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A mum's controversial cooking method for the traditional fry-up has gone viral - and blown people's minds.

Sonia Cheetham, 36, loves a good fry-up, but wanted a healthy alternative to getting it all in the pan with all that oil.

So she turned to her beloved slow cooker, as it hadn't let her down yet, rustling up everything from cakes to main meals, Wales Online reports .

When the inspiration struck earlier this month to cook a breakfast for her two children, she posted her delicious results on the Facebook group Slow Cooker Wonders.

The post has gone viral, receiving more than 27,000 shares on Facebook, and recognition on ITV’s This Morning.

(Image: Sonia Cheetham)

Miss Cheetham said: “Using a slow cooker is so easy, I'm type one diabetic so I don't like cooking with all that fat, and it gets everywhere as well so this saves your arms.

"The slow cooker is a much healthier way of doing things, don't add any oil or water to the pan, just a bit of butter to the mushrooms.

"I find that the meat, in particular the sausages, taste much better, they're far softer and have a lot more flavour.

"It's been a hit with the children anyway!"

She added that she could even do scrambled eggs in a mug in the slow cooker as well.

"Now it's getting colder outside, it's nice to send them to school fed with warm food.

"It only takes about eight or nine hours, so when you wake up in the morning all you have to do is stick the toast on, and then dish up.

"It's as easy as it is giving them a bowl of cereal."

Miss Cheetham described the reaction to her idea on social media and in the press as “overwhelming”.

She said: “My kids have been going into school and telling everyone that I’m famous.”