Slow Cooker Matchmaking

slow cookers

So you’ve decided to buy a slow cooker? Welcome to the least time consuming cult in the world. We find time to put our feet up (at least metaphorically) and get on with all the other stuff we love in life and then sit down to a proper meal at the end of it. I particularly love the low washing up levels that accompany it.

But what do you do if you’re still standing on the side of the fence with the stove and saucepans, looking forlornly at a dish needing steeped and don’t know which toe to dip in first to join Club Slow Cooker? I’ve got some advice for you here so you’re ready to start using the recipes in Slow Cooked.

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Giving thanks for ham and turkey eggs

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Ah, turkey eggs. Not quite as rare as hen's teeth, but still…

Make Whoopie…

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Apparently the cupcake has had its day. There is a new baked…

Rhubarb and quince

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Mister North hand delivered me some forced rhubarb straight…

Jack Sprat…

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May I introduce you to the perfect light spring lunch? Grilled…

Home grown goodness

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Spring is finally in the air and my thought are turning to…

Woodcocks provide pleasure for two?

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Back in the gamebird season Miss South visited the depths…

Buckfast sorbet…

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Buckfast may be made in the bucolic countryside of Devon,…
rabbit with morcilla and chocolate

Morcilla and chocolate rabbit with a fluffy mash tail

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A recipe for rabbit with black pudding and chocolate, or Conejo En Salsa De Chocolate Con Morcilla, by Felipe Rojas-Lombardi

Hot Cross Buns

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I don't particularly like raisins, but I absolutely love…

Oxtail stew

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Spring is thinking about gracing us with her presence, but…

(Coffee) bean-age kicks…

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It took me a long while to get into the pleasures of coffee……

It’s my party and I’ll fry if I want to…

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The Ulster Fry is the national dish of Northern Ireland.…