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Slow Cooker - The Recipe Collection

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  • vanoonoo
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    Any ideas please, hubby been but on a plain diet for health reasons. Finding it hard to use my slow cooker now.

    He can`t eat fat, red meat, oinons,tomatos or any thing spicy.

    So abit stuck, as our normal curry, stews, chillis etc are out

    chicken rissoto

    bean casseroles

    veggie stews

    porridge is good for lowering cholesterol
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  • vanoonoo
    vanoonoo Posts: 1,897 Forumite
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    vanoonoo wrote:
    chicken rissoto

    I jsut th ought I am gonna get slated by the italians around here lol

    of course you cant make an AUTHENTIC rissotto in a slow cooker (or can you? waht do I know)

    but you could make a risotto type dish - one pot cooking stylee
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  • elona
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    Swizzlebabe

    You can use a can of fat free Campbell's condensed soup as a sauce in the slow cooker.

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  • swizzlebabe
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    will try the soup got some bogof at morrisons, but what could I put with it?

    onions are out and so are peppers, will we ever eat normally agin? He can not eat rice, something to do with the starch. Pasta, noddles,cous cous and potato for ever.
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  • squeaky
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    mrsmab59 wrote:
    Today I cooked liver in my slow cooker for the first time and it tasted delicious (thanks for the recipe idea Squeaky :) ). However, is it just me or is the smell of liver cooking horrendous? :eek: My whole house smells of it so I don't think I'll be trying it again no matter how tasty it is!
    Then you'll just have to pick recipes that smell nice!
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    There are plenty of recipes to choose from in here.
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  • Curry_Queen
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    creamy sauce is out because of fat, but thanks.

    back to fish in parsley sauce

    Ermmm that's made the same way ;)

    Is he on a low-fat or no fat diet? If low-fat then use low-fat butter and skimmed milk to make the sauce :)
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    I wanna buy one, but i'm too worried about the electric, but i guess if you keep checking the electric meter whilst the slow cooker is on, you will soon know if it uses a lot of electric :)

    Oh a question? When you throw everything in it to cook, do you not have to stir occasionally?
  • squeaky
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    kim03 wrote:
    I wanna buy one, but i'm too worried about the electric, but i guess if you keep checking the electric meter whilst the slow cooker is on, you will soon know if it uses a lot of electric :)

    Oh a question? When you throw everything in it to cook, do you not have to stir occasionally?

    On a low setting a slow cooker typically uses about the same amount of power as a light bulb.

    Edit: Even on high power it will use way less power than is needed to heat up a great big oven.

    No stirring - not reccommended because it lets in cool air and slows the cooking down. Most recipes that need a stir say that you should do it in the last half hour or so depending on the recipe.

    Hope that helps :)
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  • Kimberley
    Kimberley Posts: 14,871 Forumite
    Yep, you've convinced me to get one now :T ..I've been printing off some of the recipes on here..I can't wait to get cracking.
  • Smiley_Mum
    Smiley_Mum Posts: 3,836 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    I had a look on the NPower website and it said that using a slow cooker for 8 hours would use up 1 unit of electricity. Didn't mention about the heat setting though.

    http://www.npower.com/At_home/Juice-clean_and_green/Home_energy_guide.html
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