When I tell people what we cook in slow cookers I often get looks of confusion, wonder and even disbelief! So many people think slow cookers are for soups, stews and the occasional corned beef/silverside only. So when I tell them that we do anything from soups, casseroles and roasts to even lasagna, cakes, fudge, …
So you are now cooking lots of new thing with your slow cooker and wondering what else you can cook next? One of the easiest ways to make trying new recipes easy is to have a great supply of staple items in your pantry that are on hand and at the ready for your next kitchen session …
Now that we have you hooked on slow cooking I bet there are heaps of your old family favourite recipes that are traditionally cooked in the oven or on the stove top that you now want to have a go at in the slow cooker And there is no reason you can’t for almost all …
Converting oven/stove recipes to slow cooking recipes! Read More »
Slow cooking can produce dishes with more liquid due to the condensation formed on the lid and the fact the lid stays closed so that it doesn’t reduce like some stove top/oven methods would do. Here’s a collection of tips and trick you can use to ensure a thickened consistency to your final dish…. #1 …
In short… No!! This is a very hotly debated topic that we see in our group Slow Cooker Recipes 4 Families on Facebook nearly every single day. Some people choose to take this risk. In fact many people will tell you that they have done so for years and “it’s never hurt me!’. However according …
There are several methods you can use to remove oil your dish. First and foremost you can reduce the amount of fat going into the dish from the beginning. Choose lean cuts of meat, trim visible fat from meat and add little to no oil to your slow cooker recipes. Some also like to pre-brown …
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What is the tea towel/dishcloth trick I hear everyone talking about? You will often see in recipes that people will state to lay a tea towel (the cloth you dry your dishes with) between the inner slow cooker bowl top and the lid of the slow cooker (see photo below). This is to absorb condensation and …
As avid slow cookers we are all aware of how convenient they are in our busy, busy lives. If in any doubt pop by and read our earlier blog on ‘Why use your slow cooker for that!?‘ But is there even MORE convenience we can get from these wonderful machines?? The answer is Freezer Meals …
Cooking cakes in slow cookers is out of the norm for a lot of traditionalist slow cooker users, so we wanted to include some advice on what can and can’t be used in cake making in your slow cooker, and also to provide some general tips for getting the most out of your slow cooker cake …
At Slow Cooker Central we love cooking a wide variety of dishes in our slow cookers. Not only covering all meals and desserts, and all types of meat and vegetables, but also recipes from all over the globe! Here are the International Categories we are building on so far: Asian Indian Italian Mexican …