In my slow cooker today...

morganb

Meant to say have only got a tiny tiny freezer which is already FTB.

Samphire

morganb wrote: »

I need some inspiration!

I need some veggie inspiration .. have got tub of cherry tomatoes ; 2 leeks ; 1 large marrow; couple of peppers ; courgettes; red onions; various dried beans; fresh sweetcorn; cubed and frozen swede. Oh and 1 1/2 sweet cabbages and a big bag of fresh spinach. And loiads of potatoes.

How about Ratatouille? Fry some peppers with onion and garlic (I usually do about 2 peppers with an onion and a couple of garlic cloves) till softened, about 5 mins. Add a few courgettes (thickly sliced), an aubergine (cut into small cubes) a tin of tomatoes plus some fresh (cherry toms would be good), a good spurt of tom puree (2 tbsp?), salt and pepper. I add fresh thyme as I have it in the garden. Heat till bubbling and put in slow cooker on low for 5-8 hours. We have it either with rice or couscous as a veggie dish (can add grated cheese), or as a "side veggie" with salmon or pork chops. I know you don't have freezer space, but it does freeze well, I make vats of it for the freezer!

I make veggie cakes for my boys sometimes - adding leftover cooked veggies to leftover mash and frying like a fishcake. Always goes down well. And I find I can get them to eat spinach if I hide it in a fritatta!

Hope this helps. Have you tried the recipie index for more ideas?

Welshwoofs

morwenna wrote: »

Hi kellitots!

I did my first whole chicken in the SC this week, didn't add anything other than S&P, I am still raving about how nice it was - I hope you enjoy yours just as much

I'm working my way through this thread backwards so don't know if this has been said yet or not...

If you're doing a whole chicken in the SC. Scrunch up balls of tin foil and put them on the bottom of the crock with your chicken resting on top and you'll get a nice brown skin!

mimbellina

squeaky wrote: »

Whoosh it all together
and pour over your crumbed breasts.

Who said slow cookers aren't sexy?

We need to dust ours off, it gets lots of use in the winter. My favourite is TVP and courgette stew with tomatoes.

tryingtoruletheworld

Oooh, Mimbellina, I would love to know the recipe of your TVP and courgette stew! Sounds very tasty and wintery, and I am yet to try TVP in my slow cooker!

stef240377

Well i was going to type in my sc tonight ready for tomorrow lunch (not turned on though till morn) is a lovely tapioca but OH has 'tidied' it away in a cupboard where i cant reach and gone out with his mates to a concert. Im sure he has only done it as he dont like milky puddings!!

kellitots

Lidl sausages (85% meat!!), potatoes, veg, onions and Colman's sausage casserole mix..smells sooo good. I'm just off to get the rice on now

FairyElephant_2

500g minced beef (weight probably less as fried & drained fat this morning)
2 onions, chopped
1 large carrot, grated
1 leek, finely chopped
2 peppers, chopped
2 beef stock cubes
2 tins tomatoes
a good squirt of tomato puree
a heavy-handed 'shake' of mixed herbs
a generous handul of lentils
about a pint of water

As I did a couple of weeks ago, hoping to remove the more 'solid' contents when I get home, and put in a dish to be topped with mash tomorrow, and add part-cooked pasta to the more 'liquid' contents in the SC & cook for another hour to be 'beef & veg pasta bake'...well it worked last time!

torianut

Are there any recipes that you can just add the rice to in the slow cooker - risotto style?

fizzel81

in mine today is a pasta and veg bake ow ive got the heating on i will be cooking more and more with the slo cooker

want to attempt a turkey leg in there tomorrow but not sure i can put anything else in with the leg (ie spuds veg etc)