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On the Menu - July 2018

Winter Warmers in the Slow Cooker
Easy Crock Pot Beef Roast
Ingredients
1.5kg beef roast
1 tsp salt
½ tsp pepper
1 tsp parsley
1 tsp garlic powder
1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
1 onion, sliced
4-6 potatoes, phole or put in Half
2-3 carrots or other root vegetable, cut into chunks

Method:
Place the sliced onion into the bottom of the crock pot.
Sprinkle the roast with the seasonings and then place on top of the onions.
Add the potatoes and vegetables to the crock pot.
Set the crock pot to low and cook 8-10 hours, or on high 4-5 hours, or until done.
Once the roast and vegetables are done, remove the roast and set it aside to rest.
Remove the vegetables from the crock pot and place them on a serving platter.
Slice or shred the roast and serve with the potatoes and vegetables.

Slow Cooker Lemon Garlic Chicken
Ingredients:
4 small chicken breast fillets
1 small onion
1 cup chicken stock
1/4 cup lemon juice
2 tsp minced garlic
2 tsp dried thyme

Method:
Slice the small onion. In a mixing bowl, whisk together the chicken stock, lemon juice, minced garlic and dried thyme.
Place the chicken fillets and sliced onion in the base of the slow cooker and pour the lemon juice mixture over the chicken.
Set on low and cook for 6 - 8 hours (check after six hours - the cooking time will depend entirely on how slow/fast your slow cooker cooks). Once cooked, spoon chicken out whole, or shred into the sauce. Strain before serving.

Slow Cooker Chicken Tacos
Ingredients:
415g can diced tomatoes
180g tomato paste
3 tbsp taco seasoning
500g chicken breast fillets
500g chicken thigh fillets
8 flour tortillas

Toppings: 
salsa
grated cheese
sour cream
avocado

Method:
Whisk together the diced tomatoes with their juices and the tomato
paste in the base of the slow cooker. Stir in the taco seasoning.
Add the chicken to sauce and spoon the sauce over the top. Set the slow cooker on low and cook for 8 hours.
Slice and prepare avocado. 
Once cooked, pull apart the chicken with 2 forks.
Scoop the chicken mixture into the tortillas.
Add toppings of cheese, sour cream and avocado.
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