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[littleminnie]

I only brown the meat if it's beef. Pork and chicken is fine just thrown in.

[honeybun]

That sounds more like the ticket. Quite fancy one.

What kind of stuff do you ladies do. Inspiration please.


Honeyb
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[ariadne]

My slow cooker is quite large when I only need to cook for two of us. Thats why I dont use it often. Is it Ok to stand a smaller dish inside the big one?

Ariadne xx

[Limpy]

That sounds more like the ticket. Quite fancy one.

What kind of stuff do you ladies do. Inspiration please.


Honeyb
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http://www.menopausematters.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,11133.msg301349.html#msg301349

Will this one do? Ok, there is browning but that  doesn't take long, and then that's it, everything done, no more messing. around,

Also, I just used to put chicken thighs straight in with a tin of "cook in" sauce, didn't even heat the sauce.
After it was in all day it was nice and tender and bubbling away.  This was so so easy.

[Meggie]

I have a large oval slow cooker which I bought years ago from Aldi or Lidl - it was about £27.  We love roast lamb but don't like messing up the oven so I buy frozen leg of lamb when on offer, thaw out overnight and put the whole leg in the slow cooker on 'high' for the whole day.  There's no need to put any fluid with it just a large chopped onion.  The meat just falls off the bone - delicious.  Tuck slices of garlic under the skin too.

Enjoy a new way of cooking.

Meggie

[Rowan]

Spread redcurrant jelly over it and it will be even better ( that's if you like that sort of thing) I have done it with lamb chops.

[Meggie]

OOoohhh Silverlady - I'll try the next leg of lamb with redcurrant jelly - sounds delicious

Megie

[Joyce]

I made a meat & veg stew in mine tonight. Hubby said it didn't do it for him, not enough of a kick. Eh? It's a stew not a curry! 

[Katejo]

I bought one years ago when I was a student and need a cheap way of cooking. It was useful but after a while all the dishes tasted much the same. It sat in my cupboard for a very long time until I gave it away on Freecycle about 18 months ago.

[ariadne]

I tried mine again today with a beef casserole. Tasted very bland until I added more salt, pepper then paprika and chilli! I think that's why I stopped using it - everything was a bit school-dinner....ish.

It was lovely to be able to forget about it all day though


Ariadne
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[Dancinggirl]

It's not the slow cooker that makes things bland, it's the recipe.  I find Beef casserole needs all kinds of things - you can use  marmite or worchester sauce, tomatoes and tomato puree and, of course, paprika or chillies.
Meggie, love the idea of the lamb joint cooked slowly - I will try that one.
DG x

[Rowan]

Making Beef Stroganoff in slow cooker today for tomorrows meal.

[littleminnie]

So would cook it today, let it go cold, put it in the fridge and microwave it tomorrow SL?

[Rowan]

Yes, or sometimes I cook it on auto over night.

Cassoulet for weekend cooked with black treacle, whole grain mustard and Haricot beans, recipes from my slow cooker book.