The slow cooker is out! Embracing autumn

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Yes my life may be that boring that I’m excited about it 😅
Best recipes please?
Ive previously done the most amazing sort of beef stew and also a beef massaman curry 😋
Also, I know it’s cheesy but been through a hard time recently and may as well embrace autumn..any lovely autumn ideas of things to do and that make you feel…don’t say it..,cosy, especially with a 6 year old 🍁

Also going to give it a try...any vegetable based recipes welcome please...

Yabu for only just getting yours out, mine is never put away.😁 Recently when it was feeling rather cold, I made a lamb shank, and tomato stew. I served it with mash, and dark greens.

While summer is my favourite season I do like autumn, so YANBU. I’ve bought a curry for tonight as too busy to cook one.

Bored of Lunch on Insta/FB has great recipes for slow cooker and Air Fryer (he has cook books too). The cheesy chilli macaroni is a big hit here

@MILLYmo0se Cheesy chilli macaroni sounds good 👌

Can you share the beef stew and beef curry recipes please? My slow cooker is my absolute favourite thing.

Bbc good food slow cooker shepherds pie is simple and tasty.

Following with interest!

I got a chicken reduced for a quick sale last night. Bunged it in the slow cooker this morning on a bed of carrots and onions with 100 ml of water and was greated by a lovely smell and an already ready meal when I arrived home from work..... which was a particularly enjoyable realisation as I had actually forgotten that I'd done it (hard day at work!). Watching for more ideas...... I'm with the PP who said her coker is never put away : I love using it in the summer if I want a hot meal but can't bear the idea of turning on the oven.

Love the doing it in the morn, then coming home to the smell and having to do nothing

@Discontentedpony Sorry, rubbish at links

The beef stew is just incredible, so tender

I love this too. Still remember the time I did all the searing and pre heating on the hob, put the dish in the slow cooker and off out I went expecting to come home hours later to a house smelling delicious and with dinner waiting for me. Except I forgot to turn on the slow cooker so came home to a dish of raw meat and cold stock. I was devastated 😣

Oh yes love my slow cooker, here for some new ideas!
here are what I mostly do in mine; Beef chilli, veggie chilli, mushroom stroganoff (or beef) chicken Provençal (I do use a Schwartz sachet for this one though!) chicken thigh stew, pulled bbq pork, bolognaise, meatballs in creamy tomato sauce, hotpot

Pork joint with some Mexican spice, whole dried chilli’s and stock which becomes pulled pork for tacos. Then throw in a load of dried beans with the juices and the leftover meat to make a chilli.

I made a kind of gumbo yesterday with boneless, skinless chicken thighs, reduced prawns, cumin, coriander, paprika, smoked chipotle and veg: okra, onion, carrot, celery and a tin of tomatoes. Boneless, skinless chicken thighs make great pulled chicken with any spices you want.

The cheesy chilli macaroni is a hit in my house too.

I’ve just saved this fb reel to make. Looks quite basic but I think will be a hit with the dc! www.facebook.com/reel/2927620640729440?fs=e&s=TIeQ9V

Pulled pork: shoulder of pork, brown sugar, bbq sauce, bay leaves, paprika and whatever else you fancy.

Overnight oatmeal with water. Only need a dollop of yogurt and some brown sugar the next morning.

Beef stew with cheapest cuts.

Lamb shanks.

Confit chickpeas.

I also just remembered the pulled pork I did a few days ago. This recipe but in the slow cooker, it was so good and really versatile - we had it with baked potatoes then made into fried rice then with pasta. I didn’t put the beans in only because I didn’t have any or the chilli as it was for Dd aged 3 also. The shoulder joint cost less than £6 and did so many meals. thehappyfoodie.co.uk/recipes/pulled-pork-and-black-lean-chilli/

The Poppy Cooks slow cooker book is AMAZING! so many tasty dishes and a lot of things you wouldn't think to do with it too. I've enjoyed the broccoli cheese soup and coq au vin this week. Beef tacos tomorrow!!

The "Taming twins" website is fantastic for quick and easy slow cooker recipes! I've tried 70% of her recipes and I'm planning to try two more this week 👏🏻

I made a chicken, leek and chorizo pie in mine yesterday (a Bored of Lunch recipe) - absolutely 10/10. I also batch cook soup in it on the weekend for the week ahead - and a Lindt hot chocolate if I’m feeling fancy, oh and ikea style meatballs 😍

I love slow cooking! Beef curry is a favourite at the moment.
Hunters chicken turned out well last week, I just added the cheese 45 minutes or so before serving.
Lamb & mint casserole is perfect in it.
I do rice pudding a couple times a week the kids love it. It also does a banana bread beautifully. I often have 2 running, dd19 loves a slow cooked jacket spud while we have something in the other.

Some of those recipe links look amazing

Yes they sure do