In my slow cooker today.... part 2

bramble1

Beef stew with potatoes

whiteguineapig

tomorrow i am using mattesons pork sausage in mine, not the best for nutrition but its cheap, i can get 2 meals out of it with a bit of stretching
and the kids LOVE it lol i used it as emergency as i was skint and apparently its gorgeous!

lickylonglips

lickylonglips wrote: »

have a warming stew of carrots, celery, potato, sweet potato, butternut squash, leek, savoy cabbage, split yellow peas, green lentils, chicken stock, bacon pieces, half a jar of value pasta sauce, handful spinach......

it smells and looks divine... it's on cooling now, ready to be portioned up....

I_luv_cats

Well folks

2 Chicken Thighs,
Parsnip,
Carrot,
Red Pepper,
Mushrooms,
Onions,
Chopped Tomatoes,
Fresh Tomato
Garlic,
Chives,
Basil,
Mixed Herbs

In my new slow cooker for 10 hours. Was OK, still felt something missing flavour-wise.

Have bought a £2.65 Kindle Slow cooking explained book. (might get some inspiration)

tigerfeet2006

Why 10 hours? Seems like an awfully long time.

miggy

I_luv_cats wrote: »

In my new slow cooker for 10 hours. Was OK, still felt something missing flavour-wise.

Have bought a £2.65 Kindle Slow cooking explained book. (might get some inspiration)

They sound like lots of good flavours. The only thing that comes to mind as a possible addition is a bit of celery? (I freeze odds & ends of celery for occasions like this).

miggy

Some sort of beef stew with all the interesting additions I can find.

I think this is the first time in my life I've ever made a beef stew! I normally don't cook beef, this is a treat for DH.

VJW87

I stuck in a shoulder of pork with veg yesterday - pulled the pork from the shoulder for bbq sandwiches which I enjoyed, not overly sure the hubby enjoyed it and then used the leftovers for a hearty soup for today. First time using the slow cooker and I was very impressed

I_luv_cats

tigerfeet2006 wrote: »

Why 10 hours? Seems like an awfully long time.

My last Slow Cooker would be cooking for 12 hours as away from home that long. 10 hrs was a guess and turned out ok.

Today

2 Chicken Thighs,Carrot,
Yellow Pepper,
Mushrooms,
Onions,
Chopped Tomatoes,
Fresh Tomato
Garlic,
Fenugreek
Basil,
Tarragon,
Mint

gallygirl

Sort of Thai chicken soup, made with hm stock, reduced basil & coriander (a little left to sprinkle on top), ginger, garlic, leek and the remnants of a pasatta carton and stir fry pack. Unfortunately I've just eaten the left over chicken which was going to go in it