In my slow cooker today.... part 2

valentina

Some slow cookers on offer in Argos at the moment - there's a thread on grabbit by whamfanuk - here's a link to grabbit
https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2608945
Direct to Argos page
http://www.argos.co.uk/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Search?storeId=10001&catalogId=1500002201&langId=-1&searchTerms=SLOW+COOKER

lambanana

Mine has diced potatoes, onions, mushrooms, a few tablespoons of curry paste, a tin of toms and 4 chicken thighs...I've never made curry in the SC before so a bit nervous but hoping it turns out ok.

freakyogre

Sausage and bean casserole in mine today. Yum!

As i'd opened my giant tin of chopped tomatoes I also made some tomato sauce for pasta and pizza which tastes lovely! It's in the freezer now - 2 x small tubs, 2 x medium tubs and filled 2 ice cubes trays with the rest. I also made 2 portions of ratatouille using a couple of courgettes that i've grown

katycocoa

2 dishes today:

Diced beef in guinness and beef stock, with onions and mushrooms

Diced beef with fajita mix - to have in tortillas next week

stef240377

Loaded mine today with the majority of a casserole and will grill sausages in morning ready to throw in and turn on.

katylou6180

I wondered if anyone was able to help me! I am now working a silly shift at work which means I am never home at dinnertimes with my family, I have recently purchased a slow cooker "upgrade" as the one I had was years old and if you left it too long everything dried on the bottom! I seem to be suffering somewhat with a bit of a liquid problem with this one! I decided in my wisdom to try and make "bbq pulled pork" basically upended pork shoulder into cooker (and it was proper pork from the farm that my sister in law works on...no added water or anything like that) and put bbq marinade on it (bottled stuff, and all it did was coated the meat) and by the time o/h went to get it out the slow cooker was half full of bbqy manky liquid...the meat was lovely, but what I had envisaged was pork in a nice thick sauce!!! My question is what am I doing wrong? I have purchased some sauces from approved food and was thinking of putting in some sausages with some casserole sauce...which in the bottle is nice and thick- but am just wondering what on earth is going to happen to that if I leave it all day!!! Any tips would be appreciated

Sublime_2

Sausage and Bean casserole in mine too! :j

newcook

did beef in guinness yesterday - had never done it before but was the easiest thing so far I have made in my slowcooker!!

diced beef tossed in flour (I used 2 pack of sainsburys lean beef - not too sure about the weight but the packs were £2.19 or 2 for £4)
1 can of guinness
1/2 an onion
a couple of carrots chopped
tablespoon of gravy granuals

was just enough for my little 1.5ltr SC and made about 5 portions!!!!

wantai

Oxtail stew yesterday. I always have to brown first in a pan before transferring into slow cooker with potatoes, carrots, celery onions, tomatoes and beef stock...lovely.

june86

I am new to slow cooking so I am going to try an easy sausage casserole, I hope it turns out nice!