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My latest purchase, as you know is a Crock Pot. Bought from Tesco Direct at £19.99. It’s a 3.5 ltr but they come in all sorts of sizes. We have finally got round to trying it out and boy do we think it’s the greatest purchase ever!
Apparently it uses the less electricity than a light bulb. You leave it on for hours in the corner just kinda doing its own thing, then when you’re hungry and want your dinner, lift the lid to an amazing concoction!
So I left himself in on his own all day and wondered what I may come home to. Now apart from the vacuuming being done, all the ironing and also some gardening.... a wonderful smell greeted me too...A joint of pork had been purchased from Budgens, for £4.00 - this was cut into 3 pieces, with 2 going into the freezer for another time (it was huge!!)
One piece was placed in our Crock Pot, with a Sharwoods Black Bean Sauce - also on special offer at 89pNow I didn't say this recipe was cordon bleu...it was only a man cooking.... proving how easy a Crock Pot is to use!He popped 2 tbl spoons of golden syrup in with the pork and the Sharwoods sauce, and put whole lot on high for four hours, which caramelised it all. Turned down to low for rest of day until I came home from work. Served up with cous cous that had had fried oinions, fried mushrooms and chopped apple stirred through it. All in all a simple yet yummy meal.And verdict from himself? And I quote...."I can't believe how easy the Crock Pot is to use. I left it alone all day and it did its thing!! It was great!" Bless him... he’s not stopped raving about it since!!
There’s a few sites on Facebook too – so if you have one and are stuck for recipes then take a look at sites such as Slow Cooking with a Crock-Pot - the official UK site on Facebook or even http://www.crock-pot.com/.
Apparently it uses the less electricity than a light bulb. You leave it on for hours in the corner just kinda doing its own thing, then when you’re hungry and want your dinner, lift the lid to an amazing concoction!
So I left himself in on his own all day and wondered what I may come home to. Now apart from the vacuuming being done, all the ironing and also some gardening.... a wonderful smell greeted me too...A joint of pork had been purchased from Budgens, for £4.00 - this was cut into 3 pieces, with 2 going into the freezer for another time (it was huge!!)
One piece was placed in our Crock Pot, with a Sharwoods Black Bean Sauce - also on special offer at 89pNow I didn't say this recipe was cordon bleu...it was only a man cooking.... proving how easy a Crock Pot is to use!He popped 2 tbl spoons of golden syrup in with the pork and the Sharwoods sauce, and put whole lot on high for four hours, which caramelised it all. Turned down to low for rest of day until I came home from work. Served up with cous cous that had had fried oinions, fried mushrooms and chopped apple stirred through it. All in all a simple yet yummy meal.And verdict from himself? And I quote...."I can't believe how easy the Crock Pot is to use. I left it alone all day and it did its thing!! It was great!" Bless him... he’s not stopped raving about it since!!
There’s a few sites on Facebook too – so if you have one and are stuck for recipes then take a look at sites such as Slow Cooking with a Crock-Pot - the official UK site on Facebook or even http://www.crock-pot.com/.
Lots of recipes you will find use cheap cuts of meat, cos the cooking is such a slow process, it cooks everything so tenderly, our prok fell apart on the forks! Buy as cheap as you like cos the Crock Pot will make it taste fit for a king!
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