Just got my slow cooker - Help

Redrose

Just got my slow cooker need at bit of advice... its a 6.5 litre one, its so big. Just looking at some of the receipes from the leaflet i got with it, i could feed an army.

So the dilemia is do i send it back and get a smaller one, or keep it and make double the quanity i need, and freeze the rest..

What would you do - over to u guys....

smokey112

Redrose

I have a big 6.5 ltr one also - I usually make enough for about 6 meals in it for us (2 adults and 2 kids part time not that they eat everything we do)

I find it is a good size for cooking a whole chicken also

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Ang
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Sazbo

Hi redrose - guess it depends how many you're cooking for. I just cook for me - I have a 3 litre one - and I get 3 or 4 meals out of it depending on what I cook. If there's more of you to feed then it may be worth sticking with the larger one.

Redrose

There is 4 of us, me, hubby, son 19, and daughter 17. Me new to all this cooking large batches and freezing, my first thoughts was "oh my god we will never eat all this", and it will cost me a fortune, but i can see the sense in it, thinking about the bol sauce receipe i was looking it, it would probaly get about 3 meals out of it, guess i will stick to the large one. I am still on week to week basis about cooking. Need to get myself into buying meat in bulk for the month.

Thanks for the replys..

MrsTinks

don't forget to mix lentils in with the meat to bulk it out a little