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Yes it’s getting closer to that time of the year where a little preparation in the morning is rewarded with that burning incinerated smell(oops I meant the luscious homely smell of food done to perfection) awaits you as enter your house after a long day work.
Can you tease my tastebuds with your best ideas so I can try new things this winter
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"Yes it’s getting closer to that time of the year where a little preparation in the morning is rewarded with that burning incinerated smell(oops I meant the luscious homely smell of food done to perfection) awaits you as enter your house after a long day work.
Can you tease my tastebuds with your best ideas so I can try new things this winter
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Recipe wise..... I'm not much help here, I purchased a few cookbooks. 
Advise wise, slow cooker bags. A godsend...... |
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By *unchalMan
over a year ago
Dartford |
"Beef stew, with carrots, swede and potato in it
Gammon cooked just in brown sugar
Don’t like swede but the stew sounds warming "
What? English? Swede = Turnip? Bloody hell. Perfect combination! |
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"Beef stew, with carrots, swede and potato in it
Gammon cooked just in brown sugar
Don’t like swede but the stew sounds warming
What? English? Swede = Turnip? Bloody hell. Perfect combination!"
I know what they are but scarred during childhood school dinners, might as well have served a coconut in the shell |
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By *unchalMan
over a year ago
Dartford |
"Lamb Jalfrezi, using a whole leg of lamb on the bone.
I’m not a lamb fan but could try it with another meat, but it sounds tasty"
You must be some kind of vegitarian! Beefatarian, maybe? Lamb is the meat of kings. I have a Tibetan friend who keeps threatening to cook a whole lamb in a pit that he plans to dig in his garden. Been three years, now. Any day now. I'll researched it and you can get a whole lamb for a couple of hundred quid. Fuck him, I might do it myself. Or I can get one of those Ninja Woodfire, or whatever, things... |
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By *unchalMan
over a year ago
Dartford |
"Beef stew, with carrots, swede and potato in it
Gammon cooked just in brown sugar
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Stew definitely. My kids are weird about gammon. Doesn't stop me, of course, but thought I should mention it, just in case we over to yours in the New Year. |
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I follow someone on Facebook who does “dump bags” pre prepped bags of food that you can take out the freezer the night before & just switch the slow cooker on in the morning. Filled with meat, veg, herbs etc….
I also swear by slow cooker liners as they reduce the cleaning!!
J x |
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I got told this recipe a few years back when I started slimming world it took me some convincing as it sounds so strange but it really is lovely …
Chicken cooked in ginger beer add some Jamaican 5 spice and peppers …I love it .. |
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"Gammon cooked in a cola
Interesting
This is incredible. Especially with a honey and mustard glaze then thrown in the oven for 30 mins at the end "
I do this but with cherry. Gammon and is really good.
Mulled wine. 3 months isn't too early
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The best thing you can make in the slow cooker is chocolate orange fudge. A tin of condensed milk, two chocolate oranges, allow it to melt and stir occasionally. Then spoon into a dish or tin, chill in the fridge for a few hours and slice into squares  |
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"Beef stew, with carrots, swede and potato in it
Gammon cooked just in brown sugar
Don’t like swede but the stew sounds warming
What? English? Swede = Turnip? Bloody hell. Perfect combination!
I know what they are but scarred during childhood school dinners, might as well have served a coconut in the shell"
I usually buy the already diced stuff, I forgot to say parsnips. I knew there was something else. |
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By *arkus1812Man
over a year ago
Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands |
I tend to use mine mainly for making batch meals which I freeze until required.
Beef in Red Wine Sauce Casseroles are my favourite.
Good quality pork sausage cooked in Cider, and Chicken cooked in a white wine sauce are also tasty casseroles.
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"Slow cooker liners are a thing??
Damn right they are, saves loads of washing up, plus you can bag up and freeze anything left over.
Used to get mine from Poundland but ours closed  "
Ebay or Amazon.  |
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"Beef stew, with carrots, swede and potato in it
Gammon cooked just in brown sugar
Don’t like swede but the stew sounds warming "
To be fair, diced up and once it's soaked up the broth, you can't really taste it. 
I have finally perfected my own herby beef stew and I really look forward to it when it's on the go. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Breakfast in the slow cooker. Now that was a game changer on a weekend morning.
Sausage wrapped in bacon, pot of beans, black pud, anything you can bung in there for a fry up, only had to cook the eggs and toast!
Danish x |
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"I currently have a jambalaya on the go in mine and it smells incredible.
Will just serve it over plain boiled rice later. x"
Jambalaya:
- 450g boneless chicken (thighs or breast - visible fat removed and cut into bite-size chunks.
- 450g smoked sausage, cut into 1" slices.
- 350g large prawns (peeled and deveined).
- 1 large onion, finely chopped.
- 1 large green pepper, seeded and sliced.
- 3 stalks celery, sliced.
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed.
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes.
- 3 tbsp tomato puree.
- 1 heaped tbsp Cajun seasoning.
- 1 tsp dried oregano.
- 1 tsp dried thyme.
- 240ml chicken stock.
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped basil.
Brown the chicken and chuck everything except the prawns and basil into the slow cooker on low for 8 hours.
When it has 1 hour to go, taste and season how you like it and then chuck in the prawns and cover and cook for the last hour.
Stir in the basil and serve over plain rice.
(I tend to do them separately as rice doesn't fair too well in the slow cooker for me). x |
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My ClusterFuck Herby Beef Stew:
- 800g diced beef.
- 150g split red lentils, rinsed.
- 1/2 diced swede.
- 3 large carrots, chopped.
- 2 large/3 normal diced onions (preferably red).
- 3 crushed garlic cloves.
- 1 diced red chilli.
- Pack of stringless beans, chopped.
- 700ml water (with 1 beef stock pot + 2 stock cubes).
- 1 tbsp mixed herbs.
- 2 tbsp tomato puree.
- 2 tbsp Worcester sauce.
- 1 tbsp soy sauce.
- 1 tsp chilli powder.
- 1 tsp oregano.
- 1 tsp basil.
- 1 tsp thyme.
- 4 bay leaves.
- 1.5 tsp sugar/sweetener.
- 2 tbsp beef gravy granules.
- Salt & pepper to taste. |
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"My ClusterFuck Herby Beef Stew:
- 800g diced beef.
- 150g split red lentils, rinsed.
- 1/2 diced swede.
- 3 large carrots, chopped.
- 2 large/3 normal diced onions (preferably red).
- 3 crushed garlic cloves.
- 1 diced red chilli.
- Pack of stringless beans, chopped.
- 700ml water (with 1 beef stock pot + 2 stock cubes).
- 1 tbsp mixed herbs.
- 2 tbsp tomato puree.
- 2 tbsp Worcester sauce.
- 1 tbsp soy sauce.
- 1 tsp chilli powder.
- 1 tsp oregano.
- 1 tsp basil.
- 1 tsp thyme.
- 4 bay leaves.
- 1.5 tsp sugar/sweetener.
- 2 tbsp beef gravy granules.
- Salt & pepper to taste."
I should probably point out that my slow cooker is 6.5L.
I don't recommended trying to do this one in a smaller one!
I do roast potatoes separately to serve with this but you could easily throw some potatoes straight into the slow cooker. x |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"I currently have a jambalaya on the go in mine and it smells incredible.
Will just serve it over plain boiled rice later. x
Jambalaya:
- 450g boneless chicken (thighs or breast - visible fat removed and cut into bite-size chunks.
- 450g smoked sausage, cut into 1" slices.
- 350g large prawns (peeled and deveined).
- 1 large onion, finely chopped.
- 1 large green pepper, seeded and sliced.
- 3 stalks celery, sliced.
- 3 cloves garlic, crushed.
- 400g tin chopped tomatoes.
- 3 tbsp tomato puree.
- 1 heaped tbsp Cajun seasoning.
- 1 tsp dried oregano.
- 1 tsp dried thyme.
- 240ml chicken stock.
- 2 tbsp freshly chopped basil.
Brown the chicken and chuck everything except the prawns and basil into the slow cooker on low for 8 hours.
When it has 1 hour to go, taste and season how you like it and then chuck in the prawns and cover and cook for the last hour.
Stir in the basil and serve over plain rice.
(I tend to do them separately as rice doesn't fair too well in the slow cooker for me). x"
Wow! What a protein packed dinner! Sounds great |
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"Breakfast in the slow cooker. Now that was a game changer on a weekend morning.
Sausage wrapped in bacon, pot of beans, black pud, anything you can bung in there for a fry up, only had to cook the eggs and toast!
Danish x"
I saw a Ytube video for a full English in the slow cooker.
Highly recommended. |
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over a year ago
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Full English Breakfast, easy as hell!! Throw it all in before you go to bed and all you have to do in the morning is make a brew and some toast... boom!!! |
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"Tonight it’s chilli garlic king prawn patatas bravas and crusty baguette bread and real butter to mop up the sauce
Oi, where's the recipe for that one then?  "
I wing it but basically fry onion in a oil until it goes see through, chuck in garlic, tomato puree, paprika, and fry for a couple of minutes.
Chuck in a tin of chopped tomatoes (contents not the tin) and stir, then chuck this lot into the slow cooker.
I fry potatoes I’ve cut into squares and chorizo until they start to brown then bung it in the slow cooker on low for about 8 hours.
For the garlic chilli prawns I do them when I’m ready to eat.
olive oil in a frying pan and add garlic, chilli flakes, pinch of sea salt and stir for a couple of minutes until the garlic softens a bit.
I whack up the heat and add the prawns, frying quickly on both sides until they pink and cooked through.
Crusty bread, real butter for the mop up
If you remove the chorizo the patatas bravas is good for vegetarians.
Garlic and chilli strength optional depending on your taste buds
Enjoy |
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"Tonight it’s chilli garlic king prawn patatas bravas and crusty baguette bread and real butter to mop up the sauce
Oi, where's the recipe for that one then?
I wing it but basically fry onion in a oil until it goes see through, chuck in garlic, tomato puree, paprika, and fry for a couple of minutes.
Chuck in a tin of chopped tomatoes (contents not the tin) and stir, then chuck this lot into the slow cooker.
I fry potatoes I’ve cut into squares and chorizo until they start to brown then bung it in the slow cooker on low for about 8 hours.
For the garlic chilli prawns I do them when I’m ready to eat.
olive oil in a frying pan and add garlic, chilli flakes, pinch of sea salt and stir for a couple of minutes until the garlic softens a bit.
I whack up the heat and add the prawns, frying quickly on both sides until they pink and cooked through.
Crusty bread, real butter for the mop up
If you remove the chorizo the patatas bravas is good for vegetarians.
Garlic and chilli strength optional depending on your taste buds
Enjoy"
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