Category: Main Meals

This is an easy chilli & cheddar cheese topped potato that uses the microwave to steam the jacket potatoes – topping it with a simple slow cooker chilli

Did you know you can start to cook your chilli con carne in the slow cooker even if you’ve not got all the ingredients?  Sometimes I’ve got half

Today I’m using the slow cooker to make a simple Lobbin Beef Stew – which I’ll serve with dumplings.  I might add the dumplings to the slow cooker

This frozen mince recipe is one I put together when I just want a quick meal – I make spaghetti bolognese in the microwave because it’s really quick

This slow cooker pulled beef was the last portion of the beef brisket I cooked in the slow cooker awhile ago and had frozen.  In an effort to

Whew – finally reached Christmas Day and got to eat my Christmas lunch… for one, of course.  I’d rethought last year’s menu and tweaked it a little …

I’ve just grabbed an Oakdale Basted Turkey Breast Joint for my Christmas lunch – it’s a frozen turkey breast at 800 grams and I will cook it in

Many slow cooker recipes start off by telling you to fry and brown the meat first – for many this isn’t an option.  Whether you’re without a stove,

I made this microwave vegetable biryani from a Schwartz Biryani mix that has been lurking in the cupboard for some months, so I needed to use it up.

One of my favourite easy “go to” meals is a cheese & potato pie, I’ve always loved it – and, when you’re cooking for one on a budget

You don’t need an oven and hob to make a simple chicken dinner, you can cook everything in a slow cooker and in a microwave oven (depending, of

Can you cook a chicken breast joint in a slow cooker?  I cooked this Braemoor Chicken Breast Joint with Pork, Sage & Onion Stuffing in my 3.5 litre