Well its finally here....the excuse to drag out the Sunbeam Slow Cooker. Actually you should never need an excuse to slow cook. Its a truly intoxicating way to create and eat for that matter.
So today I decided to cook my famous Lamb Shanks, when I owned my cafe this was the best seller by far. I will share with you my secrets.... watch the next blog for a recipe.
First I would like to tell you all about my crush I have on my slow cooker. This love affair started about 2 yrs ago when I was a few weeks off having my baby. It was in the middle of winter and my ankles looked liked I had been hiking in sub tropical jungles, I had to get off my feet and rest. My husband is great around the house but not the best in the gourmet chef department. His speciality is crumbed chicken....great but not so great after 4 nights in a row!!! Bless him.
My girlfriend who has had 3 children and completely understanding of my chicken dilemma, gave me the best advice I had been given as an expectant mother " Honey, you gotta get yourself a slow cooker".
I am forever in her debt.
I was able to quickly prepare soups, curries, casseroles, puddings....all in the morning while my ankles looked liked supermodel material. Turn on the cooker and forget about it.
My husband was relived of his cooking duties and we all ate the better for it.
During those first few months of motherhood when I was a frazzled,sore,sleep deprived human being I was still able to whip up a gourmet meal to treat ourselves at the end of a very, very long day. All it took was 20mins in the morning.
Now with a busy energetic toddler at my feet, I find my cooker even more my savior. I can cook a casserole for Jackman ( my son) and freeze this in portions. TIMESAVER!!! and whip us big kids up a butter chicken curry or my famous lamb shanks.
So ladies...... make a life time investment and buy a slowcooker.
