Tag: slow cooker
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Potato, Swede and Sausage Stew

This is a low-chemical/Failsafe variation on my Lentil and sausage stew recipe. It’s just as tasty and easy to make. Coming Up Next Time: Chocolate / Carob Zucchini Cake Read more
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Chick Pea and Chicken Casserole (Slow Cooker)

Continuing on with the slow cooker experiment to get Oscar into bed earlier (which is working really well!) here’s another slow cooker recipe that can also be made on the stove top or in the oven. It’s nice and simple and is great with cous cous or rice. Coming Up Next Time: Creamed Rice /… Read more
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Pumpkin, Sweet Potato and White Bean Stew (Slow Cooker)

My slow cooker has been getting a real work out the past few weeks. Oscar has given up his day time sleeps (sob!) and is just a mess by the time he gets home from day care. One of our strategies to combat this has been to make sure we have dinner right on 6… Read more
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Lentil and Sausage Stew (Slow Cooker)

In an attempt to get dinner on the table earlier and Oscar into bed earlier (he has given up his afternoon naps) we have decide to make use of the slow cooker on the days that I work. This means a little bit of effort the evening before to prepare everything and have it ready… Read more
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Slow Cooker Sausage Casserole
This is not one of my favourite recipes, mainly because I don’t like red meat and I decided to use up the beef sausages in the freezer. I’m sure I would have liked it much better with the chicken sausages. Its another one done in the slow cooker, so a bit of preparation then walk… Read more
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Chicken Noodle Soup in the Slow Cooker

If you are a regular reader of my blog, you will know that Oscar doesn’t eat soup. Won’t even try it, not even with bread dipped in it. I asked him once if there was any kind of soup he would like to eat and he replied “noodle soup”. So I thought I would give… Read more
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Pumpkin and Lentil Soup and Vegetable Bread Rolls

Still using up Oscar’s pumpkin I decided to make pumpkin soup and found and modified a recipe from Kidspot for pumpkin and lentil soup. Knowing that there was zero chance that Oscar would try it I also pulled out a recipe that had been in my “Recipes to try one day” folder for more than… Read more
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Sweet Potato Soup in the Slow Cooker

One of my favourite things about winter is soup. I lovesoup, and its usually healthy, unless of course you eat it with half a loaf of bread and a slab of cheese! Now that I have my slow cooker its even easier to make yummy soups. And the extra vegetables we have to work now… Read more
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Potato and Leek Soup in the Slow Cooker
This is sooo easy, and potato and leek soup has been bit of a staple for us through the elimination diet and after. The original recipe cam from Belly Belly. Read more
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Slow Cooker Chicken Casserole
Continuing on from my success with the roast chicken in the slow cooker, I tried a chicken casserole. 20 minutes preparation and 8 hours later it was done. Very tasty, and easy. Chicken Casserole (High Amines, Low/Moderate Salicylates, Low/Moderate Glutamates) 200ml light evaporate milk 1 tblspn plain flour 3 large chicken breasts, chopped into largish… Read more
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Roast Chicken in a Slow Cooker
We were given a slow cooker for Christmas and I got to use it for the first time a few weeks ago to cook roast chicken and vegetables. The chicken was extremely tender and full of flavour, and the vegetables, despite cooking for 8 hours were perfect, although the zucchini turned black but still tasted… Read more