1.5L Thomson Slow Cooker (Coles)

Those of us who have been a part of our community for a long time know how much we love to own slow cookers of various sizes!

We affectionately refer to this size as the ‘baby slow cooker’ – but don’t let the name fool you – it’s an amazing cooker for so many reasons and recipes!

Previously there was only 1 slow cooker in the Australian market in this 1.5L size and when, for reasons unknown, Woolworths stopped selling it – we were devastated.
So imagine our joy when our friends at Coles started stocking their own!

This is the 1.5L Diamond Slow Cooker from the Thomson Brand 🙂

Features

• 1.5L capacity, ceramic slow cooker bowl
• Beautiful diamond design on the outer silver coloured cooking unit
• 3 cooking modes – HIGH, LOW and KEEP WARM
• Indicator light for a quick way to see if you have it turned on
• A nice long 1m electrical cord gives you more freedom in the kitchen to place it where it suits you best
• Tempered glass lid for easy viewing inside during cooking
• Cool touch handles
• Dishwasher friendly cooking pot!
• 120W power

When something is this good – you might need more than one 😉

There’s a reason I own 4 x 1.5L slow cookers

Here’s why ….

  I use mine ALL the time for side dishes. The small size is perfect vegetables or potato bake or rice or others side dishes to our main dishes in the bigger slow cookers. And one side is never enough!

  They are also the perfect size for desserts if you have a sweet tooth

 They have their own recipe category on the website (1.5L recipes) so you have a collection of recipes just to fit this sized cooker

 Having more than one is also a great way to do two versions of the one dinner (or two dinners) for different tastes at once … eg a spicier version for adults and milder for kids

 Great size for small households, singles, couples or those travelling with limited space/weight options in caravans etc

 They are only $30 from Coles supermarkets so very affordable

NOTE: While I do find the smaller cookers tend to run fairly hot – I found this one to be quite comparable. I cooked a cake in it to give it a test run and I didn’t find it gave as much of a hot spot (in one place) as the previous 1.5L did with cakes. However be sure to keep any eye on yours first use and if it does this can be overcome by rotating the inner cooking bowl occasionally during use to evenly spread out the heat