It's the annual "I got a slow cooker for Christmas, please come and share your best recipes/recipe book suggestions" thread

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MIL has bought be an enormous Crock Pot slow cooker. It looks lovely but I have no clue what to make in it. It's 5.7 litres but there's only me, DH, 5 yo DS and a very, very picky 3 yo DD.

Suggestions would be very welcome otherwise it's probably going to end up stashed in a cupboard and forgotten about and that would be sad.

My sister got me the Lakeland slow cooker recipe book for my birthday and I've done a few recipes from it including a gorgeous chicken, lentil and pumpkin curry which DH and I loved. Definitely going to try more curries.

Marking my place for when I get my SC.

Right, small gammon joint in SC on Low. I smeared it all over with honey and mustard powder a bit too much fell into the pot oops so hopefully that'll be good with mash and veg for tea tonight :)

And louisiana that sounds delicious - any chance you could share it?

I made a steak and mushroom suet crust pudding in the slow cooker and it was DELICIOUS.

Another plus for the slow cooker is that you don't get lots of condensation like you would boiling it on the stovetop. The only thing you have to watch out for is to choose a pudding basin that fits your SC.

Also made nectarine compote for brekkie today with yoghurt and homemade granola.

Hmmm, need help! I did a whole chicken yesterday, on a bed of chopped root veg and some stock. We had it on low for over 10 hours and it was still half raw!!
What did I do wrong?

JamNan all those sound amazing. I've never steamed a pudding in my life because it sounds like such a faff but I'd love to hear how you did it.

kasbah I have no idea why it wouldn't have cooked but I'm sure a more experienced Mner will come along and offer advice

My gammon was fantastic. In fact, I preferred it to the ginger beer version I did upthread. We had it with mash and broccoli and DS cleaned his plate too. Will do it like that (honey & mustard) next time.

recipe for steak and kidney pud here. I don't like kidney so added mushrooms instead. I shoved in a big dollop of Lea & Perrins too. I cooked the meat first but you don't have to according to this recipe.

Sadly I burnt the granola and it's now out on the birdtable where the birds have turned their beaks up at it.

Thanks Jam - I'm also not a fan of kidney (although DH got DS eating a s&k pie the other day without telling him what was in it I think) and I shall give that recipe a go when I feel brave enough

chicken, lentil and pumpkin curry recipe here. It's for a 4.5l slow cooker, mine is a 3.5l so I halved all quantities.

Doh! Realised that recipe link is the correct ingredient list but is cooked on the hob. I softened the onions, garlic and ginger, then added the spices and warmed through. Then everything (bar the spinach, coriander and coconut milk) is put in the slow cooker on low for 8h. Stir in the spinach, coriander and coconut milk, and put the slow cooker on high for half an hour to warm up. Serve with chapattis.

Marking my place. Slow cooker definitely useful with a new baby.

Hi everyone.

I used my new SC for the first time today (rice pudding ), and I can't wait to use it again. I think I'd like to make a Thai green chicken curry next.

This thread is fab, thanks!

Hi all, I made this beef stifado recently in my new slow cooker, it was lovely. In case anyone wants to make it, I used 100ml instead of a slug .

Mmm that beef dish looks lovely. Beef going on the shopping list!

Medic, how much rice pud did you make and did you use a recipe?

I am assuming this thread has died a death but just in case I'm not the only one still watching it, I made a beef curry today in my SC. It actually turned out more like a beef goulash because I didn't have any garam masala or standard curry powder and just used a combination of ground cumin, ground ginger, turmeric and chilli powder but it was still delicious.

I did it with 500g stewing beef, a green pepper, one large onion, three potatoes roughly sliced and a tub of passata. We had it with rice (DS had Greek yoghurt stirred into his as it was a bit spicy) and it was lovely. Not so good for my heartburn though as I'm 38wk+5 pregnant and it's going to repeat on me for hours now... where's the Gaviscon?!

Can I do potato dauphinois in a slow cooker. Recipe please.

determinedmama
I don't know if you can do Dauphinoise in a slow cooker and I can't find a recipe. I did cook a Lancashire hotpot last week which had a crust of sliced potatoes and swede on top and it crisped up nicely. It must be doable.