Slow cooker timing question

[Gigi]

thanks. i (rarely) buy the cheapest bolar blade roast, or silverside i can find, if i find one that is half price. Parsnip, pumpkin, carrot, potato, turnip, swede. Fresh garlic, herbs, some stock, tinned tomatoes. Would put a tin of soup in, if i knew what i was doing.

Love coconut milk and asian flavours, unsure if you can use those in the slow cooker (with beef and veg). Love indian flavours. Love moroccan flavours.

I've just put my bolar blade roast in the slow cooker (2pm), the slow cooker is filled to the brim with chopped up veg. Only one tin of tomatoes, and half of that tin, of beef stock. So veg are not covered by liquid. Is that ok?

Can i cheat, and put the whole lot in the oven at 5pm, if it's not done by then?

i have the slow cooker on high. i realise i should have started it alot earlier, so i've felt anxious all day, about HOW to do this, and how cross i will be at myself, if i mess it up. (expensive waste of ingredients, esp meat).

i messed up meatballs last night, bilby didn't eat any, i really don't want to mess up two nights in a row.

[Mak]

Gigi - I always start something new food wise with sticking to recipes for ages and then when I've worked it out a bit (read stuffed it up by rushing, wrong ingredients etc) then start to get more creative. You are one step ahead of me - I keep meaning to get a slow cooker but then get spooked by the range, price differences and different features and never make it. xx

[sloane]

gigi - there's a nice slow cooker recipe for a red thai chicken curry on the taste website. can pm you details if you'd like? it has red curry paste & coconut milk in it & i've found it to work well (and it's a nice, simple recipe).

one trick as well is to put any liquid in hot - that means it takes less time to heat up etc. well, i think that's right - i'm def no slow cooker expert!!