In my slow cooker today...

NZK83

Hi all,
I bought my first sc today:j and could not wait to use it.
So i have in mine....
Chicken drumsticks
celery
carrots
onions
garlic
chopped tinned toms
cannelli beans *sp*
Chicken stock

I plan on leaving it over night so fingers crossed we'll have something yummy to eat tommorrow.

Also just wanted to say thank you for the great ideas on this thread.

brokenwings

sorry if this is in the wrong thread but quick question here

i always soak my broth mix of dried beans and pulses over night before throwing into slow cooker

is this necessary??

I see people say in numerous recipes on here that they threw in a handful of red lentils ---

have i been wasting time and effort? ( ok i know its not much time or effort but thats not the point lol )

Sarahsaver

you need to prepare any thing like kidney beans chick peas etc yes but not red green or brown lentils, or split peas

in my sc today is turkey casserole, not put the turkey in yet yes it is xmas leftovers but its been frozen;)

cuddlymarm

Hi

I'm planning on putting layers of sliced potato and corned beef in my SC and covering with stock (which in theory should be yummy) but can I finish off in the oven just to give it a brown topping or will that damage the bowl ? (its a thick brown pottery one)

Thanks for any help
Cuddles:rotfl:

clarew

I have some pork steaks, carrots,apples,onionsapple juice and water simmering away nicely in mine.

fizzel81

in ours today is

rice, lentils, small amount of frozen chicken, carrots, onions and will be adding peas and sweetcorn later

Sarahsaver

cuddlymarm wrote: »

Hi

I'm planning on putting layers of sliced potato and corned beef in my SC and covering with stock (which in theory should be yummy) but can I finish off in the oven just to give it a brown topping or will that damage the bowl ? (its a thick brown pottery one)

Thanks for any help
Cuddles:rotfl:

do you have a blow torch??? or else brush the topping with marmite, i would not risk putting my sc pot in the oven

newlywed

In mine today is a butternut squash which will be scooped out and made into soup this evening and be my lunches for the week.


I think my slow cooker book said that the pot is not oven proof and that the lid definitely isn't as it has plastic - but not 100% sure. I wouldn't risk it though as if it breaks then it kinds renders the slow cooker useless.

Watty1

"I'm planning on putting layers of sliced potato and corned beef in my SC and covering with stock (which in theory should be yummy) but can I finish off in the oven just to give it a brown topping or will that damage the bowl ? (its a thick brown pottery one)"


Hi - I put my slow cooker (morphy richards white porcelain) in the oven on Sat for 20 to 30 mins to cook some dumplings and it was fine. I'd read on another thread that the bowl would be ok but not the lid. And it was fine! Yay! And the dumplings were good too!

newlywed

Maybe they put it just as a caution then - but my MR book says this:

"Do not put the crock pot or glass lid in an oven,
freezer, microwave or on a gas/electrical hob."