think or maybe two cuz yesterday I lost control and said some things I felt it's the next day I'm just off to maybe I look around some charity shops this morning I thought it'd be nice to have a little look around with you and see what's in the thrift stores have been a while it's gonna be okay no matter come one I'm gonna set things straight tomorrow I let my worries her let me sweep there'll be another day tomorrow I keep repeating the same mistakes [Music] hearted mother for in every shade there's a million ways to mess things up and I need some time to figure out what to say and maker troubles disappear tomorrow's need it's gonna be okay no matter come on and straight to love baris faith and sweet boy tomorrow [Music] Oh [Music] take the straight tomorrow's gonna be okay at all my troubles go Oh it's gonna be okay no matter come on me I'm gonna set things straight tomorrow let our worries food let him sweep away there'll be another day tomorrow he's gonna be I'm gonna set them straight to mom let all let us weep we're not tomorrow [Music] tomorrow [Music] [Applause] [Music] it seems [Music] we're never growing up said we'd be on forever you taught me how to love and nothing could be better than you and me you and me baby it was you and me [Music] we [Music] no picture you I just got home and made myself a nice cup of coffee I've done it in this weekend appreciation mug it's an old one I picked up from new look and yeah I hope you enjoyed the little look around the charity shops with me just now let me know in the comments if anything caught your eye I only picked up one thing which was this candle that I saw in old lecher shop in Peckham and I really like the look of this because it's in this nice glass container so it caught my eye and also the fact that it's got the three wicks and it smells really good too it smells slightly Christmassy but I have still been burning Christmas candles before the storms we've been having and this one's actually from Dunelm so I haven't been very familiar with Dunelm candles before so if you've burned them before if you've tried them out let me know and what you think of them but this smells like it's gonna be really nice and a good quality one this was four pounds so not the cheapest for a charity shop but I really loved the glass container that came and I'm sure I could reuse that afterwards as well maybe do a little do a little plant set up in there perhaps maybe with some gravel I could plant my mini and succulent baby the ones that I propagate it basically to be replanted so maybe pop a few of those in there afterwards yeah I really hope you enjoyed this vlog I'm think I'm going to edit this this afternoon not get it up for you this evening so hopefully you'll be watching this on Saturday night and if you are I will be back bright and early tomorrow morning Sunday at 8 a.m. with Kate McCabe where we will be bringing you some white company DIY so we're just keep poking we've got four items that we are turning into basically like white company dupes inspired Dec or type of five and yeah I hope you have a really good evening and enjoy the rest of your weekend whatever you're up to let me know what you're up to as well in the comments and I've been watching something called this country on BBC three which I've been really enjoy it comes out every Monday so I think it's the third season or series of it now and that's on BBC iPlayer and I've been really enjoying it it's about it's like a mockumentary kind of thing for anybody that comes from a small village you will probably really relate to it because the characters in it are just so funny and also so familiar to anybody who comes to a small village so yeah I've been thoroughly enjoying that you're looking for something light-hearted and funny to watch and also I've really been enjoying charity shop so here on YouTube which is a youtube series as well the episodes I think could literally like eight minutes long and it is so funny it's another kind of mockumentary style comedy as well so if you're looking for something to give you a laugh I highly recommend both of those but yeah I hope you enjoyed the vlog do give a little thumbs up if you did don't forget to click Subscribe if you are new here and you can catch me over on Instagram to see what I'm up to it's mr. Carrington and mr. Carrington home thanks so much for watching and I'll see you soon bye [Music] Oh

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Length: 31min 28sec (1888 seconds)

Published: Sat Mar 14 2020