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What do you use your slow cooker for?
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Its chicken stew for us today, put it on a low setting before bed, woke up at six to its beautiful smell wafting up the stairs, it's already cooked and on the warm setting until midday.
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over a year ago
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Just got to get it out and use it as the food tastes amazing and they're really cheap to run."
A lot cheaper than putting the oven on ! |
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By *elloWoman
over a year ago
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Putting a chicken in later, I put the chicken in a slow cooker bag with some water and a stock and then under the bag I put potatoes.
If it's not a joint of meat then I also like cooking chowder in there too, delicious.
My oven broke in January and I never got it fixed/replaced so everything goes in the slow cooker and veg gets cooked in a spare kettle  |
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"Putting a chicken in later, I put the chicken in a slow cooker bag with some water and a stock and then under the bag I put potatoes.
If it's not a joint of meat then I also like cooking chowder in there too, delicious.
My oven broke in January and I never got it fixed/replaced so everything goes in the slow cooker and veg gets cooked in a spare kettle "
Don't blame you it's a lot easier just put stuff in and walk away and it always taste's amazing. |
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"Curry yesterday, lasagna today!
Never made a lasagne in one bet it's lovely."
It's better than you might imagine. Creamy and cheesy if you want it to be, and can get crunchy around the edges with a bit of colour. Never going to brown like in an oven, but still very good x |
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"Curry yesterday, lasagna today!
Never made a lasagne in one bet it's lovely.
It's better than you might imagine. Creamy and cheesy if you want it to be, and can get crunchy around the edges with a bit of colour. Never going to brown like in an oven, but still very good x"
Going to have to try it out, love lasagne. |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
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Use my Slow cooker a lot, mainly stews, casseroles, Savory mince for cottage pies, Baked potato's, even baked cakes in it, Whole chickens.
Very economical to use compared to an electic fan oven. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I have an electric pressure cooker instead and use it for so many things - cooking rice, casseroles and stews, soup, bolognese, chilli, cooking pasta, cooking potatoes. And loads more! |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I don’t use slow cooker
I’m slow enough … ha ha …
Sauce pan on the hob or in oven for me
Slow cooker I only see a large waste of space
Not my favourite gadget .
Shut myself when I wash one as well |
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"I don’t use slow cooker
I’m slow enough … ha ha …
Sauce pan on the hob or in oven for me
Slow cooker I only see a large waste of space
Not my favourite gadget .
Shut myself when I wash one as well "
If you use slow cooker liners they're easy to clean  |
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I like to cook a brisket of beef in mine. The cheaper cuts of meet benefit from long, slow cooking so the meat is really tender and the vegetables taste delicious. I generally cook in a mix of red wine, beef stock and mustard. I’m hungry now! |
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By *elloWoman
over a year ago
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"I've made cake in mine before
What type of cake,was it fruit?"
Cake !! Oh wow I forgot about that. I used to make a great chocolate lava cake on my slow cooker, haven't done that for years , it's delicious |
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I’ve a chilli in mine at the moment. Sunday mornings at moment are my bulk cook time. Lasagne in oven now ready to go on, chilli in the slow cooker and a beef ravioli Ragu done. Also a quick broccoli and Stilton soup so that’s most of next week sorted |
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"I like to cook a brisket of beef in mine. The cheaper cuts of meet benefit from long, slow cooking so the meat is really tender and the vegetables taste delicious. I generally cook in a mix of red wine, beef stock and mustard. I’m hungry now!"
What veg do you put in? Do you brown the meat first?
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I've made fudge in my slow cooker."
Ooh! Sounds tremendous!
Has anyone attempted cola slow cooker ham before? I'd like to give it a whirl but seems a bit pricey if it's not successful |
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"Has anyone attempted cola slow cooker ham before? I'd like to give it a whirl but seems a bit pricey if it's not successful "
I’ve tried it a few times but I can never seem to get the cola to caramelise like they say it will. I’ve now taken to putting a little honey instead which works great for me |
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"Its chicken stew for us today, put it on a low setting before bed, woke up at six to its beautiful smell wafting up the stairs, it's already cooked and on the warm setting until midday.
Have a great day all. "
I did the same yesterday evening, the smell when you wake up is amazing isn’t it. Beef stew though today x |
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I love my slow cooker. Today I have three beef short ribs in there, they were yellow stickered in Morrisons so only cost £4.
Once cooked I will shred and use one for burritos tonight, one will be the base of a broth or a pie tomorrow (can't decide which to do) and the third one will be shredded and frozen ready to chuck into a quick Bolognese or chilli or curry as required.
I always fill the slow cooker and freeze a load of portions so I've got some good stuff in the freezer ready to go. |
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