An AWESOME Cook :)

Last night, I whipped up a beautiful Moroccan Lamb Casserole for dinner.  It was pretty fabulous.  Possibly the best you ever would have tasted.  I can tell you the recipe off the top of my head:

• 2 carrots, diced (I don't think I'll ever forget this, because I thought it said 'sliced'.  So I sliced them.  And then I realised it said 'diced'.  So I diced every annoying slice!!! - Did I mention I did a double recipe?? lol)
• 1 onion, sliced (for real, sliced.  I think that's what I read when I was doing the carrots :P)
• A can of diced tomatoes (I opened one of my cans of 'diced' tomatoes, and they were whole! - So I wiggled a knife around in there for a bit.  Yes, I'm sure the can says 'diced'.)
• 1kg of diced lamb (I used beef, but only because it's cheaper.. did I mention I was doing a double?! - I want it for dinner at least tomorow night, also!)
• Oh, and a Moroccan Lamb Casserole McCORMIC Slow Cookers Recipe Base... :)

All photos from www.mccormick.com.au

You brown the meat, carrots and onions (wiggle them around in a fry pan for a couple of minutes), then chuck them in the slow cooker.  Then you mix the recipe base with the can of tomatoes (ie. put them in the same bowl and wiggle a spoon around for a second) and chuck them in the slow cooker, and mix it all a little :)  THEN you chuck the lid on and wait for 4-8 hours - 4 hours on high, or 8 on low.  Just before serving, you can stir through some fresh coriander - we did this last night, mmmmmm :)

Then you do whatever you want all day (I opted to go to the park with 3 of my favourite friends and their gorgeous bubs), and come home to the mouthwatering aroma of Moroccan!! :)  Yay!!! :)  On the back of the recipe base it suggests you serve on a bed of cous cous topped with yoghurt and toasted almonds, but James is anti cous cous so we serve it on a bed of rice, but DEFINITELY do the yoghurt and almonds thing, mmmmmmmm :)  And they're yummy and classy, so you can have them when people are coming over for dinner.  I highly recommend this - they cut the stress cause you prepare it in the morning and can spend time before they come over cleaning up, or more importantly, cooking dessert :)

So my slow cooker + McCORMICK Slow Cookers recipe bases = an AWESOME cook :)

Another one of their slow cooker bases I've made and we all LOVE (including my 1 and 2 year olds!) is their Mild Chicken Curry! - Easy peasy!! :)

But there are lots to try!! 

And here's a screenshot from the mccormick.com.au website:

Doesn't it all look crazy appetising?!  It does to me.  I think what makes my mouth water the most is knowing by experience how EASY they all are!!! :)

1 last thing I love about slow cookers:  Eating the food at night, it feels like someone else made it for you, which always makes it taste better ;)

If you're not so keen on a recipe base but slow cookers intrigue you, I'll have to share my favourite non recipe based slow cooker recipe some other time - almost just as easy!  But for now - go!  Have fun! - Go out for the day!  Just remember to chuck your dinner in the slow cooker and switch 'on' first :)

PS:  2 cooking posts, and only 1 about children's books from me so far.  Totally out of character.