Cooking up a storm!

As you know I recently bought myself a slow cooker so for the past week I have been cooking up a storm! 

As well as using the slow cooker I have been trying out some new recipes as I seemed to be cooking the same old things for dinner week in and week out.

So here is what I have made this week

Asian Beef & Vegetable Casserole

This one was quite tasty but I think it could have probably done with some potatoes or something else as it only really had carrots, beans and onions in it but you could really taste the star anise!

Mediterranean Lamb Shanks

I was so keen to eat this dish that I completely forgot to take a picture of the final product which is really silly because I managed to take a picture of every other stage of the cooking!

This one was delicious. 

After having been cooked for around 7 hours the lamb just fell off the bone... very, very tasty!

Prawn Laksa 

We had this one last night and I was a little worried that Spencer wouldn't like this one as it was a little spicy so we served up some for him and then added more chilli!

Spencer is obsessed with Masterchef at the moment. 

He watches the show every night. He loves the chefs, he loves the food, and he loves seeing what interesting things are created. He now comments on the ingredients that are being used saying things like "oh that tomato looks so juicy'' and that looks very tasty ...let's make that". 

He has been "judging" my meals too and I am happy to report that all three dishes above got a big 

THUMBS UP!