In my slow cooker today...

frugalmumof4

i have cooking in mine today a vege lentil curry. 1 tin of value curry sauce, 1 value vegetable stock cube, 250g chopped potatoe, 1/2 pint water, 150g red lentils, 200g carrots, 150g mushrooms, 2 onions, 4 sticks of celery. It smelling good already and its only 10.30am!

newlywed

Steel wrote: »

I want to cook a type of modified shepherds pie in the slow cooker using potato slices rather than mash. If I were to put a pyrex bowl in the middle of the slow cooker with the water and potatoes in it, then pile the rest of the pie ingredients around it to cook, would that work?

Do I need to raise the bowl off the floor of slow cooker in some way or can it sit straight on top of the ceramic slow cooker pot?

Sorry no idea if it would work but the general advice seems to be not to put the pyrex straight in the slow cooker but to rest it on an upturned jam jar lid or upturned saucer or something. Not tried it myself though



Chicken creole in mine today.

champys

newlywed wrote: »

Sorry no idea if it would work but the general advice seems to be not to put the pyrex straight in the slow cooker but to rest it on an upturned jam jar lid or upturned saucer or something. Not tried it myself though

I use one of these fold-out metal vegetable steamers to sit the pyrex in, and that has worked OK.

champys

Steel wrote: »

Could someone help me with a quick question please.

I want to cook a type of modified shepherds pie in the slow cooker using potato slices rather than mash. If I were to put a pyrex bowl in the middle of the slow cooker with the water and potatoes in it, then pile the rest of the pie ingredients around it to cook, would that work?

Do I need to raise the bowl off the floor of slow cooker in some way or can it sit straight on top of the ceramic slow cooker pot?

Why not put the pyrex with the pie ingredients in the middle, fill SC with water and cook the potato slices in the water outside? Seems less messy to me, and once the potato slices are done you can put them straight on top of the pie. (But maybe you want to achieve something different.)

Bunny200

Got beef casserole in mine today
onions, leeks, carrots, squidgy bit of swede:D , celery, beef stock & bayleaf, all bunged in sc but b*gger I've just realised I didn't put any flour in!:mad: What can I add to make it thicken? I know I can't just add flour in now, what about if I mix some flour or cornflour with water and add it in? Poo Bum Willy Tit!:o

Pink.

Bunny200 wrote: »

Got beef casserole in mine today
onions, leeks, carrots, squidgy bit of swede:D , celery, beef stock & bayleaf, all bunged in sc but b*gger I've just realised I didn't put any flour in!:mad: What can I add to make it thicken? I know I can't just add flour in now, what about if I mix some flour or cornflour with water and add it in? Poo Bum Willy Tit!:o

Cornflour mixed with cold water is what I usually do and it works well.

Pink

Lois_and_CK

Bunny200 wrote: »

Poo Bum Willy Tit!:o

:rotfl:

Sorry, got no advice (unless you have any McDougals thickening granules to hand?), but just wanted to say this really amused me.

Bunny200

Lois_and_CK wrote: »

:rotfl:

Sorry, got no advice (unless you have any McDougals thickening granules to hand?), but just wanted to say this really amused me.

I'm seriously hardcore!:D
Sorry if I offended anyone with my extreme swearing
wash my mouth out!:A

(surprised it got through the rude word checker!)

newlywed

Pink-winged wrote: »

Cornflour mixed with cold water is what I usually do and it works well.

Pink

I have a recipe for sweet and sour in the slow cooker and it says to mix cornflour with a small cup of water - add to pot and put slow cooker on high for half an hour or so to thicken

I used plain flour instead of corn as I didn't have any

lauzjp

lauzjp wrote: »

gonna do mince tonight. really must get one of those slow cooker cook books & do something 'different'! there's quite a few in Luton WHSmith

I knew this would happen if I mentioned there were lots of good books in my local shop... :rolleyes: Needless to say I went to WHSmith yesterday, and there were 4 rubbish 4.99 slow cooker books, and only 2 good 9.99 (lots of pictures, like to see what I'm aiming for!) books - bonus - all cookery books are buy one get one half price at the moment.