Lovely Slow Cooker Fudge Recipe

Ever since I got a slow cooker I have lived on Pinterest and slow cooker groups on Facebook and one of the most popular things people seem to make is slow cooker fudge. Unlike traditional fudge you literally only need 2 ingredients. 500g of chocolate and a tin of condensed milk. You can then add whatever extras you like to make it unique to you. For Valentine’s day I decided it would be appropriate to add some heart shaped treats to make them fit in with the holiday.

 
To make your fudge simply put 500g of milk chocolate and one can of condensed milk into your slow cooker. I have tried a few different brands of chocolate but I find the supermarket brand names work the best, and they’re cheaper which is always a bonus!

Leave the lid off the slow cooker and fix the setting to ‘low’. Stir with a wooden spoon every 10 minutes until the mixture is fully melted and combined. You will notice it start to get a firmer, fudgier texture. That’s how you know it’s done! Turn off your slow cooker once you reach this stage. This should take around 20-30 minutes.

 You can add whatever you like at this stage but I decided to add some heart shaped sugar treats. Stir into the melted fudge mixture and then pour into a baking tray. Then add more hearts to the top of your fudge. Allow to set in the fridge for a few hours.



Slice into squares and serve when ready. I love popping these into little treat bags for friends and family for little gifts. These will keep for a couple of weeks if stored in an airtight container in the fridge. You could even try crushing mini eggs into your mixture for Easter, or candy canes at Christmas. The possibilities are endless and they taste great. I baked these for a charity cake sale at work and bagged them up into individual sized portions. I hope everyone enjoys them!

If you’re looking for other Valentine’s Day treat ideas, check out my Marshmallow Bark recipe which can easily be adapted to make a lovely treat for your loved ones.

Have you got any other great ideas for slow cooker fudge?

Sweet Potato Burrito Bowl - Easy Cheap Recipe!

I love discovering new recipes and as it's the new year and I am trying to get to my target weight ready for the summer, I've been experimenting with a lot of different recipes lately. This is a recipe I found on Pinterest about 6 months ago and has been one that I like to make all the time. I changed and adapted it a bit to suit what ingredients I had in the cupboard. 

This recipe can of course be adapted to add meat, but I used a sweet potato which makes this really budget friendly and a cheap easy meal. This recipe made enough for 4 small meals, ideal lunch sized portions I would say!

You will need:

1 Sweet Potato.

1 Yellow Pepper.

1 cup of rice.

1 tsp Cumin Seeds

1 tsp Chilli Powder

1 can Chopped Tomatoes

1 can Sweetcorn

1 can Red Kidney Beans

2 cups of Vegetable Stock

Cherry Tomatoes/Salad to serve.

30g Cheddar (optional)

Firstly I peeled and chopped the sweet potato into small chunks and popped these into my saucepan. I added frylight (the 1cal spray!) and 'fried' these chunks for a few minutes to allow them to soften a bit. I used a high heat on the hob throughout this whole cooking process.

I then added the chopped yellow peppers and allowed them to soften slightly too. I also sprayed a bit more frylight into the pan.

After a few minutes I added my cup of rice. I used brown rice as I prefer it but you can use white if you'd rather. I mixed this in and then prepared my other ingredients.

After adding the rice, I added the remainder of the ingredients. First I added the tomatoes, then the beans and sweetcorn, then the spices and gave it a good mix. I then added 1 cup of vegetable stock until everything in my pan was covered.

I kept the other cup of vegetable stock to the side to top up the mix as it started to simmer down.

Whilst the saucepan was bubbling away, I prepared my salad which I served on the side. (Ignore the useby date, I took this photo a while back clearly!)

Slowly the liquid began to reduce, and after about 20 minutes, everything was cooked. If the liquid reduces but the rice is still not cooked, just add more stock and leave to bubble down again.

To finish this off, I added the cheese on top, and let this melt down. This is of course optional.

When everything melted down, I took this off the heat and served with the salad I had prepared earlier. This was really delicious, took hardly any time at all and was very cheap to make. Once cooled, I added the leftovers to a lunchbox in the fridge and ate them over the next 4 days and it still tasted great. It was even nicer cold actually!

Let me know if you find any other recipes that I might like, or let me know if you make this yourself!

Rocky Road on a budget..

The other day I was looking for a Rocky road recipe, when I found this really easy one by Nigella Lawson. (Click here)

It required minimal ingredients and literally took 5 minutes to make. I also chose budget friendly ingredients, and it still tasted amazing. I bought my ingredients from Sainsburys, and used the cheapest options where possible.

I weighed out my biscuits and crushed them in the bag, ready to add to my melted chocolate, butter and golden syrup mixture.

It tasted better than it looked!

I then added my biscuits and marshmallows and placed it into a tray and left it in the fridge overnight.

I then took the rocky road out of the fridge, and cut it into bitesize chunks, which I then ate far too many of! Oops. They tasted great though, you should definitely try them!