In my slow cooker today.... part 2

TravellingAbuela

In view of the Arctic conditions that are coming our way I thought it was time to re-stock the freezer with portions of soup. Overnight I left a huge pot of Lentil and Bacon on the go and it smelled delicious when I got up this morning. (I always buy Sainsbury's cooking bacon and recently the packs have been stuffed with tail-end pieces of ham and bacon. Perfect for chopping up for soup!)

Once that has cooled and been put in the freezer in portions, a pot full of Pea & Ham soup is going on. We'll be stocked up for lunches then for a while!

gallygirl

TravellingAbuela wrote: »

(I always buy Sainsbury's cooking bacon and recently the packs have been stuffed with tail-end pieces of ham and bacon. Perfect for chopping up for soup!)

Good tip - I'll try this instead of buying a ham hock I need to cook in the pressure cooker :T.

ScaryGreen

puddingpops wrote: »

Been wanting to try that.. how did it turn out? x

It was absolutely delicious. In the end I did it for 6 hours on high. I recon I got a lot more meat off it then I normally do as it was so easy to get off. I have been able to make 17 meals from it (roast, risotto, frittata and curry) and some lovely stock. Which works out at 33p per meal, we had rubber chicken all week.

CAT££

Payday is on Wednesday (it has been a very long month). We have been using up everything in the fridge/freezer/cupboards.

I currently have a piece of gammon in the slow cooker, with apple juice, dregs of last night's pear cider, bayleaf, a few peppercorns, cloves and stick of cinnamon. Later on this afternoon I will remove, and roast it quickly in the oven drizzled in honey. Will serve with new potatoes and cauliflower cheese.

Hopefully, there will be leftovers for ham sandwiches for lunches this week.

TravellingAbuela

gallygirl wrote: »

Good tip - I'll try this instead of buying a ham hock I need to cook in the pressure cooker :T.

If you scrutinise the packs you can see which of them have the chunky end of roll pieces in!! By the way this is the chilled cooking bacon, not the frozen stuff which I bought once but never again - it was just a mixed up mush of chopped up fatty bacon!

gallygirl

TravellingAbuela wrote: »

If you scrutinise the packs you can see which of them have the chunky end of roll pieces in!! By the way this is the chilled cooking bacon, not the frozen stuff which I bought once but never again - it was just a mixed up mush of chopped up fatty bacon!

Thanks again, may even nip in today and get some (if I get off the sofa and get dressed ).

Caramelised onions in mine, never made before :cool:.

Raksha

gallygirl wrote: »

Thanks again, may even nip in today and get some (if I get off the sofa and get dressed ).

Caramelised onions in mine, never made before :cool:.

Do you have a recipe for the onions please?

gallygirl

Raksha wrote: »

Do you have a recipe for the onions please?

Spray slow cooker with frylight or similar. Slice up 4-5lbs onions and add to slow cooker. Drizzle over 2 tbsps olive oil and mix. Cook on high for anything between 4 - 12 hours (never done it before and big difference between various recipes).

House smells of em..... onions really :rotfl:.

MiddyMum

*Subscribing* I am buying a slow cooker next week so this thread will come in handy.

x

YORKSHIRELASS

Meatballs. Easiest thing in the world and they look like they have taken far more effort than they have!

I blitz half an onion in the food processor, chuck in half a crust of bread and blitz again. Then I put 450g of mince in with an egg and some mixed herbs and process it all together.

Then form the mixture into balls, put them in the slow cooker then I either add my own home made tomato sauce or if I am short of time I use a jar of pasta sauce.

Leave on slow and serve with pasta, salad and some crusty bread.