Slow Cooker

This slow cooker chilli con carne recipe is quick and easy and a real crowd pleaser. Serve with a pile of fluffy basmati rice, tortilla chips and Mexican dips and a handful of grated cheese

This warming, hearty slow cooker sausage casserole recipe is perfect for a cool Autumn or Winter day. Choose a good quality butchers style sausage for best res

There's nothing quite like a big bowl of slow cooker cottage pie to warm you up on a cold, rainy winters night. Delicious minced beef and onions are slow cooked with carrots, celery and herbs and finished with gravy. This is topped with piles of creamy mashed potato...

Slow-Cooked Pulled Pork Recipe Pulled pork is soft, melt in your mouth pork, which is so tender it simply falls to bits with a fork. Covered in tangy barbeque sauce and served in a bread bun with crunchy coleslaw and a crispy salad. Add some corn on the cob and you...

This spicy, warming tomato and beef stew is just what you need on a cold winters night. The paprika and chilli give it a little kick and the beef, tomatoes and carrots give it a sense of robustness. It feels like all is well in the world when this hits your plate...

Slow Cooked Chicken is one of my favourite lazy Sunday dishes. The chicken can be put in the slow cooker in the morning (or afternoon if you have less time) and left to gently cook whilst you do something more interesting. Towards the very end of the cooking time you...

There’s nothing nicer than slow cooked lasagne. The pasta goes lovely and soft and the longer cooking time lets all the flavours mingle

Spaghetti Bolognese has a delicious tomato based sauce, with Italian herbs and a little wine if you fancy. It’s left to slow cook all day letting all the flavours mingle.

Slow Cooked Beef Stew and Dumplings There's something deeply comforting about Beef Stew and Dumplings and they're also relatively cheap and easy to make. Cooking the stew over a long period of time helps to become wonderfully soft and almost melt in the mouth. It...

Gammon is versatile, easy to cook and relatively cheap. Any leftovers can be used in sandwiches, quiches or omlettes so it’s great for meal planners as it can form part of several meals.

Here’s my beginners guide to using your slow cooker. With hints and tips to make you confident next to no time. What will you cook for dinner tonight?