Good Food: Slow cooker favourites

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If you’re trying to be healthy, there’s clear calorie information for every recipe, including any additional side dish recommendations. We put a variety of slow cookers through their paces by cooking BBC Good Food’s slow cooker beef stew recipe. On the plus side, the hinged lid allowed us to check in on our dishes without leaving splatters or drips of condensation on the worktop.

They can help your broaden your slow cooking horizons and open up a new world of recipes you can use your machine for – from breakfast ideas to curries, pies, pasta bakes and even puddings.I was pleasantly surprised by this book and decided to keep it over another book I was expecting to be better; but wasn’t! litre capacity, it has a wide build and easy-grip handles for lifting – ideal if you're serving from pot to plate at the dinner table. We've also got plenty of slow cooker recipes on BBC Good Food – from slow cooker chicken recipes to healthy slow cooker recipes. The Good Food kitchen has produced hundreds of brilliant recipes over the years, and this collection gathers 150 of the very best.

We all know that life can throw us curveballs, so if you’re not able to get home before the timer is up, the Easy Time slow cooker will keep your food at the optimum temperature for two hours. This slow cooker is a fabulous option for the home cook who loves experimental techniques and gadgetry.Consult the manual before using as the control panel is made up of symbols only, so isn’t overly intuitive. Cheaper cuts of meat benefit from long, slow cooking, and it's always great for making thrifty one-pot meals. Every recipe in the book is under 500 calories, giving lighter twists on many simple classic recipes.

We looked for three key qualities in our final stews: tender and succulent meat, well cooked vegetables that retained some bite, and a flavoursome, slightly thickened sauce. The manual is thorough and packed with tips and tricks for slow cooking, not to mention recipes and cooking charts. Use just a few ingredients to create this no-fuss slow-cooker chicken dish with a creamy honey and mustard sauce.

Or, keep it meat-free with this hearty veg-packed pasta e faglioli, velvety pumpkin soup or comforting Danish-style yellow split pea soup.