jenni_blog | COOKING! RECIPES!

I have a new slow cooker...it's like a three-slow-cookers-in-one sort of thing.

This is it, sitting on top of my kitchen credenza:

On Wednesday, my day off, I decided to make dinner.

I started cooking at about 10:30 in the morning, since it takes all day to cook this stuff. I decided to make the same things I made when we first got the slow cooker at the beginning of the month - Adobo chicken and a cabbage dish. The recipes are here:

ADOBO CHICKEN

1 small sweet onion, sliced
8 cloves garlic, crushed
3/4 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup vinegar (a nice-flavoured kind is best)
chicken pieces, skin removed (I find thighs are the best for this)

Combine all except the chicken in a bowl and mix.

Put the chicken in the slow cooker and pour the other ingredients over.

Cook on low for 6 - 8 hours.

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RECIPE FOR SLOW COOKER CABBAGE

1/2 a medium head of cabbage
3 apples, cored & diced
1/2 small onion
2 tbsp cider vinegar
1/4 cup sugar
1/2 tsp salt
dash of nutmeg
bay leaf

(You can add some boneless pork roast as well - I put in some sausage pieces.)

Mix all these ingredients together and cook on low for 6-8 hours. I find 8 hours is best.

And here's how they look when just starting cooking:

These recipes are delicious. I recommend them highly. :)

For lunch the same day I also made leek and potato soup (not in the slow cooker). Recipe here:

LEEK AND POTATO SOUP

3 tbsp oil
2 leeks, thinly sliced (white & green parts only)
1 celery stalk, diced
1 carrot, diced
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/4 tsp pepper
2 large potatos, peeled & chopped
3 cups chicken stock
2 slices bacon
1/4 cup shredded Cheddar cheese
2 tbsp minced parsley

- heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
- saute the leeks, celery, carrot, salt, thyme and pepper, for about 8 mins.
- add the potatoes, stock and 3 cups of water.
- bring to a boil
- reduce heat, cover and simmer for about 20 mins.
- puree in a blender.
- sprinkle bacon, cheese and parsley on top.

Pictures:

This is it cooking:

You have to blend it. I used a Magic Bullet and made six separate batches. (Good for taking to work for lunch.)

And the recipe called for bacon and cheese to be added. I didn't have any on hand, but I had cheese-stuffed sausages, which I heated and chopped. It turned out to be quite tasty. The soup needed a little more salt & pepper, which I added to my individual serving.