Just the weather for stew

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slow roast lamb

rice pudding
apple crumble with cinnamon sprinked on top

cuddlymarm

Steamed syrup sponge and custard

Vegetable Chilli

Vegetable Lasgne

Jacket Potato with melted cheese

I'm getting hungry just writing this list:j

scotgirl

The slow cooker is great in Autumn/Winter. I make soup in it for lunches - yum!

My fave things for winter are chilli con carne, stew, baked potatoes - anything warm and stodgy really!

Raksha

slow cooker - pearl barley, carrots, leeks and stock - stewed to a porridge consistency - warming, filling and cheap

scotgirl

Another great one is dahl - so cheap, warming and filling!

This is the one I use but I amend it to suit what is in the cupboard and serve with popadums or naan if I have.

Taken from UKTV Food Website...

Ingredients
small bunch Coriander
300g red lentils
1 tsp root ginger, grated
1 tsp Salt
1.2 litres water
3 tbsp sunflower oil
1/2 tsp ground turmeric
1/2 tsp ground cumin
2 tsp black mustard seeds
2 green chillies, chopped
8 curry leaves
2 Tomatoes, seeds removed and finely chopped
1 Lemons, juice only
2 Spring onions, very finely sliced

Method
1. Roughly chop the stalks of the coriander and finely chop the leaves; leave on one side.

2. Put the lentils into a heavy-based saucepan with the ginger , the coriander stalks and a teaspoon of salt; pour over the water. Bring to a gentle simmer and cook for 30 minutes.

3. Beat thoroughly until smooth, adding a little more water if the mixture appears too thick.

4. Meanwhile, heat the oil in a small heavy-based frying pan. Add the turmeric, cumin, mustard seeds, chillies and curry leaves. Cook for 30 seconds or so, until the oil is bubbling and the seeds begin to pop, then stir immediately into the lentils. The mixture may spit a little, but this is fine.

5. Stir in the tomatoes, lemon juice and spring onions and check the seasoning.

squeaky

There was a well supported thread last year on soups. I'll see if I can find it and edit the link back in here. So watch this space


Edit:

Soup..winter is coming!

earwig

thankyou all for your replys i forgot about all that yummy food just one question how do you make crumble (yes i am blonde) lol

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earwig wrote:

thankyou all for your replys i forgot about all that yummy food just one question how do you make crumble (yes i am blonde) lol

There is another thread on making crumble on OS

recovering_spendaholic

One of my favourite winter warmers is what my Dad called Sea Pie - I don't know why because it has no fish in it!! It is just 3lb potatoes, 1lb carrots, 2lb shin beef, onions, half a swede, couple of celery sticks, stock cube, dried thyme and salt and pepper - you just casserole it for 4 hours(or use the slow cooker) for hours until it is really tender (I tend to add the potatoes after the first 2 and a half hours or they fall too much). When it is all lovely and ready you make a suet pastry (1lb flour 8oz suet pinch of herbs, salt and pepper) and roll it out until it is a bit bigger than the circumference of the pot you are using. Then you place it over the top of the stew making sure that it kind of makes a seal. then you put on the lid and cook in a conventional oven or on the hob for about an hour. It is lovely, but I have to say I don't often make it as it is VERY filling and my rear end is already a shipping hazzard!!

bulchy

That sounds delicious Jane, my nana would have called that 'pie crust' the family keep asking me to make one, I need to find a pie dish though, as all my dishes are either too big or too small, and knowning my lot, they would opt for me using the bigger dish, and we would all end up like house ends by the spring :rotfl: :rotfl:
Sue