My Slow cooker has arrived sooo....

[Nemo2007]

give me your best slow cooker recipes please

Layer of onions and garlic, layer of sliced tomatoes, layer of braising steak, layer of potatoes sprinkled with salt and repeat. Cook. Scoff

Good free range chicken carcass, (use the leftover roast) bung in with water, onion, carrot, leave overnight. Stick noodles in next day, voila chicken noodle soup!!
(Yes, I am a complete Slummy Mummy!!)

Just to put this on my threads. Come back later when not tipsy. This book is fab

thanks bumping for more

My dad gets pork tenderloin, drowns it in cider, adds potatoes, onion, cooking apple and whatever veggies he feels likes and cooks it overnight, to make melt in the mouth pork casserole thing. I think he adds the potato and apple etc in the morning after the pork's been on overnight, but I'm not sure.. which probably isn't helpful!

i got one of these as a present recently. it's never been out of the box, in spite of my love affair with kitchen gadgets and food. one reason: i never know how long to cook it for and there are only 2 temperatures: high and low. i'm really interested in recipes too, but could people also give instructions about length of time and temperature as well? thanks!

o.k. origonianabroad, whatever I do (usually stew or curry) I put in before bed. If I use hot stock or water, i put it on low till the morning. If I use cold stock or water, then High for the first half hour then turn to low. You actually can't go wrong with it, the longer the better. I have done stews in 3 hours on high and 6-8 on low. Try not to open the lid and investigate too much because it is supposed to add another 20mins each time (or so my mother says!). Just remember the liquid won't reduce or thicken very much. I usually transfer the contents to a big pan and reduce to thicken the sauce when required. It really is worth using though because I have never got meat to fall apart like it does in the slow cooker. NOW GET IT OUT OF THE BOX!!!! [GRIN][WINK]

K, mine's pulled pork.

Get shoulder of pork or other cheap cut.

Bung into slow cooker for 12 hours after you've covered it with Dr. Pepper.

Drain off Dr. Pepper.

Take out pork and shred with forks.

Put back into slow cooker on low, covered with BBQ sauce, for about 3 hours.

Delicious!

I LOVE my slow cooker.

I put a whole chicken in with a bit of stock at the bottom, put it on low, go to work, and there it is all done at tea time...no trouble. Also works fab with brisket.

I am a bbit thick so need stp by stoep recipes

But thats just it Nemo, I have never followed an exact receipe, just made it up. The last one I made had pots, carrots, celery, challots, swede, parsnip, butternut squash, Rosemary and about 2lb of stewing stake. I put in 2 cans of mackeson stout (sp?) and a couple of stock cubes and water (I have a big slow cooker!). You can brown off the meat (if you can be bothered), but mostly I don't bother. Have a go, make it up as you go along.

I got rid of mine. Was dismayed that you didn't just bung food in and switch on. You had to prepare it beforehand!

thanks magsi will have a go now. (the other reason it hasn't made it out of the box is my 2dcs (2.4 and 5 mo) -- no time to read insturctions!

o.k. say no more . Actually, I might try a sausage casserole tomorrow (she says falling asleep at the keyboard dreaming of recipies.....sad).

foodie dreams!

God i'm 35 and offering advice on slow cooking!!! I'M GETTING OLD

o.k. the hole in the floor is opening up for me to jump in..... (tee hee)

I am 29..pmsl just thought would be easier and cheaper as can use cheaper meat from butcher

I have 2 slow cooker recipe books so if anyone needs anything specifically, let me know.

nab would you recommend either of the books?

The one I posted about on Sat at 19.42 is really good. You can get it from Lakeland. The other one is one I picked up at Smiths. This one

Bumping for Nemo2007

thanks nab. I seem to be doing ok but will buy one of them when I have some cash