Good Food: Ultimate Slow Cooker Recipes

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Infused with Mediterranean flavours, this slow-cooked centrepiece is great for entertaining and can be served with a range of Greek meze dishes. Go one step further and use your slow-cooker to make your roast accompaniments: our braised slow-cooker red cabbage boasts a lovely, sticky texture.

A good slow cooker has so many benefits – among other things, it can be a lifesaver for busy parents on a school night. This follows the same format as Vegan Slow Cooker above, with 70 recipes and the main course chapters divided by timings. Serve with rice, pasta or mashed potatoes, topped with lots of soured cream, crème fraîche or yoghurt. As slow cookers have increased in popularity, there's plenty of new slow cooker cookbooks to choose from with modern recipe ideas. This no-fuss dinner uses just a handful of ingredients and kids will love the creamy honey and mustard sauce.The prunes in the marinade give a lovely rich sweetness that goes hand-in-hand with the roasted garlic and slight tang from the pomegranate molasses. In this book, all recipes are short and simple with easy-to-follow steps, and are accompanied by a full-colour photograph of the finished dish. Cheaper cuts of meat benefit from long, slow cooking, and it's always great for making thrifty one-pot meals.

Lemongrass, ginger and lime give this slow cooker Thai chicken curry a wonderfully fresh and zingy flavour. Use this cut to make a rich and creamy pot of slow cooker beef goulash, complete with fresh tomatoes, peppers and smoky paprika. The chilli con carne mixture also contains hidden veg that will help nourish any fussy little eaters. For a lighter option, make this nutritious slow cooker chicken curry using budget-friendly chicken legs, or turn up the heat with an injection of madras curry paste in our slow cooker lamb curry. Leave them to infuse for several hours in a creamy coconut sauce and you'll be rewarded with an intensely aromatic family supper.Our slow cooker cookbook round up has something for everyone – whether you're a newbie to the game, are looking for healthy recipes, meal plans to use your machine every day or specific vegetarian or vegan recipes. Braising or stewing steak are also ideal for cooking slowly over several hours, as this tenderises the meat. Rossi focuses on short ingredients lists and accessible family meals – think turkey taco rice, creamy gnocchi traybake or nacho loaded fries.