Two meals in one slow cooker?

Lance_De_Boils

I'm sure I have heard of people that cook more than one meal at a time when using their slow cooker. I mean that both meals go in the slow cooker.
I have a huge slows cooker and would like to try and cook a couple of meals in the same cooker.
Is that even possible?
If so, how?

PasturesNew

Yes. People do it by putting some water in the SC, then putting the individual meals in sealed (roasting/SC) bags in the pot.... or using other cookware such as bowls/jugs.

So, you just need to find two containers that are cookware-safe and that fit into the SC.

You just have to be aware of cross-contamination. e.g. if you had two jugs and one had beef stew in it and the other one was a pudding .... you'd need to protect them so that any potential bubbling/spitting didn't end up landing on the other one... so clingfilm/lid/whatever ...

HappyMJ

Lance_De_Boils wrote: »

I'm sure I have heard of people that cook more than one meal at a time when using their slow cooker. I mean that both meals go in the slow cooker.
I have a huge slows cooker and would like to try and cook a couple of meals in the same cooker.
Is that even possible?
If so, how?

Just get another slow cooker. I have two slow cookers. A big one for the main course and a smaller one costing about £10 for side dishes or it's just enough for a small main course.

Lance_De_Boils

PasturesNew wrote: »

Yes. People do it by putting some water in the SC, then putting the individual meals in sealed (roasting/SC) bags in the pot.... or using other cookware such as bowls/jugs.

So, you just need to find two containers that are cookware-safe and that fit into the SC.

You just have to be aware of cross-contamination. e.g. if you had two jugs and one had beef stew in it and the other one was a pudding .... you'd need to protect them so that any potential bubbling/spitting didn't end up landing on the other one... so clingfilm/lid/whatever ...

Just what I was looking for, thank you so much.

I am trying to save as much money/fuel as possible and didn't want to buy another slow cooker.

happydays89

I have a large old fashioned Tefal slow cooker,I wrap a chicken in foil then wrap a piece of beef in foil,then pork and cook them all together,been doing it for the last 20 years with no problems.

Lance_De_Boils

happydays89 wrote: »

I have a large old fashioned Tefal slow cooker,I wrap a chicken in foil then wrap a piece of beef in foil,then pork and cook them all together,been doing it for the last 20 years with no problems.

What a good idea. Thank you for sharing.

kerri_gt

You can get divided pots specifically for this like the one in the link

http://www.lakeland.co.uk/17169/Lakeland-Divided-Ceramic-Slow-Cooker-Pot?gclid=COHxgKOYuckCFcLnwgod9soCeA&src=gfeed&s_kwcid=AL!49!3!69394443149!!!g!40379390689!&ef_id=VhQ8kQAAAI@rUbiZ:20151130222523:s

Lance_De_Boils

Today I cooked a large amount of bolognese sauce in the slow cooker. I also put a joint of beef in a roasting bag and put it in at the same time.
Both have turned out really nice and i have several meals from one slow cooker session.
Thank you all for your suggestions.

Wondering if roasting bags can be washed and used again.........