What to make in your slow cooker

Slow-cooker sausage casserole

SERVES 4 PREP 20 mins COOK 4 hrs on high or 8 hrs on low EASY ❄

2 red onions, inely chopped 1 celery stick, inely chopped 1 2 tbsp rapeseed oil

4 carrots, cut into thick pieces 12 chipolatas, each halved 1 sweet potato, peeled and

cut into chunks

400g can tomatoes

1 tbsp tomato purée or

tomato & veg purée

1 thyme sprig

1 rosemary sprig

1 beef stock cube or stock pot

1 Fry the onions and celery in the oil over a low heat until softened, about 5 mins, then spoon into the slow cooker. Fry the carrots briefly, then add them, too.

2 Brown the sausages all over in the same frying pan – make sure they get a good colour because they won’t get any browner in the slow cooker. Transfer to the slow cooker along with the sweet potato chunks and the canned tomatoes.

3 Put the tomato purée in the frying pan, add 250ml boiling water and swirl it around to pick up all the sticky bits o the bottom, then tip it all into the slow cooker. Add the herbs, stock cube and some pepper. Cook on high for 4 hrs or on low for 8 hrs, check for seasoning, then serve or leave to cool and freeze.

PER SERVING 449 kcals • fat 28g • saturates 8g •

carbs 27g • sugars 18g • ibre 8g • protein 17g •

salt 1.9g