Beef Adobo

This is a Philippino dish with absolutely gorgeous flavours. It's fantastic in the slow cooker, left to simmer all day and infuse your house with sweet fragrance.

Recipe
Brown stewing steak (around 500g), then add 1 onion and 2 cloves garlic. Stir in 2 tbsp flour, then mix in 3/4 pint beef stock gradually. Add 4 tbsp soy sauce, 4 tbsp wine vinegar, 1 tbsp sugar, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
Bring to boil then put everything in the slow cooker on low for 8-10 hours.
Before serving, stir in juice of 1 lime.
Serve with rice and carrot sticks.
Variation: add carrot and celery into the slow cooker.

Hungarian Goulash

This makes a really flavoursome meal, and I like to use the slow cooker to get the meat really tender.

Recipe
Fry 1 onion, 1-2 green peppers, 1 carrot and 2 celery sticks in a saucepan.
Add 225g stewing steak (tossed in flour) and fry till browned.
Add 1 tsp paprika, 2 tbsp tomato puree, a pinch of nutmeg and 2 tsp mixed herbs.
Add ¼ pint beef stock, a can of tomatoes, a dash of red wine and 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce.
Boil then bake as a casserole/ put in the slow cooker med-high for 6-8 hours.
Serve with rice.