Andrew James Slow Cooker | 6.5L Family Sized Cooker Up To 8 Portions | Great For Batch Cooking | Tempered Glass Lid & Removable Ceramic Bowl | 3 Temperature Settings | 320w | Black

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The toughened glass lid allows you to see your delicious meals as they cook without lifting the lid and losing heat. Safety is the priority here too, with the toughened glass designed to reduce breakages. Growing up, my mum’s slow cooker was on overtime in the kitchen. In spite of working full time (sometimes even shift work), my mum would make a point of cooking all our meals from scratch. Both cooking and slow cooking became second nature so she could keep on juggling home, kids and work. A slow cooker uses a small amount of wattage continuously, so it is best to factor this into your lifestyle. Think about it, with a slow cooker, you save both time and money as you can be doing other things while your next meal is cooking, and throw everything into one pot to cook together and save energy.

Slow cooking is a great method that enables flavours to develop. Meat dishes are particularly popular as meat gets really tender when cooked at low temperatures over a long period of time. But as I found slow cooking is definitely a great way to prepare vegetarian and vegan food too. Here are some of the recipes you can try in a slow cooker. Some multi cookers also have a slow cooker function, but a slow cooker is usually only a slow cooker and therefore only suitable for slow cooking of food. The standout feature of the Andrew James Sizzle to Simmer Slow Cooker is that is can be used in so many different ways. Having the ability to sear or saute first means that there are very few recipes that can’t be easily adapted to be cooked in this slow cooker. Whats in the box? It did take me some getting used to, as I cook at the wrong temperature a couple of times and found the outside of my food burnt and the inside uncooked, but once you get the hang of it, it’s a complete game changer in the kitchen. I now use it for most meals. The ceramic bowl is fully removable allowing you to serve meals immediately without the need to transfer the contents into an additional serving dish, keeping your food warm and reducing the washing up. Simply place the Slow Cooker pot on a heatproof mat on your kitchen on dining table. The ceramic bowl is also very easy to clean.If you are short of time it is very easy to fall for convenience food. Unfortunately, most of store-bought prepared meals are laden with salt, fat, sugar, preservatives which are not very healthy. Homemade food is best for the health of you and your family. Additionally, ready meals tend to be more expensive than cooking from scratch. I compared Tesco Clubcard to Sainsbury’s Nectar card, M&S Sparks card and Asda Rewards and one was better The Andrew James Sizzle to Simmer Slow Cooker comes in a stylish silver colour, complete with digital display screen and toughened glass lid. One appliance money saving expert Martin Lewis recommended was a slow cooker, which he said can cook a meal for 23p. Another is the air fryer, which is much more energy efficient than an oven because of the speed it cooks food.

The Andrew James Digital Slow Cooker has become an essential kitchen appliance for us. I have been experimenting quite a bit lately so stay tuned for some more slow cooker recipes in the near future. TEMPERATURE SETTINGS — Your Andrew James Digital Slow Cooker features 3 temperature settings – high, low, and warm – so you can speed up or slow down cooking times and ensure your food is hot and perfectly cooked exactly when you want it. In addition to saving you time, a slow cooker can also help you save money. Slow cookers use much less energy than ovens so you can save on your energy bills. If you cook meat, you can buy cheaper cuts of meat that your slow cooker will render very tender. Vegetarians and vegans can also save money by using dried beans, lentils and pulses instead of more expensive canned goods. LITRE SLOW COOKER — This Andrew James Slow Cooker has a 3.5L so you can make delicious home-cooked meals for the whole family. Enjoy delicious curries, tagines, stews, casseroles, jambalaya and even desserts.

Compared to a manual model, the Andrew James Digital Slow Cooker is fitted with a LED display and digital controls. The digital timer has a 12 hour delay so you can time your food to be ready when you need it. If you are delayed, then the ‘Keep Warm’ function ensures that the food retains heat after cooking. The Andrew James Digital Slow Cooker is very simply designed. It has a removable oval ceramic cooking pot which sits in a metallic electric heating element. The ceramic dish can easily be moved so you can either prepare food or serve food directly from it. That’s based on a small roast for one, I would have saved nearer 50p on a more extravagant or slow cooked roast. This air fryer is also self-explanatory, and easy to clean - one thing many air fryers are not. The bottom basket just pops into the dishwasher, or can be hand washed.

If you want to alter the time or temperature you must stop cooking and reset – you can’t change these as you go When we renovated our first kitchen, we lived on microwaved prepared meals for a while and I remember feeling constantly bloated and unwell. This time I was determined that we would eat simple home cooked meals. Andrew James was kind enough to send me one of their Digital Slow Cookers to help out. What a difference it has made! So much so that I cannot comprehend why I waited so long to get one. ECONOMICAL & CONVENIENT — This economical 200W Slow Cooker uses less electricity than a conventional oven meaning you can cook delicious meals for a fraction of the cost. It also lets you turn cheaper cuts of meat into tasty, juicy morsels. Unfortunately showering and washing clothes is non-negotiable, but there were a few ways I could cut down on cooking energy. Instead of constantly using the oven, which is a big consumer of energy, I looked at alternatives.LOW – Heats to 85°C, food will cook on a low simmer and will need to cook for longer. Use this setting to cook all day while you’re out and about. It could not be much more straightforward. Once you have prepared the food and placed it in the ceramic pot, you simply choose the heat setting and cooking time and let everything simmer while you are away. AUTO – Cooks on high for 4 hours, before switching to low and keeping food hot until you’re ready. Ideal for frozen food or other foods which need to be cooked fully before being left to stew. I hope my vegan and vegetarian recipes and eco tips will inspire you to embrace "more of" a plant-based diet and green lifestyle.