I often just throw everything in and cook it, for example, I threw in some frozen cheap beef steaks I had yesterday, with some garlic, chopped carrots, onions, zucchini, potatoes, frozen beans peas and corn. Added some beef stock (about 2-ish cups), tomato paste, mixed herbs and a bit of worstershire sauce. It was yummo! All done at the end of the day, meat unfrozen (lol!!) and everything cooked to perfection. That was a really lazy day option for me though.

With any other recipes I use I often add extra veggies. I usually grate in carrots, zucchini, sometimes even pumpkin! And add soem frozen peas or corn. You can add anything you like to the recipes. I never cook the meat before hand as it usually tells you to in the recipes, I just chuck it all in and hey presto!! it's all delish in a few hours!