Slow cooker

Slow cooker is perfect and ideal for busy mums like me or to anyone with busy lifestyle . A good and convenient way to prepare hearty meals for the whole family without spending too much time preparing it. The slow cooker is designed to produce the same results like cooking in pots and allowed to simmer for hours, full of flavors, moist and tender. However, with the preparation of the meat and vegetables to throw into it requires enough time but the thing that you don't spend most of your time in the kitchen until the whole process of cooking finish is something rewarding. You can even cook while you're at work or even leaves you the time to do other things around the house.No stirring involve. It is almost impossible to overcook in the slow cooker . Slow cooking recipes will give specific instructions indicating the appropriate settings and suggested cooking times which will vary accordingly. Most slow cookers these days come with many recipes which are interesting to try.When I bought mine, it came with few recipes for slow cooking, pot roasting and even few recipes of various desserts. There are Slow cooker recipes you can also check out in the internet. Here is one recipe that I like and perhaps you might be interested, CHICKEN IN A POT ( Serves 10-12). However, i did a little twist in the recipe for I added a can of crushed tomatoes for I love the flavour.

4 carrots, sliced
4 onions, peeled & sliced
4 stalks celery
2 kg chicken pieces
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground black pepper
1 cup chicken stock or white wine
1 1/2 tsp dried basil or oregano

Place half of the carrots, onion and celery in the bottom of the Slow Cooker. Add the chicken pieces. Add salt, pepper, liquid and remaining vegetables. Sprinkle with herbs. Cover and cook on Low for 6-8 hrs or HIGH for 4 hrs.

Enjoy!