In my slow cooker today...

young_at_heart

Have only recently logged on to this thread. So many people seem to be using slow cookers and as I don't have one would really appreciate feedback as to their usefulness as opposed to regular cooking. Many thanks in advance.

GettingHitched

young_at_heart wrote: »

Have only recently logged on to this thread. So many people seem to be using slow cookers and as I don't have one would really appreciate feedback as to their usefulness as opposed to regular cooking. Many thanks in advance.

OMG they are fab inventions...decide what you are having for tea ( chilli for eg ) brown ya meat, and onions, chuck them in the sc with anything you wanna put in ( mushrooms, kidney beans, toms etc ) along with your stock...set it to medium, come home 8 hours later and theres ya din dins...just boil some rice, open a bag of (value) tortillas and nom nom nom

hellokitty08

Cat_Addict wrote: »

Big chunks of chicken and onions with a jar of chickpea and spinach sauce, garlic, tomato puree and stock.

Will serve with basmati rice.

I love the spinach and chick pea sauce, yummy!

pammie39 wrote: »

WELL I DONE IT!!!!!!!!!!:j

pork CAN swim!!!

5 out of 5, from oh and dd. dinner served with jacket potato.
dd had 2nd's and oh had pork in hot bagget as 2nd's.

a big shout to HELLOKITTY for the reciepe and help from others.

:beer:cheers guys

Was thinking of you this morning, so glad it worked out ok. I had these strange visions of everyone getting apple and pork soup for dinner! lol

helyg

young_at_heart wrote: »

Have only recently logged on to this thread. So many people seem to be using slow cookers and as I don't have one would really appreciate feedback as to their usefulness as opposed to regular cooking. Many thanks in advance.

For me, my SC is a lifesaver. I work part time, and have three kids who do various after school activities. I can get the dinner in the SC before I go to work, safe in the knowledge that when we get home at night a healthy dinner will be ready and waiting for us.

ForeverHopeful_3

Just about to dish up:

Pork loin steaks with tinned tomatoes, paprika, onion, garlic, and butter beans. Going to serve with mashed sweet potato. Smells delish, so will let you know

missychrissy

I've just set off my slow cooker with a jointed rabbit (£2.99) in local butchers, together with 2 chopped carrots, 2 slices of chopped swede, 1 large onion chopped, 1 chopped red pepper, 4 tablespoons of red lentils, 1 tablespoon of barley, chicken stock cube, large glug of red wine (homemade elderberry), black pepper, garlic, 2 teaspoons of French seasoning (Aldi) and just enough water to cover. I work nights so I usually use my slow cooker overnight on auto (4 hrs high then on low). I did rabbit a few days ago and it was lovely but this one is a completely different flavour.

23rdspiral

ForeverHopeful wrote: »

Pork loin steaks with tinned tomatoes, paprika, onion, garlic, and butter beans. Going to serve with mashed sweet potato. Smells delish, so will let you know

please do! i've just defrosted 2 whoopsied pork loin steaks and was wondering what to do with them!

amyparr

Got home and my goulash looks sooo good! Tried my first slow cooker recipe this week - a curry - and it was quite nice, a little bland though. I learnt my lesson and added LOTS of paprika today and it smells amazing! I am converted to slow cooking - I've even got my mum at it now too! :-)

gizmo111

23rdspiral wrote: »

please do! i've just defrosted 2 whoopsied pork loin steaks and was wondering what to do with them!

for slow cooker -mushrroms, onions, stock cube, seasoning, carrots peppers, and serve with choice of pots - boiled or roast, or rice.

cider, or apples, seasoning and serve as above

conventional - grill and serve as above, or roast and serve as above.

Glamazon

well the chilli that I put in overnight was delish (the mince was lovely and soft) and made 9 servings

2 packs of 500g steak mince - browned
3 x onions
2 cloves of garlic
4 x tins of toms
tomato puree
1 x green and 1 x red pepper
1 x red kidney beans
3 oxo cubes
ginger
chilli powder
dried herbs
salt
splash of worcestershire sauce

had to use my 2 3l SC's both on low for 8 hours - the leftovers are portioned off and in the freezer.

Just prepared a bowl of spag bol sauce to go on tonight - am hoping to get about 8 servings out of it for the freezer

2 packs of 500g steak mince - browned
3 x onions
2 x cloves of garlic
4 x tins of toms
tomato puree
1 x grated carrot
3 oxo cubes
dried herbs
salt
splash of worcestershire sauce

still got another 2 packs of mince and 4 packs of chicken so the SC will be on over the weekend and then all my batch cooking is done for the month