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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Afternoon Tea

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Happy happy joy joy… it's been far too long since I had…

Tangerine Dream

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Hash up!

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Pumpkinseed brittle

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Curly Girl

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I’m a sucker for spicy octopus tentacles…

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Pumpkin gnocchi

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Holy mackerel!

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Meat the mighty Waberthwaite sausage…

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Every time I drive to the northern Lakes or Scotland I make…

Get Yer Leek On…

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