slow cooker & unattended recipes

[Strange Famous]

I have a slow cooker and its so convenient to just chuck everything into it in the morning and come back to a nice meal.

The two main meals I make with it are

Fish & Tomato soup
1 Tin of tomato's
1 Tin of pilchards/sardines in tomato sauce
1 onion chopped up
A good few shakes of paprika
2 bay leaves
about three cups boiling water
1 piece of garlic chopped

low heat all day

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Spicy soup
1 tin of tomato's
1/2 tin of kidney beans
As much hot sauce as you can take (a nice amount really)
a small spoon of basil
a small spoon of papricka
1 onion
4/5 mushrooms chopped up nice and small
1 piece garlic chopped
3 cups boiling water

low heat all day

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Now, I am sure the elitists and so called "chefs" will comment about how uncouth and uncultured it is to eat cheap and simple meals like this... but I find it hearty, filling, tasty, and best of all next to no effort.

I'd like to try some other recipes on the slow cooker though. I also use it to make a casserole, which is basically

meat (liver or a cheap bit of beef) - brown it off in a pan for say 5 mins
1 potato chopped nice and small
2 bits of celery chopped
2 carrots chopped
1 onion chopped
1 bit of garlic chopped
half spoon sage
half spoon parlsey
1 vegtable stock cube
1 parsnip chopped
1 spoon paprika
a good bit of worcestershire sauce
(if you have any other root vegtable about by all means chuck it in)
pour in boiling water so its mostly covering the meat
say two big spoons of cornflour and stir that in

Again, all day on low heat

If you fancy it a bit richer, put in half as much water and half a pint of English bitter or stout.

[Jay Francis]

I'm guessing you live in the UK in which case you're lucky to be able to get real worcestershire sauce instead of the high fructose garbage they sell here in the states. Lucky you.

[monkeysugar]

One of my staples: Crock Pot Roast.

1 roast of your choice, I always go with whatever is on sale, and what I can cram into the crock pot. I prefer a bone in cut with lots of fat on it, in either beef or pork.

1 can of cream of whatever soup. Or a packet of dried onion soup mix.

Vegetables to your liking. I prefer onion, carrots and potatoes. If using onion soup mix, you may or may not want to use the onion.

Attempt to place the roast in the crock pot. If it doesn't fit, cut it in half and cook the rest up later. Put in the soup mix or canned soup. On top of the meat, on the bottom of the meat, rubbed on, whatever. Add about a soup can worth of water. Place the crock pot on the low setting, and let it cook overnight. Add vegetables (if you feel like it) an hour or two before you plan on eating. When the roast pretty much falls apart when you tease it with a fork, it's done. If it is solid, and you prefer it that way, it's probably done as well. If you don't want to let it cook overnight/all day, just put it on high and keep an eye on it until it is done to your preference. Add liquid as needed during the cooking process.

Rice can also be added instead of vegetables.