Chicken, bacon and leek casserole - recipe

This is a great recipe for the slow cooker.

Somewhere between 1kg and 2kg diced chicken (I use breasts because thighs gross me out)
1 leek, finely sliced
2 cloves of garlic, crushed or finely sliced
250g diced bacon
A few handfuls of sliced mushrooms (optional)
1 can carnation milk 
salt and pepper to taste

Don't brown anything and don't bother cooking the bacon or leek, just chuck it all in the slow cooker* for four hours on high.


Serve with cous cous, pasta, rice or bread. 

*You could also make it in a casserole dish in the oven but for a much shorter time and make sure it doesn't get too dry.

Slow cooker rice pudding - recipe

Easy and totally delicious.

1 cup rice (I used medium grain)
1/2 cup caster sugar
5 cups milk
5-10cm long piece of orange rind
2 teaspoons vanilla extract or imitation vanilla
2 teaspoons of cinnamon

Combine all ingredients in your slow cooker and cook on high for 4 hours, stirring several times along the way. Remove rind before serving.

Serve with cream, icecream, stewed fruit, sprinkled with cinnamon or whatever else takes your fancy.

Warm, easy, delicious winter goodness.