Vegetarians and Slow Cookers

Jasminda

Hi Frenchmaid, could you do me a favour and tell us where you saw the slow cooker for £10? Thanks!!!

Pink.

Hi FrenchMaid,

This older thread may help:

Vegetarians and Slow Cookers

I'll merge your thread with that one later to keep all the replies together.

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nopot2pin

Hi FrenchMaid....welcome

I dont red or white meat...Fish 2 or 3 times a week.
I did have a slow cooker, but gave it to my sister as i didnt get any use out of it.
Like BG23 everything that I made turned to mush...or soup..... and there is onlu so much of that you can eat.:rolleyes:

FrenchMaid_2

I saw the slow cooker in a local electricity shop that is having a clear out due to refurbishment.

I will be getting it today, for £10 I've got not much to lose.

Thanks for all the tips and advice...

:j

belfastgirl23

FrenchMaid wrote: »

I saw the slow cooker in a local electricity shop that is having a clear out due to refurbishment.

I will be getting it today, for £10 I've got not much to lose.

Thanks for all the tips and advice...

:j

Please please come back and post if you make anything nice I haven't given up entirely on mine yet.

Jasminda

FrenchMaid wrote: »

I saw the slow cooker in a local electricity shop that is having a clear out due to refurbishment.

I will be getting it today, for £10 I've got not much to lose.

Thanks for all the tips and advice...

:j

Thanks for reply; I was hoping it might be a chain where I could get one too... never mind, I see Argos have some on sale now

MissEyre

I'm veggie and have just got a mini slow cooker from Lakeland, and am making soup now-have a couple of second hand recipe books coming my way next week, so will post any useful vegetarian recipes once I have tested them!

Jolaaled

we are a veggie family and i've been using my small sized slow cooker for about 3 years now, on and off. It is great for soups, but i find that the best use is when i have to steam nut/bean-type roasts (which we have quite a lot here!).

I find the texture comes out far better than when i've previously roasted in the oven, or microwaved. I make up the loaf mixture (which can be just about anything i find in the fridge!)..chopped into small bits and cooked on the hob for a while.
Then my mix is all pressed firmly into a pudding bowl, covered in foil and 'slow cookered' on low for about 6 - 8 hours (or overnight).
Once cooled, it can be carefully eased out upside down and slices like a dream!

belfastgirl23

Jolaaled wrote: »

we are a veggie family and i've been using my small sized slow cooker for about 3 years now, on and off. It is great for soups, but i find that the best use is when i have to steam nut/bean-type roasts (which we have quite a lot here!).

I find the texture comes out far better than when i've previously roasted in the oven, or microwaved. I make up the loaf mixture (which can be just about anything i find in the fridge!)..chopped into small bits and cooked on the hob for a while.
Then my mix is all pressed firmly into a pudding bowl, covered in foil and 'slow cookered' on low for about 6 - 8 hours (or overnight).
Once cooled, it can be carefully eased out upside down and slices like a dream!

ooooh interesting...will have to dig out and dust off the old SC and see how this goes Many thanks

I'm guessing it freezes okay as well....?

Jolaaled

belfastgirl23 wrote: »

ooooh interesting...will have to dig out and dust off the old SC and see how this goes Many thanks

I'm guessing it freezes okay as well....?

yes..freezes very well indeed. I usually chop the whole pudding shaped loaf in half, and then freeze it, so that it will do 2 separate meals for us (3 adults).