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Ok, since I'm getting organised and doing my whole budget, things are going to be pretty tight, so I'd like about.. 4 slow cooker meals for the fortnight (I'll just keep repeating them I don't care, as long as they are cheap to make - oh and easy cos I'm a crap cook).
So yes - hit me with your BEST recipes - tried and tested.
Oh - and no mushrooms please - or ones that contain cream.
Cheers!
1kg of sausages
1 large onion
2 tins of crushed tomatoes
garlic
chilli
what other spices u want
2 packets of the tomatoe and herb mcormicks flavouring.
I then add what ever vegies about 1 hr before its going to be served so that they dont completly disapear.
(peas, corn, broccali, cauliflower, carrots etc etc)
I tend to put on low for 4 - 6 hrs.
YUMMO serve on mash or pasta or rice
EASY
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I do lamb shanks and milk chicken curry packet mix ones also so yummy! I do always add some extras
Sweet thread Mel! I need some inspiration also! (oh and cheap!!) and yes I am a crap cook too! LOL
I make Apricot chicken in mine all the time:
1 x coles BBQ chicken - all meat taken off the bones..
1 x can apricot nectare
1 x sachet chicken noodle soup
Put all ingrediance in slow cooker and mix together - I usually have on low most of day so that the chicken soaks up all the juices..
Add some water if needed!
Searve with rice - DH doesnt eat it so I make a big pot and Bella and I have it for tea / lunch then I freeze what I dont eat!
I also make my spag boll in the SC.
500 gs mince
1 large onion
Brown mince and onion and put in SC'er.
Add 2 x cans condensed tom soup
1 tsp wosterhire sauce
minced garlic
tabasco sauce
2 x tbs sweet sherry
Cook slowly for about 2-3 hrs - If you have all day you dont even have to brown the mince - it cooks in the cooker.
HTH
Kate
Easy Peasy Aussie Chilli Con Carne
1 tin refried beans
1 tin 4 beans
1kg kangaroo mince (or normal)
2 tins crushed tomato
1 diced onion
1 diced capsicum (and any other vegies you feel like)
red wine to taste
garlic to taste (I put in at least 3 cloves)
Chilli to taste (I put sweet chilli in - the kids don't mind that)
cook mince in frying pan with onion til brown, add refried beans til soft then put everything into the slow cooker & mix
Cook on low for about 8 hours stirring every few hours
DH loves this recipie and it makes HEAPS! Great on rice, pasta, mashed potato, with vegies or in sandwiches the next day.
Its not hot or anything is it Ryatha? Just thinking of the kids nappies the next day.. haha!!
Kate - thanks :) I'll add it to my list :D
No worries babe!
I have a few more too like:
Sloppy joes
Chilli Con Carne
If you like the sound Ill type em for ya - Im just being lazy biatch right now! LOL
<3 Kate
moroccan lamb shanks!
brown shanks in frying pan, add to slow cooker.
slice 2 medium-large onions, brown in frying pan with a little olive oil. Add a tin of chopped tomatoes and a tablespoon of moroccan seasoning (available in multiple brands in the supermarket spice aisle!), add half a can of water, bring to boil, pour over lamb shanks.
leave cooking all day long. Add a can of chick peas and a bunch of baby spinach about half an hour before serving. You can leave the spinach until right before serving if you don't want it quite so wilted. Serve with rice.
Too easy, amazingly tasty! And shanks are cheap =)
Get some big pieces of Gravy Beef, add Passatta and whatever Mexican inspired flavours you like, even some tobasco if you like. (I make a taco seasoning so I'll add that) And then cook it down and at the end of the day check for spice and taste and then fork the beef and use in flour tortillas :) YUMMO!
Ummm... whats Passatta? :redface: (and btw, what the heck are you doing up at 2am!)
SW - I'll run that one past DH - sounds good to me. Kids *might* eat it.. haha
Not hot at all. Just dont add the chilli. ;). I'm going to have to try some of these other recipies, they sound delicious!
Tell little A-man that if he wants a chance with Alyssa he'll have to eat it. She LOVES that one! ;)
LOL its a big bottle of Tomato Puree it's usually pretty cheap and I love having it on hand for recipes! And I don't know blame the girls in chat.
(Lemme know if you want the recipes)
Our faves are:
Bacon and bean soup- It's really thick and hearty, soooo yum! My kids love it.
Beef and vegge casserole with dumplings.
Chicken with BBQ suace.
Basic basic basic...
Chicken pieces (skinless but on the bone if you can), water, dried herbs you like, can of diced tomatoes and vegies (Carrots, celery, leek, onion, can of corn, peas, parsnip...)
Easy as. You can add risoni, pasta or potatoes to it if you like too, or just serve it on mash.
Works for almost anything, and I rarely use any sort of "stock" - the chicken and water will make its own. But you can add a cube or I prefer Vegeta ;)
Chuck it all in (you can brown the meat in the fry pan first) and just enough water to JUST cover the rest, and turn it on about 5 hours on low - Melly Proof! lol
Awesome thanks guys. Do you know if you can make a meatloaf in the slow cooker?
Don't see why not....
I dunno if the kiddies will like this...mine didnt, but mine are boring eaters...:D. I made DH try it (another boring pallete...) and he loved it.
I dont eat meat, so all vege here.
Lentil and Vege Rogan Josh....
1 sweet potato, peeled and chopped
1 cup frozen peas
3 small potatoes/1 large potato, peeled and chopped
1 onion chopped
1 can lentils, drained
1 jar rogan josh simmer sauce (you didn't think I actually made it from scratch did you??)
1 jar water (gives you a nice sauce)
1 Tbsp sugar (optional but mine needed it)
Just pop it all in the slow cooker, stir, and I cooked on high for 4 hours and then low for another hour serve with basmati rice...i had mine with heaps of natural yoghurt dolloped on top....:D
Mel I am the same as you and not the best cook out and I found a cookbook for slow cookers on ebay. It's called 365 easy slow cooker recipes and it cost me around $10 and it is really simple. It has all different recipes from entrees, soups, mains, desserts.
Also have you checked out the slow cooker recipe thread that have pages and pages of recipes. I've browsed through there and some seem really easy.
I'm doing the same as you and trying to use my s/c but so far I've used it three times and stuffed all three meals. I'm obviously doing something wrong.
Let us know any good easy recipes you find.
can i get these recipes???? plz :):
No worries hun, here they are!
Bean and bacon soup
2 onions
2 cloves garlic
1 leek
1 cup white beans
1 cup orange lentils
5 cups chicken stock
2 large handfuls of baby spinnach
shaved parmesan
Peel and chop onions finely.Crush and chop garlic. Wash leek thoroughly and slice. Place all ingredients into the slow cooker, except for the spinnach and parmesan. Cover and cook on high for about 8-10hrs.
Remove the ham hock from the slow cooker. Peel off the rind and discard. Take the meat from the bone and chop. Return to the slow cooker. Turn off the slow cooker and mix in spinnach leaves. Serve hot garnished with the parmesan.
**I grate 1-2 carrots, zucchini and sometimes some pumpkin into this to add bulk and more veg. I also don't always use all of the stock, usually adding half stock and half plain water as it sometimes turns out a bit salty from the ham hock. I have made it with just water and it turned out ok, I just added a bit of salt into the pot instead. This is my fave slow cooker recipe so far!!
Beef and Veggie Casserole with Dumplings
Casserole:
700g stewing beef (shin/shoulder/chuck)
tbsp flour
2 onions chopped
550ml beef stock
3 carrots
sliced
Dumplings:
100g self raising flour
1 tsp salt
50g butter
2tbsp chopped parsley
90ml cold water
Cut the meat into even peices and toss in the flour. Fry meat in a pan with some oil until browned. Transfer into teh slow cooker. Add the onions to the frying pan and cook til slightly browned. Slowly add the remaining flour and gradually the other ingredients. Bring to the boil and transfer to the slow cooker. Ensure vegetables are immersed in the cooking liquid. Cook on high 4-6hrs OR low 7-12hrs.
Dumplings
Mix flour salt butter and parsley. Add water and mix into a soft dough. Shape into about 8 balls. Put them onto the top of the casserole and cook on high for 45mins with the lid on.
**I don't put any of it into a frypan. It all goes straight into the slow cooker! I don't often add the parsley to the dumplings either as I never have it. And I often add more veggies and make it a meal in one pot!
Chicken with BBQ sauce
1-1.5kg Chicken whole or legs
1 onion
4 tbsp Tomato sauce
2 tbsp vinegar
2 tbsp mango chutney chopped
1 tsp french mustard
1 tsp caster sugar
1 tbsp worstershire sauce
Brown the chicken in a frypan with some oil. Transfer to the slow cooker. Add the other ingredients to the frypan and bring to the boil. Pour over the chicken and cook on high for 4 1/2-5hrs, basting occaisionally.
**I don't put any of it into the fry pan. It all goes into the slow cooker straight away. I have also made it without the chutney, sometimes replacing it with some orange marmelaide, or not replacing at all. I haven't made it with a whole chicken, I use legs all the time, they turn out really yum!
We LOVE the Mild Chicken Curry that you do with the Slow Cooker packet mix - I think it's McCormicks?
Cut a couple of big (or a bunch of baby) potatoes into bite size bits, throw in a chopped onion or two, tip in a kilo of chicken thighs, mix the seasoning sachet with a tin of coconut milk, and chuck it over the lot - on for four hours and serve with rice... It's sooo goooood....
thanks lil and shades :)
all sound so yummy and i so need inspiration for quick recipes.
been out this arvo and picked up everything to do "Salad's ' mild chicken curry so am giving that a go tomorrow - great thread cheers Arimeh
x
eta - eeek - i think that should say "shades' not "salads" - sorry
Thats a fav in our house actually did it last night!!! I use drumsticks and add peas and corn and capsicum!!!!!:
i'm subscribing as my slow cooker is gathering cobwebs.
everytime i do chicken in it it sort of comes out quite dry so i think i'm doing something wrong?
I currently have that one on cooking now. :) first try for us:
I tried the moroccan lamb which is SOOOO yummy - so definitely try that one :D
I got the lamb shanks reduced at coles for about $3 each (I got two) and it was definitely enough for me, DH, DS and DD - DH has left overs !
Glad you liked it! =) that recipe is pure genius =)
We LOVED it.... Aricyn on the other hand... :rolleyes::