With this chilly weather the slow cooker comes into its own for warming dishes to ward off the chill. Making the most of the seasonal veg, my slow cooker lamb and savoy cabbage casserole is easy to make and perfect to serve up to the […]
Happy New Year! Now that I am back to work after the Christmas/New Year break and the children are back at school, it is definitely the best time of year to let the slow cooker take the strain. Comforting dishes seem to be the order […]
As the year comes to a close, it is time to take stock and make plans for next year. This is also the time of year when I celebrate my blog birthday, as it was in January 2014 that I started posting regularly, so with […]
Its Boxing Day, there is food all around me, and a lot of booze. So my thoughts seem to turn to making a rich and velvety chocolate cake spiked with Baileys, with Baileys buttercream! It is the holidays after all I tell myself! My slow […]
It’s that time of year now when I start to plan what treats we’ll have over the Christmas period. Fudge ticks all the boxes: easy to make, everyone loves it, perfect for gifts, a lovely indulgent treat. What better excuse than Christmas for a boozy […]
October is of course the month when the nights get longer, the days get shorter and darker, the temperature drops and we start needing more comfort food to warm us through. Now it is November and this is definitely the case! Making use of your […]
It is definitely the weather now for a warming mug of hot chocolate to take the chill from your hands and warm the soul. What better than to make a big batch of it in your slow cooker so you can ladle it out at […]
Get ready for chilly nights, Halloween and Bonfire Night and even the Christmas season (is it too early to mention it still?), with my slow cooker sticky ginger cake. Fiery crystallised ginger and ground ginger pack a warming punch which will ward off the chill. […]
This month Crock-Pot UK challenged me to try out one of their recipes in a new hinged lid slow cooker and see how I got on with it. As it is October this marks the start of slow cooker season, also known as Crocktober, when […]
How is it October already? Time is whizzing by and I am not sure where September went. Time for the roundup of the Slow Cooked Challenge September entries, and the new linky for October, traditionally the month when the slow cooker is relied on more […]
It’s that time of year when preserving the fruits of summer is a wonderful way to keep on enjoying them during the cold days of autumn and winter. I found myself with some very ripe bananas and instead of making banana bread I wanted to […]
Ahh autumn, crisp leaves in red, brown and gold on their way, cardies at the ready, and a few small signs that summer is slowly fading. It also suddenly seems a lot more acceptable to enjoy a slice of cake of an afternoon (or morning […]
