50 Cheap Slow Cooker Meals: 5 Minutes in the Morning. Dinner Ready When You're Home.
Every recipe in this book uses a slow cooker. Prep time is the hands-on time before the slow cooker runs; cook time is the slow cooker time on low or high. Per-serving cost is noted on every recipe. The guide covers the slow cooker economics (cheap cuts outperform expensive ones), the layering rule, when to add dairy and pasta, browning before cooking, thickening sauces, food safety, and the slow cooker as a batch cook tool.50 original slow cooker recipes across six chapters -- chicken, beef and pork, soups and broths, beans and lentils, set-and-forget mains, and breakfasts and extras -- plus a complete slow cooker guide.Every recipe includes: Protein, carbs, fat, and calories per serving Hands-on prep time and slow cooker time (low or high) Per-serving cost and serves countWhat's inside: Slow Cooker Chicken (10 recipes) -- Pulled chicken BBQ: 3 minutes of preparation, 6 hours on low, shredded in the pot (38g protein, serves 4, ~$1.40 per serving). Honey garlic chicken, sauce thickened with cornstarch after (36g, ~$1.30). Salsa chicken with cream cheese stirred in at the end (36g, ~$1.70). Butter chicken (36g, ~$1.50). Lemon herb chicken (36g, ~$1.30). Chicken tikka masala from a jar of sauce (36g, ~$1.90). White chicken chili with white beans and green chilis, cream cheese at the end (38g, ~$1.60). Chicken and vegetable casserole (32g, ~$1.50). Whole chicken: butter and seasoning rubbed over, low 7-8 hours, falls off the bone without carving (40g, ~$1.70). Chicken and mushroom stroganoff, sour cream stirred in at the end over noodles (34g, ~$1.70). Slow Cooker Beef and Pork (10 recipes) -- Pulled pork from 1.5kg of shoulder: dry-rubbed, in the slow cooker with apple cider vinegar and broth, low 8-10 hours, BBQ sauce tossed in after shredding (40g protein, serves 6, ~$1.40). Beef stew, browning the beef first is noted as optional but better (~$2.00, 28g). Chili con carne from browned mince (~$1.50, 28g). Beef pot roast (~$2.20, 32g). Pork carnitas: no added liquid, shredded then crisped under the broiler for 5 minutes for caramelised edges (40g, ~$1.30). Beef bolognese from mince, pasta cooked fresh per serving (26g, ~$1.20). Sausage and beans (22g, ~$1.50). Korean-style beef, grated pear or apple used as a tenderiser (28g, ~$1.90). Ham and bean soup from a ham hock -- cheapest in the chapter at ~$0.90 for 6 servings (24g). Pork ribs braised 6 hours, glazed and briefly broiled for a caramelised finish (36g, ~$1.70). Slow Cooker Soups and Broths (10 recipes) -- Chicken noodle soup, noodles added fresh per bowl to prevent mushiness (serves 6, ~$1.00). Tomato soup blended from 6 cans (~$0.65 for 6). Lentil soup -- the cheapest soup in the chapter at ~$0.55 for 8 servings (14g protein). Minestrone, pasta added on high in the final 30 minutes (serves 8, ~$0.70). Beef and vegetable soup (serves 6, ~$1.50). Potato and leek soup blended (serves 6, ~$0.70). Split pea soup with ham hock, peas dissolve completely (serves 6, ~$0.80, 18g). Bone broth: bones, apple cider vinegar, and aromatics on low for 24 hours (chicken) or 12 hours, makes 8-10 cups at ~$0.20 each. Chicken tortilla soup with corn (serves 5, ~$1.40). Ribollita: Italian bean and bread soup, stale bread torn in for the final 30 minutes to thicken and enrich (serves 6, ~$0.80). Slow Cooker Beans and Lentils (10 recipes) -- Red lentil dal, a butter and garlic tarka poured over each bowl when serving (14g protein, serves 6, ~$0.55). Chana masala (14g, ~$0.80 for 5). Black bean soup from dried beans soaked overnight (16g, ~$0.70 for 6). Batch-cooked dried cannellini beans from scratch -- the cheapest recipe in the chapter at ~$0.40 for 6, used as a base all week. Kidney bean vegetarian chili (~$0.70 for 6). Vegan chickpea tikka with coconut milk (~$1.00 for 5). Minestrone beans from dried mixed beans, pasta added last (serves 8, ~$0.55). Smoky black-eyed peas -- the book notes these require no soaking (serves 6, ~$0.65). Peanut butter chickpea stew, spinach stirred in at the end (~$1.00 for 4). Coconut lentil dhal with a squeeze of lime (~$0.80 for 5). Set-and-Forget Mains (10 recipes) -- Slow cooker mac and cheese: uncooked pasta in milk and broth, 2 hours on low, cheese stirred in for 30 more minutes (16g protein, serves 6, ~$1.20). Slow cooker lasagne: uncooked lasagne sheets layered with meat sauce and ricotta, low 3-3.5 hours (24g, serves 6, ~$1.80). French onion chicken (36g, ~$1.50 for 4). Slow cooker risotto, stirred once at the halfway point (serves 4, ~$1.10). Jacket potatoes foil-wrapped individually: oil and salt on the skin, no water added, low 7-8 hours, skin crisped under the grill for 5 minutes (serves 6, ~$0.50 each before toppings). Meatballs in tomato sauce (~$1.80 for 4). Teriyaki chicken thighs (36g, ~$1.40 for 4). Slow cooker shakshuka, eggs cracked in for the final 30 minutes (serves 3, ~$0.90). Baked potatoes topped with batch chili (~$1.20 for 6). No-knead slow cooker bread: flour, salt, yeast, and water mixed to a shaggy dough, 2.5 hours on high in a parchment-lined slow cooker, crisped under the grill -- the cheapest recipe in the chapter at ~$0.15 per serving for 8. Slow Cooker Breakfasts and Extras (10 recipes) -- Overnight porridge: steel-cut oats on low overnight, ready at breakfast without any morning preparation (serves 4, ~$0.40 per serving). Baked oatmeal 3 hours on low, reheats all week from the fridge (~$0.60 for 4). Slow cooker granola: lid slightly ajar, stirred every 30 minutes, crisps as it cools (serves 10, ~$0.15 per serving). Hot chocolate large batch (serves 4, ~$0.50). Applesauce batch, 4 hours on low, 8 portions at ~$0.35 each. Berry jam, lid ajar, stirred occasionally (~$0.30 per serving). Vegan pulled jackfruit in BBQ sauce (~$1.20 for 4). Caramelised onions: 6 onions on low for 10 hours, lid ajar for the last 2 -- produces 8 portions of deeply golden, sweet caramelised onion at ~$0.25 each, freezes well. Baked beans from scratch, soaked overnight, molasses and mustard (14g, serves 6, ~$0.70). Slow cooker chocolate cake, 2.5 hours on high in a parchment-lined cooker (serves 8, ~$0.45). The Slow Cooker Guide -- Why cheap cuts outperform expensive ones (collagen and connective tissue break down into gelatin at low temperature). What goes in when: the layering rule, when to add dairy (last 30-60 minutes), pasta and rice (last 30-45 minutes on high), seafood (last 15-30 minutes), greens (last 10-15 minutes). Low versus high: time equivalence and why low produces better results for almost everything. Browning before slow cooking: what the Maillard reaction adds and when it is worth doing. Thickening sauces: cornstarch slurry, reduction (lid off last 30-45 minutes), and flour coating. Food safety: the 4-hour rule, why frozen meat should not go in directly. The slow cooker as a batch cook tool. 52-page PDF. Instant download. Yours forever.
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