Hi Flavia,

I use mine a lot now too as I also work full time and find it invaluable, especially this weather when you want nice hot stodgy food for tea! I use pour on sauces over chicken, stewing steak, mince but find that it is better if I select the 'low' setting instead of the 'auto' as it's on from around 8am until 6pm. I have stopped browning my meat first too as it doesn't really need it. Just chop my veg up the night before and put it all in the inner dish in the fridge and then put it on as I leave for work.