Slow Cooking

I'm not sure if I've said before (probably have!) but I'm a big fan of slow cooking.  ;o)  Even if I'm at home all day I still like using my slow cooker as it gives me the chance to work knowing that dinner is sorting itself out.  I have been sorting through recipes recently (I have a penchant fro ripping them out of magazines and printing them off the Internet or scribbling them on envelopes!) and have come across a fair amount of slow cooker ones to try out.  ;o)  I think cheese stuffed onions might be my next experiment.  ;o)  At the weekend we had slow cooker macaroni cheese for the first time this autumn.  It's not really macaroni cheese since it doesn't involve cheese sauce but it's yummy and stands alone as it is.  ;o)  It's a recipe I do a fair amount over the winter months and I try to have the ingredients in over Christmas as it's a lovely sit in front of an open fire lazy evening type of meal!  I think I found the recipe on one of the many Yahoo groups I used to belong to but I can't remember where so I can't credit whoever posted it unfortunately but here's the really easy recipe....

Slow Cooker Macaroni Cheese

2 cups macaroni
2 cups cottage cheese
2 cups grated cheese
2 cups boiling water

Layer the ingredients in the slow cooker in the order they are written.  Cook for 3 hours.  Stir well.

It doesn't look ultra appetising but bear with it!  You need to give it a really good stir when it's cooked.  The more you stir it the better it will get!  It sometimes comes out a little stodgy and I think the answer is just extra liquid.  I've used milk instead of water and that makes it creamier.  Give it a whirl, it's great comforting winter fare!  We ate ours in front of our first open fire of the year which makes it taste even better of course!  ;o)