This is a stew I created using ingredients I had on hand and wanting to make it paleo friendly. The apricots give the stew a lovely sweet taste and the spice was just enough for the kids. If your family tolerates spicyness, you could increase the quantities of cumin and cayenne pepper to give it [...]

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This balsamic roast beef recipe is one that gives you a great result for minimal effort. You do most of the work ahead of time, it tastes amazing, it makes a lot and it presents beautifully on the table. What more could you want! Slow Cooker Balsamic Roast Beef Ingredients: 1 boneless piece of beef [...]

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This recipe is in some ways just a slow cooker version of one of the most popular recipes on the blog – Mexibake. The bonus is that I can quickly whip it up in the morning and it is ready when we get home from after school activities. Slow Cooker Mexican Style Ingredients: 500 grams [...]

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I was inspired to put together this Slow Cooker Lemon dish after seeing Nigella Lawson’s Slow-Roasted Garlic and Lemon Chicken (not a slow cooker recipe). I just thought the flavours of chicken and lemon cooked slowly would be beautiful – and they were! Slow Cooker Lemon Chicken Ingredients: 4 tablespoons flour 1 kg chicken breasts [...]

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While I made this Beef Casserole in the slow cooker, you could easily follow the steps and cook it in the oven for two of hours at around 160 degrees Celsius. It is a great basic casserole, that you can add and vary depending on what your preferred veg are and what you have in [...]

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This was the first time I had made Butter Chicken in the slow cooker. We had Mr I’s nana over for dinner and I thought I would do something different to what she would usually have for dinner. Nana is 99, still lives on her own and is one of the loveliest and most inspiring [...]

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