Slow Cooker - Soup?? HELP?

[tw1698]

Hi all,

This morning I was awake ridiculously early (4am) and was cleaning through the fridge and noticed a ton of vegetables that had gone unused. In a productive mood - I chopped them all up, put them in the slow cooker with some chicken stock and stuck it on low before leaving the house for work at 8am.

I have not consulted a recipe - however now I am questioning myself... can I leave it on for 8 hours on low? Will my soup turn out fine? Am I just tired and paranoid?

Any slow cooker aficionados out there to put my mind at rest?

I'm no expert but I'd say it will be fine! So long as there's a decent amount of water in there too so it doesn't dry out (and I think it would only do that if you'd put literally hardly anything in there). It will be delicious to come home to!

Thank you @BoomyBooms, i have put around 600ml of chicken stock in there so cant imagine it would dry out thankfully! Looking forward to getting home with a nice crusty loaf to enjoy with it!

It'll be fine. I'm out of the house 10 hours a day and do this all the time.

It won't dry out. That's the whole point about slow cookers (and why so many people land up with watery bland food from them) - the temperature is so low that you don't lose much liquid. It will be fine. Worst case it won't taste v good or is watery, but more likely you can blitz it all up on getting home and it will be delicious.