Lamb Navarin | Lamb Slow Cooker Recipe | Free Slow Cooker Recipes

Navarin is the French word that describes a casserole whose main ingredients are lamb, onions and root vegetables such as carrot, swede (rutabaga), turnip, parsnip.
However, you can use what is currently in season or available at hand. The idea is to make a layer of vegetables to rest the lamb chops on.

This slow cooker lamb stew is a perfect blend of ingredients for a warming winter meal in the cooler months...  And it smells fantastic as it is cooking too!


I like to use neck chops in the slow cooker, their regular shape fits into a layer more easily.

The best shape slow cooker for this job is going to be an oval 6 quart slow cooker, like the ever popular Hamilton Beach model - plenty of room for all the single layer of vegetables and lamb chops.

Lamb Navarin | Lamb Slow Cooker Recipe

serves 6-8
Cook on low for 7 to 10 hours


2 Tbsp all purpose flour
2 C beef stock
3 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp dried Thyme
1 tsp dried parsley
3 carrots sliced
2 onions chopped
1 lb / 450g potatoes cubed
2-½ lb / 1kg lamb neck chops
freshly ground salt and pepper to taste

If you prefer to and have the time, brown the chops and vegetables in a fry pan before adding to the slow cooker, but I find with longer slow cooking times, such as for this recipe, this step can be left out.

• Add the flour and a little of the beef stock to the slow cooker, stir to mix, then add the rest of the stock.
• Add the tomato paste, and herbs, stir to combine.
• Add the vegetables, stir to mix up and distribute evenly across the base.
• Rest lamb chops on top, season to taste.
• Cover and cook on low for 7 to 10 hours.

Serve with creamy mash and or roasted vegetables and seasonal steamed vegetables.  Enjoy!

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 I was skimming through one of my favorite slow cooker cooker cookbooks the other day, and realized now would be a good time to put together some Slow Cooker Turkey Recipes and explain How To Cook a Turkey in a Slow Cooker!

So I have put this article together - be sure to bookmark it so you have it ready for Thanksgiving, Christmas or your next family holiday dinner.  Slow Cooker Turkey Recipes | How To Cook Turkey In A Slow Cooker

I noticed that the slow cooker cookbook has a heap recipes in it for using up leftover turkey... just the thing for after Thanksgiving!  Actually that's one of the best things about Thanksgiving, enjoying the leftovers!  But for some, leftover turkey can be a worry, as they are not sure what to do with it...

Slow Cookers for Dummies has solved the leftover turkey dilemma with eleven delicious leftover turkey recipes - my favorite is Turkey Potpie - the author describes it as follows. "We always eat turkey potpie the Sunday after Thanksgiving.  It's almost as important a tradition as having the whole turkey on Thanksgiving Day!  This recipe is so simple to make and is a great way to clean up the refrigerator by using bits and pieces of what ever you may have on hand.  For convenience sake, we offer a recipe that makes one big family sized potpie covered with prepared pie crust from the supermarket diary case."  That last bit is good to know - if you don't regularly have pie crust pastry on hand, you will need to get that in before Thanksgiving if you want to make the Turkey Potpie.

Over the next little while I will be adding to my Slow Cooker Turkey Recipes, so be sure to bookmark the page so you can come back to it. At the moment there is a recipe there to cook a whole turkey in a slow cooker.  I will also be adding turkey breast recipes which are great all year around, and also at family holiday meals for smaller families.  Believe me, once you have had turkey breast cooked in a slow cooker you will be finding all kinds of excuses to cook it often - it is super done this way!

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Slow Cooker Lamb | Slow Cooker Lamb and Bean Casserole | Slow Cooker Mate

I find the combination of lamb, tomato and herbs in the slow cooker, irresistible! This is a really tasty slow cooker lamb stew and is perfect served with baby roast vegetables or mash and seasonal greens. It's simplicity yet great taste makes for either a lovely 'company's coming' or family meal.

If lamb meat is not available, this slow cooker stew would work equally well with cubed lean beef.

Do you ever wish your slow cooker could do more - like multitask and make more than just one dish at a time?

Introducing a slow cooker who's time has come - the Slow Cooker Mate can cook your entree in the base as well as two separate side dishes in a separate layer on top!  Isn't that ingenious. 

Check out my Slow Cooker Mate Review article - and I'm sure you'll be the same as me - left wondering why someone hasn't thought of this before.

If you are cooking for a family, you need to check this clever slow cooker out.

Slow Cooker Lamb and Bean Casserole

Serve 4
Cook on low for 6 to 8 hours

500g/½lb lean lamb cubes or 4 large chops trimmed
1 large onion chopped finely
2 cloves of garlic crushed
2 carrots sliced
2 ribs of celery sliced
440g/14oz can crushed tomatoes in juice
2 cups of cooked or 440g/14oz can haricot beans, drained
1 Tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp dried mixed herbs
½ C beef or vegetable stock
freshly cracked salt and pepper to taste

Combine all ingredients in the slow cooker and cook on low for 6 to 8 hours.


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I love a tender pork roast, but my favorite way to serve pork has to be Sweet and Sour Pork.  Served over buttered noodles or plain white rice, this is a family favorite from way back - especially when pineapple and or bell peppers are a plentiful and well priced!  This recipe works well with pork slices too.  If you have not yet tried cooking pork in a crock pot, next time pork is on sale at your butchery, get some and be sure to keep this recipe in mind!


Do you ever wish you could make more than one dish in your slow cooker at a time?  Do you have a big family, or entertain often and wish your slow cooker could do more?  The trio is ideal for holiday entertaining, buffet-style dinner parties, or other social occasions, this triple slow-cooker server features three 2-1/2-quart pots for cooking up anything from vegetarian chili, lentil soup, and beef stew to tuna-noodle casserole, chicken curry, and more. Three separate control knobs make it easy to independently adjust the heat from low to high or warm temperature settings for each pot. The unit's round-shaped, stoneware cooking pots can be used to cook and serve a main dish in one and two side dishes in the others, can be removed from their heating base for use as serving dishes at the dining-room table, or can be used to store leftovers, once cooled down, in the refrigerator for later, all of which means less dirty pots and pans filling the sink at the end of the day. Three serving spoons and matching glass lids with stay-cool knobs come included. Other highlights include individual spoon notches, integrated side handles on the removable pots, stay-cool integrated side handles on the heating base, a stainless-steel/black hybrid finish, and six feet that lift the serving unit up, keeping tables or counter top surfaces safe from the heat. The trio slow cooker server measures approximately 9-8/9 by 35-1/2 by 13-4/5 inches.

Just the thing for your next dinner party, family gathering or holiday entertaining - it cooks and then keeps warm - what a great idea for freeing up your oven and stove top! Very clever!

Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork | Slow Cooker Pork Recipes

Serves 4
Cook on low for 8 hours

225g/8oz can pineapple chunks in juice – open can and save juice in a 1 cup measuring jug
750g/1½lb cubed pork
1 onion sliced
4 cloves crushed garlic
1 red, yellow or green (bell) pepper sliced
1 small carrot, cut into match sticks
1 tsp ground ginger
1/3 c brown sugar
1/3 c wine vinegar
2/3 c pineapple juice/water (make the juice from can of pineapple up to 2/3 c with water)
3 Tbsp soy sauce

Add all the ingredients to the slow cooker, stir to combine, cover and cook on low for 8 hours.
Once cooked, turn slow cooker to high. Thicken sauce by adding 3 tablespoons of the cooking liquid to a heat proof jug, add 1 tablespoon of cornflour/cornstarch to lo liquid and mix vigorously until smooth, pour into slow cooker, stir to combine, replace lid and cook for 20-30 minutes.
Cook the rice etc while you wait.
Serve over rice with broccoli, steamed Asian or seasonal green vegetables.

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Slow Cooker Chicken Legs with Chili, Ginger and Pineapple | Easy Chicken Crock Pot Recipe

Whole chicken legs are often on special at the supermarket, so next time you buy some, grab a can of pineapple too and make this tasty treat for the family.   If you have a meals worth of rice in the fridge that you have prepared earlier, and some Asian inspired stir fry vegetables in the freezer that you can quickly stir fry, you will be able to serve dinner in minutes with this dish.  Adjust the level of 'spice' to suit your family's taste and this crock pot chicken recipe is sure to become a family favorite!

Chicken legs are ideally cooked in one layer, so if you are cooking 6 chicken legs and in a 6 quart slow cooker, life gets easier. But what do you do if most of the time you only need a 4 quart slow cooker to feed the family?

Introducing the most versatile and practical solution to this dilemma - a multiple insert slow cooker!

This 3 in 1 slow cooker with multiple inserts is the perfect crock pot as you have a 2, 4 and 6 quart slow cooker that takes up no more space than the base, as the slow cooker inserts nest inside each other for storage.  You will find desserts, sauces and oatmeal work out great in the 2 quart, the mid size is great for stews and puddings and the large slow cooker insert is wonderful for slow cooker legs - like in this recipe!

Slow Cooker Chicken Legs with Chili, Ginger and Pineapple | Easy Chicken Crock Pot Recipe

Serves 4-6
Cook on low for 5 to 7 hours

2 Tbsp all purpose flour
2/3 C chicken stock
14oz / 450g can pineapple pieces in juice
2 tsp chili powder
½ tsp ground ginger
few drops of hot pepper sauce
1 onion chopped
2 sticks celery chopped
4-6 chicken legs
freshly ground salt and pepper to taste

• Add the flour and a little of the stock to the slow cooker, stir to mix, then add the rest of the stock.
• Add the pineapple and juice, and stir to combine.
• Add the chili powder, ginger, hot sauce, onions and celery, stir to combine.
• Place chicken legs in last, season to taste.
• Cover and cook on low for 5 to 7 hours.
• Serve with rice and quick steamed greens or a salad.

Enjoy!

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