In my slow cooker today.... part 2

stokegal

Having been inspired by the thread I purchased a shiny slow cooker yesterday and had pork with apple and carrots with a cup of Cider over the top - It made the nicest pork so I'm looking for some inspiration for what to put in there for tea tomorrow night.

I have some mince, a leg of lamb, some chicken, limited herbs, fresh carrots, potatoes and some frozen veg too - can anyone suggest something easy for a beginner?

Olliebeak

Shank Stew with Dumplings in mine yesterday and Pea & Ham Soup today :drool:.

newcook

beef stew! mmmmm!!

KittyBoo_2

Chicken, lentil and veg soup for the week ahead.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

stokegal wrote: »

Having been inspired by the thread I purchased a shiny slow cooker yesterday and had pork with apple and carrots with a cup of Cider over the top - It made the nicest pork so I'm looking for some inspiration for what to put in there for tea tomorrow night.

I have some mince, a leg of lamb, some chicken, limited herbs, fresh carrots, potatoes and some frozen veg too - can anyone suggest something easy for a beginner?

congrats on your new sc! I'm sure it will save you money and time. How about spag bog sauce in it with the mince? A chicken stew would be nice but beware of cutting the spuds too big as in my experience they take a long time to cook.

I'm doing soup out of a chicken carcass we had roast chicken yesterday, loads of veg and dried soup mix and hm bread will fill us up and keep us warm tonight.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

morganlefay wrote: »

I freecycled my SC as everything tasted 'chemically' and I really am more of a Remoska person, but have got an old one-speed SC from my late Mum and am bravely doing some of Mr M's pork cheeks with onion, celery, carrot, stock,bit of wine. I plan to put some prunes in later (we love them in pork casseroles) but please could a wise SC user tell me when I should add them ? we aim to eat at about 7.30 tonight and I put pork on at about 10.30 this am

are they dried prunes? I'm not sure when to add them but would give them longer if dried.

jcr16

we have beef casserole cooking in ours today. will put some dumplins on about 4 ish. and will serve the mash , broc and sweetcorn. Smells delish already.

susank

I bought mine a 9 days ago - have made stew, mince, chicken curry and roasted a joint of beef in mine already - its really great and the beef joint was melt in the mouth!

cyclingyorkie

left over lamb, gravy, onions,stock,carrots and potatoes..

missychrissy

I have found that slow cookers vary quite considerably. I had a SC back in the 80s but it was so slow that I gave it away. I decided to give them another try and about 3 years ago I bought the 3.5L from Lakeland but it was so slow. I found that on auto (4 hours on high then switched to low) it had to be used overnight for 12 - 14 hours. I then bought one of my sons and his wife a Cookworks 6.5L. I had the opportunity to try it out and it was brilliant. I have now bought myself the same Cookworks SC. I can set it off in the morning and have a cooked meal 8 hours later.

My conclusion is that it can take a while and some expense to find the right slow cooker to suit your needs.