Adventures in Slow Cooking: Broccoli Cheese Soup

It’s that time of year when Christmas is over and you’ve had too much booze, brie and baked goods so it’s time to switch immediately to cayenne tea and rocket salads, right? Maybe best throw in a side of diazepam and hide all the sharp kitchen utensils while you’re at it. So many January eating […]

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Adventures in Slow Cooking- Brisket with Onion Gravy

I’ve been meaning to take on a brisket for some time and would like to take a moment to thank Geller’s for being open late on a Friday and enabling me to do so. Early hours at most of the butchers in my town plus an unfriendly policy towards raw meat in the overpopulated office […]

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Adventures in Slow Cooking- Easy Onion Soup

A quick, easy recipe for you and a rare success from my slow cooker, debuted for Booze Booze Booze night at the September meet of the Victoria Inn Cookery Club. It was then titled ‘French Soup’ though I must now confess I used a Kiwi wine. It’s dead easy to do and was well received, by […]

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Adventures In Slow Cooking- Medieval Stewed Heart

As promised from the last VIFC review, full instructions for the slow cooked stew I cobbled together using commonly heralded ingredients from the era, rather than an actual recipe. Because I couldn’t find one. I must give due respect to the fellow foodies for all piling in for this without so much of a squeam […]

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Adventures in Slow Cooking- Light Beef Stew

Another Saturday, another chance to try for a decent dinner out of the 2014 Valentines gift that is my slow cooker. As previously reported, successes have been sporadic so far. This week there was a pack of casserole beef and a rare unfinished bottle of red to be had, so a beef stew seemed obvious. […]

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Adventures in Slow Cooking- Lentil & Bacon Stew

It’s not been an easy few weeks in Boomboom land, so today I took to one of my favourite therapeutic activities, namely making a big mess in my little kitchen, with better results than usual for both my appetite and general stress levels. The main activity of the day will come in later writings to add to […]