Crockpot Recipes ... Slow Cooker Recipes

Crockpot or Slow Cooker Recipes with Herbs

This website is an introduction to recipes for your Crockpot or Slow Cooker.

What is a Crockpot or Slow Cooker?

A crockpot is a slow cooking vessel that sits in a container with its own heat supply. Your crockpot slow cooker can be placed anywhere in your kitchen close enough to be connected to an electrical plug point.

This means you can a use slow cooker almost anywhere - your holiday cottage, caravan, self catering accommodation…

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Why use a Crockpot or Slow Cooker?

A crockpot is one the most versatile pieces of cookware you could own.

Think of some of the days when you have arrived home at night, tired and exhausted after the days events, and immediately have had to busy yourself in the kitchen with preparing and cooking supper.

What better then, that to arrive home knowing that supper is waiting for you, hot, ready and waiting to be served directly from the slow cooker.

How does a Crockpot or Slow Cooker work?

Your slow cooker heats up very slowly and remains at a low temperature. Your crockpot slow cooker may come with 2 or 3 settings LOW, MEDIUM or HIGH, depending what you are cooking. All recipes will tell you which setting to use.

In most cases all of your ingredients are added to your Crockpot at the same time, say for example in the morning before you head off for work and then they slowly simmer away all day.

By the time you have arrived home, popped some potatoes on to boil or steamed some couscous, your slow cooked meal will be ready to serve.

Meat recipes cooked in a slow cooker are always tender and delicious, having cooked slowly in its own juices.

All of the goodness and nutrition of your food will still be there when you eat.

What recipes can I cook in my Crockpot or Slow Cooker?

Most people are under the misconception that the only recipes that will work in a crockpot are recipes for stews and recipes for casseroles. Absolutely not!! Jacket potatoes, vegetables, soups and even loaves of bread can all effortlessly be cooked in your slow cooker.

I have included recipes for all of these and many others.

How long does it take for food to cook in a Crockpot or Slow Cooker?

This depends on what you are cooking! Meat recipes for example, will take anything up to 9 hours. Vegetable recipes much less.

Where can you buy a Crockpot or Slow Cooker?

Most of your appliance stores, large supermarkets and kitchen stores will supply slow cookers.

There is usually more than one size available and they are measured in litres or pints, so you can decide what kind of volumes you will be cooking and buy the crockpot to suit the size of your family.

Don’t forget though, that another benefit of your crockpot is that you can cook enough for more than one meal and pop it in the freezer for another day, so don’t go too small!!