In my slow cooker today...

lucy*locket

11am this morning chucked a whole chicken in the SC, sprinkled some chicken stock granules in and about 1/2 pint boiling water. Cooked on high all day, took the chicken out at 4.45pm it just fell apart, not an ounce of waste. I used the liquid in the pot to make gravy, I put a small amount in a small saucepan, blended in some flour, added an oxo cube, added more liquid while heating gently on the hob, delicious....

angelicmary85

Sublime wrote: »

There are differing opinions regarding this. Some people say it takes as much energy as using a lightbulb, other people say the same as an oven:

http://www.biggreenswitch.co.uk/around_the_home/slow-cooker

http://www.stretcher.com/stories/01/010528j.cfm

Heres a site that gives you loads of recipes and tells you what sort of things you can do with one:

http://www.slowcookerrecipes.org.uk/

Thank you for all your help! :A

angelicmary85

kidcat wrote: »

I bought an electricity measure thing last week, when I try it out this week I will run it on the SC to get an idea and post results here. HTH

Thank you!

mooomin

Hi all,

I have a big lump of ham to cook in the slow cooker tomorrow - how best to cook it? If cooking with cola do I just leave it sitting in cola on low all day?

Ideas would be gratefully received!

angelicmary85

Why do you guys cook with cola?

kidcat

angelicmary85 wrote: »

Why do you guys cook with cola?

Someone like NIgella or jamie Oliver suggested it I think. There was a discussion about it earlier in the thread.

FZwanab

Lois_and_CK wrote: »

Or in wraps with some creme fraiche ...

or with wedges and some taco sauce

julietiff

Beef, pepper,salt and bit of red wine to make the pie with:j

zippychick

kidcat wrote: »

Someone like NIgella or jamie Oliver suggested it I think. There was a discussion about it earlier in the thread.

It was Nigella. Apparently it gives a sweet flavour but I have never tried it myself! I do hear it's yummy results.

cuddlymarm

Hi

I've got a big pot of chilli on the go at the moment. Just a packet mix, tin of beans, tin of tomatoes, 1/3 of a bag of quorn, lentils, an onion and the sad looking tomatoes that were sat in the fridge. Just kept filling until full, stick the lid on and ignore. My sort of cooking. Yummy and no work involved.

Nice thing is cos theres only 2 of us at the moment that means tonights meal and 2 other nights meals put in the freezer ready for when I eventually get a job.

Have a lovely day everyone

Cuddles