Cheapest meals for the slow cooker

newlywed

I've got the ebook from crazychick from another thread. So if you want to pm me your email address - I'll forward the ebook on

Crazychik

Hi Guys, sorry, but Ive emptied some messages, so you can try again

irishwexford

I would love a copy of this too please but do not know how to do pm. I received two messages a while back and had no idea how they were sent:cool:

newlywed

At the top of the page - under all the purple bar saying about posts not being monitored, it should say something like :

Welcome, irishwexford. - You last visited: Today at 8:47 AM Private Messages: Unread 0, Total 15.

If you click on the words Private Messages it should take you straight to your PM box where you can click and send a new message.

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The other EASY way of doing it, is in this thread, click on Crazychick's name (on the left where she's made an actual post - just above the fact that she is a "serious money saving fan") and then choose "send private message"

trying-very-trying

newlywed wrote: »

I have suddenly realised I should now be able to buy chicken thighs and do them in the SC and then easily pick the meat off for using in meals etc. Is this cheaper than doing a whole chicken though?

So, Today's the big day:j,

I just thought I'd let you know about the chicken thighs. They're often rdc, so I buy them, freeze them, remove the skin(reduces the fat content), then bung them in the sc. They cook so soft that I can just pull the bone out and be left with the thigh fillet.

As for how cheap? Last night we had rdc chicken thigh curry total cost £1.00, fed 4 with left overs. 10x chicken thighs 80p, 1xjar asda curry sauce 6p(I went looking for the 9p sauce mentioned in a different thread earlier this week and it's now only 6p) and an onion. Only downside was the sauce is a little bit thinner than usual, but I just put the savoury rice, 14p, in for the last half hour. It was very tasty. We had it with rdc garlic +coriander naan bread 5p.

Good luck with your sc, and remember, if you do have any problems, the great folk on here will sort it for you. ENJOY:j

My sc is only 3.5l, and 135w, switched on at 07.30 eaten at 19.00

newlywed

trying-very-trying wrote: »

So, Today's the big day:j,

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Good luck with your sc, and remember, if you do have any problems, the great folk on here will sort it for you. ENJOY:j

My sc is only 3.5l, and 135w, switched on at 07.30 eaten at 19.00

Thanks trying. Unfortunately... when OH said delivered Friday - apparently it's some time before NEXT Friday :rolleyes: So have a whole nother week to wait

Have already bought some chicken thighs in anticipation - eyed up the turkey leg too in Tesco's but the meat looked VERY dark compared to the turkey breast pieces I usually go for so might put that idea on hold for a bit.


I WANT MY SLOW COOKER - RIGHT NOW!!!

Except I'm at work so wouldn't be able to use it till I got home anyway

trying-very-trying

newlywed wrote: »

Thanks trying. Unfortunately... when OH said delivered Friday - apparently it's some time before NEXT Friday :rolleyes: So have a whole nother week to wait

Have already bought some chicken thighs in anticipation - eyed up the turkey leg too in Tesco's but the meat looked VERY dark compared to the turkey breast pieces I usually go for so might put that idea on hold for a bit.


I WANT MY SLOW COOKER - RIGHT NOW!!!

Except I'm at work so wouldn't be able to use it till I got home anyway

I have to agree with you. I hate waiting when my mind is made up.

The turkey leg meat is darker than turkeybreast, but you do get great soup with it. Am I being extravagant, I usually just put the meat into the soup. The kids think we've won the lottery:rotfl:. It makes a nice change for the "hunt the chicken casserole" which has become a good staple in our house:rotfl:. Of course the cheap curry sauce went down well, by comparison.

newlywed

trying-very-trying wrote: »

The turkey leg meat is darker than turkeybreast, but you do get great soup with it. Am I being extravagant, I usually just put the meat into the soup. The kids think we've won the lottery:rotfl:. It makes a nice change for the "hunt the chicken casserole" which has become a good staple in our house:rotfl:. Of course the cheap curry sauce went down well, by comparison.

Thanks - ok will put turkey leg back on the list to try I usually do turkey curry so presumably if the meat tastes really strong it will just add to it - or else the curry flavour will "cover" it a bit

Crazychik

Hi, I dont mind sending the recipe's, but please be sure to PM with your email address. Thanks

I put a joint of Brisket in the SC last week, left it for about 7-8 hours, and it was lovely. First time I'd done it. The meat just melted in your mouth!

I chopped up some carrots, parnip, potato, and an onion, layed in the bottom, added seasoning, sat the joint on top of the veg, then poured liquid in so that it 1/2 covered the joint. (I used some gravy, made with granuals and an OXO cube) but you can use just normal stock. Set it too low, and leave it.
I took the meat out, let it rest for about 20 mins, before slicing it up, then I turned the SC to high, to get the juices & veg bubbling, then thickend it up.
Can use it as gravy or blend down and use for soup!

I did attempt ages ago to casserole chicken thighs, but it turned out all greasy, and the meat just fell off the bone. Spent ages, trying to sieve through for bones. Now I tend to SC meat without bones.

trying-very-trying

Crazychik wrote: »

I did attempt ages ago to casserole chicken thighs, but it turned out all greasy, and the meat just fell off the bone. Spent ages, trying to sieve through for bones. Now I tend to SC meat without bones.

CC - If you skin the meat first, it really does make such a difference. If using frozen chicken thighs, I just run them under the hot water, just enough to thaw the skin, but the meat is still frozen, the skin is then easier to remove.