Slow Cooker Chatter #19

[Ginger]

so i bought a slow cooker about 4 months ago and i've only used it once!!!
please help- give me some inspiration to pull it out and dust the cobwebs off it
i need your best ever, tastiest, easiest slow cooker favourite that will motivate me to keep using it!
chicken or vegetarian only please as we don't eat red meat around here
thank you so so so much

[catherinemoses]

Hi Gracie. I'm a slacker too so I got some McCormick slow cooker flavour bases from the supermarket. They are made especially for slow cookers. there is a mild chicken curry one. there is a lamb one too but you could leave the lamb out and just add more vegies I haven't actually used it yet but it looks delicious on the packet!!! HTH

[Trillian]

Gracie, check out the slow cooker recipe thread https://www.bellybelly.com.au/forums...r-recipes.html - there are loads of chicken recipes and a few vegetarian ones too.

[Ginger]

thanks sherie, i'm going to try the vegetable curry tomorrow

thanks catherine, i'll keep my eye open for them

[Junglemum]

Hi

Just started using my slow cooker in the last few weeks.................. am i the only person that can burn something in a SC???? Man! i made a sausage casserole and it burnt around the edges, was salvageable but not perfect IYKWIM!

How does the Auto setting work?

Thanks for all the recipes in the SC recipe thread, that is awsome, going to give a few a go.

[~Trish~]

Ange - I want to know what the go is with the Auto setting too! I managed to ruin some cannelloni so don't feel bad for burning a casserole. I don't understand how canelloni can even cook properly in a SC! All the edges stayed dry and the pasta just stuck together. I ended up giving it to the dog .

Gracie - I have just bought a couple of sachets of the McCormicks SC mix. I'm going to try one of them this week.

Thanks for the McCormicks advice BTW everyone, I finally found some at Coles. I don't know why our Safeway don't have it, they must be behind the times!

[Trish]

Ok not sure about other SC's but on mine the Auto cooks it on high first, not sure for how long, then switches itself to low. This is so when you have meat in it cooking it's not left out uncooked as such. Make sense ?

As for the sausage casserole, if it has sugar in it it will burn. Things with sugar will caramelise and make it burn easier.