A few weeks ago, we invested (a whole £14) in a slow cooker. I’m a big fan of making a massive pot of something that you can eat for lunch all week, especially when its cold out–and it is starting to be cold out! I thought a slow cooker would be a good, easy way of making big, warm family-size meals.
So after the first day of scarf weather, I got it in my head to make a hearty stew and went on a rampage in the root vegetable section of the grocery, fighting off other last minute Sunday shoppers for the one remaining parsnip. I started with Jamie Oliver’s Jool’s Favourite Beef Stew but I ended up editing it a lot by adding loads of different veg. Only problem: stews take forever, especially in a slow cooker! So we didn’t eat it last night, we let it cook ALL night and then woke up to the most amazing smell in the kitchen!
It ended up being tasty, healthy and pretty reasonably priced when averaged out by the number of meals that it makes. The picture I took just doesn’t do it justice! Note that Jamie’s recipe includes red wine, which is a flavour E and I love but may not be a favourite of the little ones.
