Slowcooker Recipe Favourites

kirstyreanne

Hi,

My nans buying my dad a slowcooker for christmas so I thought I'd put together a recipe book for him using all your wonderful knowledge.
I'm slowly working my way through the slowcooker recipe thread atm but wondered if people could point me towards their favourite recipes?

Many thanks,
Kirsty.

squeaky

Please by all means link to favourite recipes that you've tried in our collection - but if you have a new recipe in mind could you add it to our main SC Recipe Collection (linked below) where it will be much easier for me to index for other readers to find later

TYIA

Slow Cooker Recipe Thread

jack92

I haven't figured out how to do links yet :doh: but my favourites would be my Turkey with Red Wine & Cranberry (page 93 on the SC thread) and Polynesian Pork Chops (page 90 on the SC thread).

Nicola

squeaky

Hiya

There's a really good guide on how to do links by sra. The whole thing is a sticky on the This Site Questions and Suggestions board - but the bit you want most is in the link below:-


Guide to making links

[Deleted User]

When using the slow cooker is it alright to freeze the left over bits of the meat dish once it's got cold
I do if I cook normally but wondered if it was ok to do it wiith the slow cooked stuff. I know I sound daft ,but someone told me that if it was cooked slowly then there was more risk of getting bacteria in the food if you left it to cool and then froze it.
???

squeaky

Ah, the problem with food safety and slow cookers is not the cooking time. It's the fact that the pot holds heat well and so takes much longer to cool down and that's where the main risk lies.

The basic advice is to decant the food from your slow cooker after serving and, as with any cooked foodstuff, allow it to cool quickly before placing it in the fridge or freezer.

HTH

researcher

Thanks to freecycle, I'm now the proud owner of a slow cooker.

What are your favorite recipes? Any type of idea's welcome.

elona

Pea and ham soup using a ham shank (DH's favourite)

Chicken or vegetable curry

Lasagne

Mince with onion or bolognese sauce

Mince with onions, carrots, tomatoes and sausage pieces

wigginsmum

Any joint of meat - it just falls apart.

Stews with dumplings.

Addiscomber

Rice Pudding - she says, having just eaten the best one that I have ever made, only to have the teenage boys ruin it by demanding chocolate sprinkles :mad:

wigginsmum

I was just thinking of rice pudding but I think I'd miss the skin.