This might sound like a really silly post to some, but if you're mashed-potato challenged like me, you might like to know how the thermal cooker can help.

I have a real problem judging when the potatoes are cooked enough. They always always always come out lumpy - and I always get the timing wrong with the rest of dinner, so that by the time things ( Read more... )

For Dennis. Since I originally did this one in the crock pot, I'm not sure what size thermal cooker this recipe would need. It might not fill up my 4.5 litre pot so you may need more meat just in case. In any case, congratulations on your new Shuttle Chef!

Where the cranberry sauce is concerned, I used one small jar, which probably amounts to just ( Read more... )

Cooking notes:

This recipe was done in  a 4.5 litre Shuttle Chef thermal cooker. It was a crockpot recipe that I adapted. Because thermal cookers have to be full in order to retain the heat effectively, I added a can of tomato soup, which actually made it a bit *too* tomato-ey. Maybe next time I'll buy a few more lamb shanks to fill up the pot, and ( Read more... )

Made this one yesterday - it was a hit!

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Here's a pretty useful article comparing thermal cookers to slow cookers or crock pots

http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/06/04/features/electric.html

Three recipes are included at the end - sweet sour spareribs, chinese style oxtail soup, baked beans with portuguese sausage.

As the web page says:

These recipes are written for standard ( Read more... )

Was not feeling 100% tonight so I made juk (also known as jook, or congee) - which is kind of like an asian version of chicken noodle soup. It's excellent comfort food and also wonderful if you have a cold or flu.

So, in the inner pot (which by the way is only 2 litres), went:

Chicken stock
1 small chicken breast, diced.
A dash of soy sauce
A teeny drip ( Read more... )