I used my slow cooker a lot - we've got a Morphy Richards one. The recipe that seems to go down best with the family is sausage and bean casserole. (Kidney beans, butter beans, any other beans hanging around the house, a bit of wine (drink the rest), stock and sausages of course! Couple of quid and you're done for 4 people.
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Slow Cookers - Anyone use these things?
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I should use mine more.
Great for stews - even cheap beef is edible after 6-8 hours of slow cooking. Perfect solution for busy parents.
In fact, I thought about doing a niche website about slow cookers / slow cooking - I'm too busy at the moment, but surely someone on here could build a little site to sell some slow cooking pots / recipe books?
Great for stews - even cheap beef is edible after 6-8 hours of slow cooking. Perfect solution for busy parents.
In fact, I thought about doing a niche website about slow cookers / slow cooking - I'm too busy at the moment, but surely someone on here could build a little site to sell some slow cooking pots / recipe books?
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it cooks the best ham ever, use olde english dry cider and a bayleaf, cook for a few hours on slow, when it looks cooked coat it in honey and wrap in foil and bake in oven for half hour or so. 
I use mine all the time. They are great for making meals in bulk, and perfect for saving time as well. There is a beef meal in mine today
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I've got a slow cooker languishing in the cupboard. Think I've only ever made a few things with it, and only in winter. Maybe I'll get it out soon and use it - I love gammon in brown sugar (sorry, don't know proper recipe name). I saw it on a slow cooker thread on Mumsnet the winter before last and it's amazing. Not tried it cooked in Coke though.
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I made a Spag Bol in the slow cooker yesterday, but it was pretty bad.
The mince went too flakey and how do you get it to reduce and thicken?
You get 1/2 litre of orange water sloshing around the plate!
The mince went too flakey and how do you get it to reduce and thicken?
You get 1/2 litre of orange water sloshing around the plate!
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I made a post about my awsome spag bol on MTB 8)
http://www.milktheblog.com/food-drink/not-cheating-pays-off/
http://www.milktheblog.com/food-drink/not-cheating-pays-off/
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Slow cookers are amazing for making pulled pork.
Just shove a pork joint in with a mug full of cider (drink rest of bottle) and leave on low for around 12 hrs.
Drain the liquid into a pan, take pork out and remove the farm then use two forks to 'pull' it, and return it to the slow cooker.
With the cooking liquid, add, sugar, lemon/lime juice, balsamic vinegar, tomato purée, cumin and paprika. Then leave to reduce for a bit then once it thickens return it to the slow cooker to coat the meat.
Serve with, baked potatoes/wraps etc. corn on the cob, lots of guacamole. Yum!
Just shove a pork joint in with a mug full of cider (drink rest of bottle) and leave on low for around 12 hrs.
Drain the liquid into a pan, take pork out and remove the farm then use two forks to 'pull' it, and return it to the slow cooker.
With the cooking liquid, add, sugar, lemon/lime juice, balsamic vinegar, tomato purée, cumin and paprika. Then leave to reduce for a bit then once it thickens return it to the slow cooker to coat the meat.
Serve with, baked potatoes/wraps etc. corn on the cob, lots of guacamole. Yum!
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I make an amazing fakeaway lamb kebab in ours. Lamb mince and some spices, blend together, make a ball and cook it on some tin foil balls to allow the fat to drain. The recipe is on weight watchers online. Ready in about 3 hours when cooked on high.
A-MAZ-ING!!
A-MAZ-ING!!
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husband and I do the kebab if we are going out in the evening. We had an appointment the other week and came home to a wicked kebab and even fed the babysitter. Who doesn't love getting paid in money and healthy kebab lol
I love my slow cooker make all sorts in it as we have just moved I get home later nothing worse than having to start cooking if I've had a bad day has been perfect this week walking into the smell of tea already done. Gutted tho as putting mine away I've dropped the glass lid so now unusable apparently Dunelm have got one in for £7.50 ATM so off today to try and grab a bargain
Tigger2503 said:I love my slow cooker make all sorts in it as we have just moved I get home later nothing worse than having to start cooking if I've had a bad day has been perfect this week walking into the smell of tea already done. Gutted tho as putting mine away I've dropped the glass lid so now unusable apparently Dunelm have got one in for £7.50 ATM so off today to try and grab a bargain
Do you know what size it is please?
On our way home now to a lovely beef stew I'm starving after doing loads of blades checks for Field Agent lol
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Dunno if I already posted this, but I don't care anyway lol, I stick a gammon joint in there for the day and it comes out absolutely bloody lovely. Usually I would add some sort of liquid to meat but I wrap gammon in foil and voila!!!!!