slow cooker advice please..

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I've recently got a slow cooker and some recipe books - but there is no advice in the books about halving the portion sizes - all the recipes are for 4 people - if I just want to do it for 2 people do I need to adjust the timing? Thanks

Do it for 4 then freeze half, thats what i do, then we have what i class as a "free meal" the following week with the other half of it.
MMM i LOVE my slow cooker

thanks laloony - it's a lamb curry, so that should freeze ok!

Laloony - what's your best recipes - would love some tried and tested ideas

We are on a very tight budget so its a great cheap and very easy way to feed your family.

I bought a large Turkey leg (£1.50) and cooked that last week in my slow cooker, the meat literally falls off the bone, i then made a quick curry with some of it and sandwiches for lunch the following day with some of it.
We are having a gammon joint cooked in coke in the slow cooker on saturday for friends coming for supper. honestly, meat just melts in your mouth.

i have slung whole chickens in there in the morning and come home from work to the most delish smells and thrown a sunday roast together for tea.
They are a great invention.

thanks -it is a great way to eat economically - gonna try a beef stew next week - but that gammon sounds great!

cheaper cuts of meat and poultry, so chicken thighs, or drummers are fab, meat jsut drops off the bone for hot chicken salads/stir fry/curry etc.
pork chops in gravy, are great.
You can sling in raw veg with a bit of stock for soups.

Can you put turkey legs and chicken in with out any liquid?

Still haven't got to grips with my slow cooker- I just don't have the confidence to chuck it all in and experiment!!

I would love the rough quantities / recipe for the gammon in coke Laloony. Am also intrigued as to wether you use any liquid when cooking chicken, turkey legs etc.

Still haven't got to grips with my slow cooker- I just don't have the confidence to chuck it all in and experiment!!

I would love the rough quantities / recipe for the gammon in coke Laloony. Am also intrigued as to wether you use any liquid when cooking chicken, turkey legs etc.