In my slow cooker today...

ribenagirl

Sausage casserole in my SC today... 1 pack of sausages (reduced at the supermarket of course), 1 leek, 2 parsnips, 1 carrot, a tin of chopped toms, a tin of black eyed beans, a handful of pearl barley, an oxo cube and a bay leaf. Served with mini yorkshire puddings

minniepoos_2

Sublime wrote: »

Sprinkle a couple heaped tablespoons flour/cornflour over the vegetables and mix it around a bit before adding liquid. It works for me.

Thanks Sublime, will try it next time

stokefan

dont really want to start a new thread so;

i have a small slow cooker (1.5l) but i dont think its big enough (i want to start freezing meals etc)

but now i want to know is the 3.5l one big enough for me to freeze meals etc

or should i go for 6,5l

any help would be great

gizmo111

stokefan wrote: »

dont really want to start a new thread so;

i have a small slow cooker (1.5l) but i dont think its big enough (i want to start freezing meals etc)

but now i want to know is the 3.5l one big enough for me to freeze meals etc

or should i go for 6,5l

any help would be great

It depends on the size of your family and how much you want ot freeze. I have 3.l and find it just about right for family of 4. Eg i made meatballs in sauce and froze 6 individual meals and ate 3 so made 9 meals in total.

stokefan

gizmo111 wrote: »

It depends on the size of your family and how much you want ot freeze. I have 3.l and find it just about right for family of 4. Eg i made meatballs in sauce and froze 6 individual meals and ate 3 so made 9 meals in total.

just me, thanks for your help ill get the 3litre one then, found one for £10 in tesco

kaydn

In_debt wrote: »

Today I made Chicken and Chorizo stew which turned into something like a meat paella.

5 chicken thighs
120g chorizo
1 can of chickpeas
1 can of chopped tomatoes
2 onions
4 cloves garlic
1pt chicken stock
100g rice
1 red & 1 green pepper

Slice onions and garlic thinly and fry for a few minutes until soft. Put in SC with drained chickpeas and tomatoes. Take skin off chicken and brown (I left the bone in but you could use boneless) and add to the SC. Fry chorizo until oil is released and add to SC (I only added half of the oil for flavour). Add chicken stock.

Cook on low for 8 hours, adding the rice about 1 hour before the end along with the peppers

I have never put rice in a SC before do you need to cook it first or just put it in raw, also how many did your ingredients serve

Thanks
Kathy

MissyMAD

dizzybuff wrote: »

Hope its nice what ever way you cook it

It was swtiched on when I got home so I was well pleased.

Turned out really nice, and even had a thick sauce with it!

gizmo111

6 Pork Loin Steaks (3 packs for £10 Tesco meat offer), onions, carrots, celery, garlic, 1 veg stock cube, 1 oxo, slug of wine. Will serve with new pots and hopefully have some to freeze. Did this a couple of weeks ago mixing the stock and it was delicious.

jcr16

sublime , where please is the cookworks 6.5 ltr slow cook for £14.69 ? i've got a 4.5 one ( and a 3.5 lol) and i really want a bigger one to add to my collection. this seems a fab price.

Sublime_2

jcr16 wrote: »

sublime , where please is the cookworks 6.5 ltr slow cook for £14.69 ? i've got a 4.5 one ( and a 3.5 lol) and i really want a bigger one to add to my collection. this seems a fab price.

Sorry, you can find it here. I have found that its a perfect size for 4.