Food: Ten Slow Cooked Dinner Options

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July 16, 2012
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I was a child of the 70s.   I ate casserole and rice just about every night of my life. I think it must have been an unwritten rule that weekday meals had  to be served from the crockpot.  When I moved out of home I bought myself a George Forman grill and vowed that I would never own a slow cooker.

Of course, I came to realise that slow cooking is the best way to get great flavour (without a lot of fuss) and I soon purchased my own updated version of the crockpot that had been so well loved by my mother.  All of these recipes we’ve rounded up look absolutely delicious (and not a bit like those slow cooked meals of my childhood).

Slow cooking is brilliant for people (like me) who peak in the morning.  I get up early and I’m full of beans.  My husband says that it’s all down hill after 9am at our place!  So, slow cooking is perfect for me.  I can bung everything in the cooker in the morning and the deliciously flavoursome meal is ready to go come 6pm.

PS:  As a hangover from the cupboard casseroles of my childhood I’m proud to say I’ve not weakened on my vow to NEVER cook any meat dish containing pineapple.

Do you have a slow cooker?  Do you LOVE it?  Do you cook pineapple in it?

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  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=746293162 Reannon Hope Bowen

    I love my slow cooker but because I’m always in a hurry to get kids to school & me to work & I don’t use it near as often as I would like.
    My vow was to never ever cook silverside. I can still smell it & I want to vomit at the thought of it. My poor husband loves it but to this day I have not reneged on my promise to myself. My mum was/is a great cook so I’m sure it wash;t her cooking, I just can’t stand that stuff. Or the white sauce……