Slow Cooker Recipes Like a lot of people, I own a slow cooker, and I love using it. It surprises me how many people tell me that they never use theirs. The things that you can do with your slow cooker are amazing. Stews, casseroles, curry's, slow cooked meat, stroganoff, pasta, etc, etc, etc. First things first, This is similar to mine Not expensive, and has three settings, warm, low and high. Lets say that you have a piece of meat that you want to slow cook, beef or maybe pork. what I do is seal the meat in a large iron skillet then put into the slow cooker. Pour hot water in until it just covers the meat, then two halves of onion, a chicken or veg stock cube, a stick of celery and a carrot sliced up the middle. finish with a bay leaf and leave it for about an hour per kilo. I just leave it for about five hours, checking every two or three hours, the longer you leave it, the softer it is. This is a good way of making pulled pork.