Slow Cooker Mongolian Beef
The beauty of slow cooking is that it’s often cheaper cuts of meat which respond really well to “low and slow”, which means that we can enjoy healthy, protein-rich meals without having to spend a...
View ArticleSlow Cooking Do’s and Don’t’s
Over the past few months, I’ve become slightly obsessed with slow cooking. It’s really invigorated my interest in doing things in the kitchen and has made me so much more adventurous with the things...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Chorizo Stuffed Chicken with Ratatouille
Things have been a bit hectic in the Mum’s the Word house since Sausage went back to school; first, the girls were poorly (tonsilitis), then I was poorly (gall bladder) and then the car decided to go...
View ArticleMum’s the Word 7-Day Slow Cooker Challenge (linky)
So, as you’ll know if you’ve read this blog in the last 6 months, I’ve become a bit of a slow cooker addict. Husband bought me one just before Christmas (insisting it WASN’T a Christmas gift because he...
View Article7 Day Slow Cooker Challenge – Beef and Guiness Stew
Today is the first day of my slow cooker challenge, and it was one of those awkward days where I had to be at an appointment in the mid afternoon. This meant that I needed to choose a dish for the day...
View Article7-Day Slow Cooker Challenge – Macaroni Cheese
Today is day 2 of our slow cooker challenge and in the slow cooker today we have macaroni cheese! This one is quite a leap of faith for me because not only have I never made macaroni cheese at all,...
View Article7 Day Slow Cooker Challenge – Chicken and Chorizo Stew
So, you may or may not have noticed that this post is a day late and there is a very good reason for that. We had a potato disaster. As with most of my slow cooker recipes, I research the dish that I...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Challenge – Pulled Beef Chilli
Chilli is one of those dishes which is a bit of an issue in our house. My mother-in-law is from one of the Southern states in America and therefore makes literally the best chilli I’ve ever tasted....
View ArticleBusy Summer Vacation? Get Help With Slow Cooker Summer Recipes
Kids are out of school, and that surely means it’s a time for you to take a break of nine months of being a taxi driver for extracurricular activities or a school volunteer, right? Of course not. When...
View ArticleSlow Cooker Sesame Beef and Brocolli
Okay, so you may have noticed that my 7-day slow cooker challenge didn’t exactly go to plan, in that I only managed to last for four days and my last three planned meals never quite made it onto my...
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