
BakingQueen74
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Find easy and delicious slow cooker recipes including amazing slow cooker baking and desserts. All a busy family can need! Baking recipes from cakes, cookies, and no-bake desserts too. I'm Lucy, a food blogger and also a busy working mum of two. I hope you'll enjoy the recipes I create and post which are perfect for busy families;
BakingQueen74
1M ago
My slow cooker turkey mince stew recipe is high in protein, warming for the colder months and easy and frugal too. All boxes ticked! During autumn and winter I love to serve simple stews or casseroles usually with some crusty bread or rice and the additional of some green vegetables like broccoli or peas on...
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BakingQueen74
1M ago
Cherry curd is a fruity twist on lemon curd that is so versatile, whether you want to enjoy it on toast or in baking or to enhance your desserts. British cherries are in season in the UK in June and July, but imported cherries are normally available all year round in stores. Fresh cherries can...
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BakingQueen74
3M ago
This slow cooker butternut squash soup recipe is perfect to warm you up and feel cosy this autumn and winter with a bowlful of goodness! Butternut squash are typically harvested from late summer through the autumn. They keep really well though, like pumpkins, so you can normally get them all year round. I tend to...
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BakingQueen74
5M ago
This blackberry season try my slow cooker blackberry jam – hands-off jam that tastes great! I was inspired to make this recipe after picking loads of delicious blackberries from the local pick your own farm. Jam is a great way to preserve and enjoy late summer fruit later in the year. Using the slow cooker...
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BakingQueen74
6M ago
My Slow Cooker Lemon Drizzle Cake is easy to make, zesty with lemon and perfect to enjoy with a cup of tea anytime! Of course a lemon drizzle cake is a favourite all year round. That fresh sweet lemon flavour makes it ideal in summer or winter! This recipe is a spin on my popular...
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BakingQueen74
7M ago
My Rhubarb Traybake is a simple traybake cake with swirls of stewed rhubarb through it. Delicious to enjoy anytime or for breakfast!
When rhubarb is in season in the UK I can’t get enough of it.
As well as enjoying simple stewed rhubarb on its own I also love to incorporate rhubarb into baking recipes.
Rhubarb flapjacks and rhubarb scones are some of my favourites.
This rhubarb traybake cake is a great way to enjoy rhubarb in a cake, it is perfect to cut into squares and this makes it ideal to put in lunches, take on picnics or enjoy as a snack anytime.
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BakingQueen74
1y ago
Cranberry curd is a festive twist on lemon curd that is great on scones, bread or used in baking. Make your fresh cranberries into something special!
I don’t know about you but I love it it November and December when I can get a tub of fresh cranberries with my shopping.
Fresh cranberries are available in the UK in both of these months, after their harvest in the autumn. Many are imported from the USA, in particular Cape Cod.
Having successfully made fruit curd with other berry fruits like blackcurrants and strawberries, I decided cranberry curd would be a great option to try for the Christma ..read more
BakingQueen74
1y ago
This slow cooker leek and potato soup is just what you need for a comforting and easy dish to warm you up! It takes just a few minutes to prepare and provides a hearty and economical meal option.
Leeks are typically a winter/spring vegetable grown in colder temperatures and soup is perfect as a winter warmer.
Leek and potato soup is great to enjoy all year round though, since leeks are available all the time nowadays.
Since I’ve shared some of my other favourite slow cooker soup recipes recently, such as my slow cooker tomato soup, this potato leek soup recipe was sure to be next.
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BakingQueen74
1y ago
This slow cooker whole chicken recipe is perfect for a Sunday roast or just for everyday meals with veggies and mashed potato. I’ll show you how to make an easy and delicious gravy with the leftover juices too!
It’s great to grab a whole chicken at the shops and have it on hand so you can cook it when you want it.
Whether that is for your Sunday roast dinner or to enjoy on a weeknight with roast vegetables and some crusty bread, or whatever you prefer, it can’t be easier to throw it in the slow cooker in the morning.
Such an easy and forgiving recipe, it suits all levels of home cooks.
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BakingQueen74
1y ago
These slow cooker roast potatoes have finely chopped fresh rosemary to add flavour and are dusted in a little semolina to add crunch! So convenient and they save you space in your oven to cook other things too.
Roast potatoes are great all year round with a roast dinner. At Christmas when we have so many dishes to prepare, you can run out of oven space easily.
That’s when you can turn to your slow cooker to roast them instead! When you can get crispy edges this way, why not.
Using your slow cooker instead of the oven also saves energy, since slow cookers use about the same energy as running a ..read more