Not mentioning the T word at all

rising_from_the_ashes

If anyone's thinking / needing to buy one, Al*di have a ginormous 6.5 litre one on offer from next Thursday (27th)

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_21496.htm

Might be good for big families as there would hopefully still be some left over to freeze!

JIL

bigsmoke wrote: »

i wanted to ask - out of the slow cooker fans, do many of you use them for vegetarian meals, or just for meat?

thanks!

BS x

I bought my son a slow cooker cook book and a slow cooker from Asda last year for less than £10 he is a vege and made vege soups, stews, chillis and things in the slow cooker.
The recipe book 200 slow cooker recipes by hamlyn has a section on vegetables and some of the dishes are stuffed peppers, mushroom and walnut cobbler, green bean rissotto, beetroot and bean salad, sweet potato and egg curry, mushroom and chestnut pudding, spinach and courgette tian, morroccan stew, ratatouille with ricotta dumplings, pumpkin and parmesan gnocchi, dahl, spanish potatoes, nut and apricot pilaf, amongst others as well as a soup section and desserts. I have not tried them all.

I am not in anyway connected to Hamlyn just showing that it does not have to just be stews without meat.

hope this is of use.

Northern_Lassy

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

If anyone's thinking / needing to buy one, Al*di have a ginormous 6.5 litre one on offer from next Thursday (27th)

http://www.aldi.co.uk/uk/html/offers/special_buys3_21496.htm

Might be good for big families as there would hopefully still be some left over to freeze!

OOh...Am fancying one of these babies! Might have to release the moths from my purse

Draagonfly

CCP here you go:

serves 4

3/4 cup of puy lentils
stick of celery, finely diced
onion, finely diced
carrots, finely diced
1 tsp oil
black pepper
1 pint chicken stock (I used cubed but obv better if you have HM)

Pre-heat the SC on high.

Rinse the lentils under running cold water & allow to drain.

Heat the oil & gently soften the veg.

Tip the lentils & veg into the crock pot.

Deglaze the pan with the stock & then pour into the lentil/veg mix.

Season with the pepper (DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES ADD SALT BEFORE THE LENTILS ARE COOKED).

Stir & pop the lid on, cook for 4 hours on high & then reduce to low & cook for another couple of hours.

Gives a lovely deep, silky & earthy flavour.

mishmogs

mishmogs wrote: »

oh oh oh what a good idea, am gonna use my old leggings under my trousers/jeans. doh why didnt I think of that simple effective idea?? no dont answer that please.....

Well I can report that I have had the leggings on all day under my jeans and my legs are toasty warm. went cycling into town and had no problems. Am hooked. :D:D

Bitsy_Beans

I have just discovered I dont really have room for my store cupboard!! I have an under the stairs cupboard where my vac lives, the cat eats here (and where her food is stored) and I also have 24 tins of tomatoes, 17kg of dirty spuds from the farmmshop, a massive bag of cat litter, 2 pairs of my wellies and 2 pairs of hiking boots. I need to shoe horn in a 5kg bag of basmatti rice, a bag of chick peas and bag of red lentils. Oh and my massive bag of onions until I make chutney with them.
<sighs wistfully> oh a girl can dream of a walk in pantry can't she :rotfl:

rising_from_the_ashes

Ohhhhh I'd love a pantry ..... sigh.

I already have a list of what my next house must have / def can't have

Must have
Open fire / stove
Pantry
Cupboards
Window in lounge
Porch
Plastic windows - double glazed
Shed (or two!)
Space for chickens
Room for veg plot
Utility room

Def no
Patio doors without a window in the room
Wood windows


Def some "no" ones missing ....

born_blonde

I've just bought a cookbook......
The Slowcook book by DK, from Morrisons for £8. What I liked about it was that the recipes had cooking instructions for slowcookers and conventional cooking. ( My sc has a big crack in it and Mardarthas suggestion of foil may not work).
I'm sure it will be cheaper elsewhere and it's got loads of great recipes.

Edinburghlass_2

Daughter off ill today so when I came home she had put the pork belly in the slow cooker along with some potatoes and an onion, it was very nice. Thanks again for the recipe, I'll use it the next time we have pork belly.

Contemplating looking for my fingerless gloves as my hands are freezing tonight

JIL

Edinburghlass wrote: »

Daughter off ill today so when I came home she had put the pork belly in the slow cooker along with some potatoes and an onion, it was very nice. Thanks again for the recipe, I'll use it the next time we have pork belly.

Contemplating looking for my fingerless gloves as my hands are freezing tonight

I am sure they are the best kind of recipes.....when someone else does it for you, The recipe book said it also worked with chicken thighs.

I made a fish pie for tea and had to go rooting around the freezer for some prawns and some fish oddments I knew were in there. Oh my goodness I found so many things I had forgotten I had. If I did not shop again til next March we would not starve. Could this be something to do with my childhood, when my mother made us the same meals week in week out? She would not buy anything different. I could still write the weeks menu out now over 30 years later.

I will do some meal planning over the weekend and start using some of that stuff up. Perhaps I could even save some money and put it towards Christmas.