I can honestly say I've never had my slow cooker run dry🤔 The condensation/steam drips down from lid whilst cooking & I've never had anything go dry or burn even if I've been late back. Thats the beauty of having a slow cooker, you can leave it on & not worry about things burning or sticking to the bottom or running dry. I've been using one for over 20 yrs & wouldn't be without one now. Nothing better than coming home & smelling that lovely food & having a nice hot meal ready for you.
Hi Sean. Good work with your soup; I love soup! I cook it a lot, because we like roast chicken, so have bones to make stock. But if you're starting from scratch with raw chicken, may I recommend chicken thighs? You can get them entire, with the bones and skin, which I think gives the best flavour if you can face a bit of dismantling after your soup is cooked, but you can also just get the thigh meat skinless and boneless. I think it stands up to slow cooking better than breast meat, plus which it's quite a bit cheaper, bonus! As many others have said, I recommend getting a plastic chopping board just for meat. Then when you're done you stick it in the sink and pour a kettle of boiling water over it, sorted. And yes you absolutely can freeze chicken soup. I save those little plastic takeaway containers and put one or two servings into each, once the pot has cooled down a bit. Then they will fully cool more quickly and you can chill them down in the fridge before putting them into the freezer. Don't forget to label them! x
Chicken is tricky health wise. In future I’d recommend bringing it up to the boil and let it simmer for 15 minutes before turning it down onto a lower heat. And no, you shouldn’t leave the chicken in the slow cooker overnight. It needs to come out and go in the fridge. After that you can just heat up a portion in the microwave and simply freeze the rest.
no silence in munich germany at 4 a.m., all my male blackbirds, fed all year round by me with mealworms, are singing their heart out from the highest trees...
Bone and skin chicken on will give you the nicest, most rich chicken broth... will you save your veg peels in the freezer, collect a lot, and then derive a most delicious stock from them? Such flavor! You have a glorious sunny day! Enjoy every moment!
@@grumpy_pooah yes the colour of the stock when you boil the carcass and skin. I also like to do it with prawn shells and fish bones makes the most beautiful tasty stock
My grandmother used to be able to pick a chicken carcass totally clean and never wasted anything. Like you suggested, she made chicken stock from the bones with vegetable peelings and added lentils and barley to thicken it when she made a soup or casserole later. Bone broth either chicken or beef (made with grass fed beef if you can get them) is brilliant for your gut and overall health. Full of probiotics and good nutrition. Wonderful when you are ill with a cold or flu too 👌
@@starlight1867all good advice. I usually get a whole chicken, roast it, eat for days THEN put chicken back in roaster with all the veggies. When veggies done, pull the chicken out and add all the bits of meat back in soup. You can even do it again with just bones and bit of white wine (bone broth).
The pictures from the bike were very good. Don't be worried about the fitness it will come with time and you have been unwell. It is nice to have a realistic view of what local cycling is like rather than the super fit cycling influencer types. I hope you do things like that again.
Such a lovely day for a bike ride Sean, thankyou for showing us the beautiful area that you call home. I'm with you in loving the quiet gentleness of a sunrise. Have a good day! ☀️
This is one of my favorite vIdeos so far...I like your videos, because they are a day in the life videos. A slower day in a quiet town....and I feel better, like a get away, with your videos, escaping the latest news escapades. Your videos don't just show a perfectly manicured garden...with perfect veggys in a perfect row....You are like some of us, we have the dream garden vision, and are chasing the dream....but to get your hands in the earth, ahhhh the smell of dirt, and watch your seeds grow is the dream..Its nice to get ideas and see what you are planting. I would turn off the slow cooker let it get cooler (my ceramic insert pulls up out of the cooker and it cools faster that way).....then put a hot pad on your fridge shelf and set it in the fridge just to be safe. Warm food left out is not good. If the ceramic insert, doesnt pull out, I would pour the contents in smaller glass containers with snap on lids (your portion size,) and what was left over, can go in freezer, after its chilled ,labled/ dated for another day. Working ahead is like having a chief cooked meal in a snap. A beautiful instant meal. Chicken soup for the soul...it's takin good care of yourself. Thanks again, Sean.
Hello Sean. Food doesn’t get dry in the slow cooker . Liquid doesn’t evaporate. If you cook traditional recipes you need less liquid when cooking it in the slow cooker . You can even cook a whole chicken in’it without any water or butter or anything and it comes out delicious . One major rule though ...never take off the lid during cooki g or you’ll lose so much heat that it takes 30 min to be back to cooking temperature. I often cook sliced apples with a few halved dates and cinnamon , no liquid ,delicious healthy dessert. 3 hours on high ...
Good morning/day/evening Sean from Texas (USA)! There are a few vegetables that you can regrow; such as onions, green onions, leeks lettuce, watercress, ginger, turmeric, etc.. You can grow them on pots. This will help you grow them in limited space in your backyard!! Oh, one more thing; if you cook with the bones in chicken or beef, you will have a much richer broth as more coligan; which”WE” all need after 30 < younger years! 😉 Love you videos!!!
If you are planning on making a stew/casserole in your slow cooker make your gravy very thick, as the steam makes the gravy thinner. Also always put your slow cooker on high, whilst you are preparing your food and then when you put your bowl into the base it’s hot and then you just turn the heat down to low.
That was the fastest bike ride I’ve had in years! I’m so glad you’re out of London and into a quieter, healthier life. I see you blooming when you’re back to nature and engaging in community. Blessings! Made myself a cup’o tea while watching.
You can do jacket potatoes too. Wash, stab with a fork *ouch* 😂...rub with seasoned oil. Wrap in foil. On low from morning to evening (no water!)..perfect!
Speaking from California, I can assure you we are not bored by sunshine! We've had two very wet, cold winters. Once I worked on a project which had people from all over, who were expecting a sunny spring. It rained for 27 days straight! 35:26
You're right about living in California and constantly getting bored of the same weather. I lived there for years, and the hot sun day in and day out gets boring.
What part did you live in? Did you ever come North to enjoy cold San Francisco summer fog or ski Tahoe? Yosemite is beautiful covered in snow. California has all four seasons not just summer sun.
@@Shantelle6253 I love Northern California, thoght about moving to SF a couple of times but I always got scared of the crazy rent prices! Stunning place though!! I was in San Diago.
Yes, Cali sun every day was a bit samey but I loved the LA rainy days in January because no one used the roads and they stayed home. I had a friend with a log cabin at Big Bear and winter skiing was great and summer boating on the lake equally so. Could have settled there, felt like home. Also went to stay with my other friend in Apple Valley, who lived on a ranch there. The train from back east ran at the bottom of the meadow and were the longest trains I've ever seen, so slow you could hop on. I left a piece of my heart there...Brad Pitt filmed Kalifornia with Juliet Lewis on the Kemper Campbell ranch. It was baking in summer but cool inside. Many thanksgivings spent there. Hated leaving to return to UCLA Westward, everything seemed so dirty after High Desert living. South Wales is beautiful, home is where the heart is and I've left pieces of mine all over the place. Thanks Sean, this was great, love the choice of music too. Stay safe on that bike, it looked fun. 👍 🌼
Love the video. If I was you, given your limited worktop space, I'd replace your slow cooker with an Intantpot pressure cooker. With a few accessories such as a glass lid - you would in my opinion have a much more versatile and economic kitchen cooking machine. You can slow cook, pressure cook, use as a saucepan etc etc.
Thanks for the video - great. I use met office for weather forecast. It's not always right though! A bit of food hygiene advice - don't cut raw meat on wooden board. Best to have a separate board for raw meat (not a wooden one).
The soup will keep nicely in the fridge for a few days or freeze some - don't forget to label though, something I am guilty of forgetting! Tip for chopping the chicken - I use scissors and chop it straight into the pot - saves messing the chopping board and it's quicker too.🙂
The chicken soup 🍲 looks really tasty 😋 . Beautiful scenery there is nothing like getting out and walking . And mention the film Celia Johnson I have got the D V D and another two I like is House wife 49 with Victoria wood she was an amazing actress and writer and comedian. And also goodnight Mr Tom. Have a great day ☕
What a great day! That's the good thing about slow cookers..you can go do whatever you want and your meal is ready when you come home! I think you're right, it was a perfect day for a bike ride! Glorious sunshine! Looking forward to a hike back to the waterfall with a picnic lunch or getting your garden in shape. Thanks!
Yes! You can freeze soup! If you are adding noodles, I wouldn't freeze it. I would suggest that you make the base without the noodles and then freeze. Thaw the soup and add the noodles to cook as it warms!
Hello Sean, great cycle ride, It must be quite a change to ride along the roads hardly any moving traffic, which ever corner you turned or Road you crossed over your road was clear, quite the opposite to previous place you lived. I used to have an allotment plot before moving and getting a much larger garden.Spaces available now are as rare as hens teeth. It's all for the good that's for sure. Hugs 🌞💐👏 thank you,
I’m in Oklahoma in the United States. I’m a widow and I have three cookers here we call him crockpots I have small, medium and large and boy. Do they come in handy? I love it. You can make anything in it. You can even make pies and bread. just cook on low, when you’re making pies and bread biscuits sometimes store-bought biscuits I love my crockpots😂🎉
Sean I would add cayenne pepper and black pepper.. Why not a potato to thicken it up too ? You can aiways add another stock cube if needed when you taste it. Just a thought. I make lots of soup and just put in all veg I have , hot water and seasoning, simmer for about 45 mins, blend and hey presto super soup
8 hrs difference here in the states, "up with the chickens" as they say and yes it is nice to be up before everyone else, love it! Chicken makes it's own broth so 1 bullion or not. Purchased an Instant Pot and cooks meals in 1 hr. Uses less electricity than the slow cooker, i cook roast or beans, cabbage, veggies less than an hour...wonder how i lived without it, great investment, loved the video, nice to watch in the wee hours when i get up too early like today, be blessed and enjoy your awesome soup👍
It made me laugh when you said the hill was too much for the bike .. not you xx Save the excess stock .. freeze and use next time x I leave it in the pot overnight out on low next morning .. lovely x Even better the next day x
Hi Sean. A friend of mine is no longer the same person after coming off her bike and hitting her head. Always wear your helmet (she didn't) and for that matter gloves will stop the very unpleasant gravel rash that results from a fall. Keep safe. Uncle Kev ;-)
Good morning Sean, I had a good chuckle at 4:00am when I grabbed my phone and glanced at your header and read chicken cycling! I thought wow Sean is doing some new things with chicken haha! Enjoying your cooking while waking up with my morning coffee. I really need to get my slow cooker out and start using it again. I use AccuWeather it seems to do what your weather app does. I have a weather station in my garden that works well and gives me a really good idea of my microclimate. Love the drone footage. Wonderful ride and vlog❤
I suggest you check the instructions on your stock cube packet, it will tell you how to use them. I use Knorr stock cubes and one cube makes three-quarters of a pint of stock. I use lots of them as I make buckets of soup. You're doing great with the slow-cooker.
Morning Sean, slow cookers are great. A whole chicken gives great flavour for soup and the bonus of plenty meat for dinner and sandwiches. It looked delicious 😋 you need to let the rest of soup cool then put in fridge. Chicken is dodgy if left out.
At beginning of your video: Tickles me that sound of rustling in the background out of sight, hunting for chicken in fridge whilst you chatting away to yourself. I Love it 😂 i do that too. Well Done on your tasty Soup, yep it will freeze well. Great your trip out, doing fitness on your bike👍 What's ocurring here? Well i'm holding off starting seeds yet. Yep my android phone just has a weather app like yours.
Thank you for another beautiful video. Well done you for going on such a long and hilly bike ride. You must be pretty fit already. The soup looks wonderful but do put it in the fridge now , Sean. Never leave chicken ESPECIALLY overnight or even at room temperature once you've eaten what you want. Refrigerate immediately. All the best. Fondly, Dorothy.
You are looking very well.We are catching up and love your Year in the Allottment series.Vivs shed falling in as soon as she puts her key in and poor Rusty sitting on the ruinsFunniest moment ever .Such wonderful people.
I just put enough liquid in to cover the ingredients, it will be fine. It won't dry out. Good bike ride Sean, best thing you ever did, going back to Wales. You will be as fit as a flea in no time!
Hi Sean I use my slow cooker a lot you can do all sorts of things in it, from cooking bread to cakes and a whole chicken..lol. I would use slightly less liquid and add a few small potatoes to thicken up or you could roll the chicken in some cornflour this will help thicken the liquid up as slow cookers make condensation . Someone showed me a bread recipe that was in the Manchester news , perhaps check that out..? Loved the sunny bike ride out would love to ride a bike again unfortunately having had a nasty fall of a bike a few years ago not been on one since, but the idea of an assisted folding bike…it’s a thought lol.
It’s sunny in Colorado most of the time. I get depressed if it’s ever cloudy for more than three days in a row (rarely) except in summer when it’s just too HOT.
I’m in St Louis in the states and I use that same app for my weather! It’s awesome like you said practically right to the minute the rain or snow will be stopping or starting.
The Weather Network mostly but I confirm it with Environment Canada. Particularly this time of the year because of horses out in the fields. Do I bring them in or leave them out? Do I close the stable doors (because of high winds) or leave them open for the horses to come in on their own? Do I turn the water heaters in the tanks on? Do I shut up the hens, ducks and turkeys or do I leave them to come and go on their own, every night? Always decisions to make this time of the year due to weather.
Loved this video Sean and especially enjoyed your bike ride. What wonderful scenery you have there. Good luck with the allotment. I can't wait to find out when you will be getting one and what you will be growing. Thank you for the beautiful video.
Your first attempt making chicken soup came out really well. Don't over puttingin to much water, the vegetables give you extra while cooking .Add some potatoes as well. You should use 2 chopping boards while preparing the meat and vegetables .Plastic boards if possible.Love the idea about onions should have zips what a great idea. Enjoyed your bike ride, very quiet no people about. Especially as it was a lovely day.
Great your enjoying using your slow cooker. You can always add more water if needed so probably better to not add too much water in the beginning. Left over Meat must always be refrigerated not left out because of bacteria that could be in the pot. Well done Sean.
Sean, you made me laugh out loud with the comment about onions with zippers. I found if you rub your finger under cold water on a stainless steel utensil it will remove the onion smell from your fingers. I heard that years ago from Martha Stewart show. I tried it and it does work.
Hi Sean, from New Zealand, enjoying your videos after long days in the Kitchen as a Chef. I love Foraging and Preserving, and following the Seasons. I’m a Pagan deep down 💚 I’ve just started growing more food now living costs and fuel prices rocketing. I just started following you on Instagram. Some advice on the slow cooker if you are worried about the liquid reducing and food drying out, then place a piece of baking paper on top before putting lid on, this catches steam which then drips back onto food. I always brown off any food going into slow cooker to get better flavour, I then add hot water to pan I browned food off in and stir well then add to food in slow cooker this effectively is Stock.
Good evening Sean zips on onions I laughed my head off ...all those beautiful buildings and homes on your bike ride ....it reminded me of that show ' stella ' written by Ruth Jones filmed in a made up village called pontyberry so lush ...take care xx
On my phone I use BBC weather, not an app- I just search for weather in wherever then click on BBC weather. I must admit I find it usually a good indicator.. On my desktop I use Ventusky which I find very accurate as it gives live wind, rain and temperature maps.p I think you will need to decant the soup into a container then put it in the fridge. To re-heat put it in a pan on the stove. I think 're-heating in a slow cooker makes it go soggy and overcooked. I don't have one but I have been told this by someone who does. Hope you enjoy your soup.
Chicken and vegetable soup delicious, that was a nice bike ride in the sun I have a slow cooker I will give soup making in it a go. I am also likely to make a stew in the slow cooker. Thanks for the video
Hello there, put your slow cooker up Hugh first for couple of hours, then down low, bearing mind. Each time you remove the lid, it lowers the temperature, so the food takes longer to cook. Take care. ,
Nice soup Sean! I've owned a couple of slow cookers in my time, My favourite is the "crock pot" style, don't use it often but maybe I will now that summer is coming, and days will get busier. The bicycle ride was WONDERFUL, I enjoyed it very much! Thanks Sean, peace and love to you from NW Ontario💕
Hi I lift the pot out let I cool then put it in fridge then then day day heat what I want in microwave if all ur ingredients r fresh when cooking once cooked u can freeze it also
I can honestly say I've never had my slow cooker run dry🤔 The condensation/steam drips down from lid whilst cooking & I've never had anything go dry or burn even if I've been late back. Thats the beauty of having a slow cooker, you can leave it on & not worry about things burning or sticking to the bottom or running dry. I've been using one for over 20 yrs & wouldn't be without one now. Nothing better than coming home & smelling that lovely food & having a nice hot meal ready for you.
@@susiespearing6165 which make would you recommend?
I always put a few folded tea towels on top to weight the lid down a bit and find I don't lose too much steam, so even less water reduction.
@@susiespearing6165 I have got a Crockpot one of the original makes I think, bought because it looked a quality product in the store & has been.
Tip for cutting meat, use sharp scissors, so much easier.
Hi Sean. Good work with your soup; I love soup! I cook it a lot, because we like roast chicken, so have bones to make stock. But if you're starting from scratch with raw chicken, may I recommend chicken thighs? You can get them entire, with the bones and skin, which I think gives the best flavour if you can face a bit of dismantling after your soup is cooked, but you can also just get the thigh meat skinless and boneless. I think it stands up to slow cooking better than breast meat, plus which it's quite a bit cheaper, bonus! As many others have said, I recommend getting a plastic chopping board just for meat. Then when you're done you stick it in the sink and pour a kettle of boiling water over it, sorted. And yes you absolutely can freeze chicken soup. I save those little plastic takeaway containers and put one or two servings into each, once the pot has cooled down a bit. Then they will fully cool more quickly and you can chill them down in the fridge before putting them into the freezer. Don't forget to label them! x
I use my crockpot all the time. Actually own 3 of them in different sizes.
Chicken is tricky health wise. In future I’d recommend bringing it up to the boil and let it simmer for 15 minutes before turning it down onto a lower heat. And no, you shouldn’t leave the chicken in the slow cooker overnight. It needs to come out and go in the fridge. After that you can just heat up a portion in the microwave and simply freeze the rest.
Just make sure you put it in the fridge over night. The flavour will be even more delicious the next day. Enjoy.
no silence in munich germany at 4 a.m., all my male blackbirds, fed all year round by me with mealworms, are singing their heart out from the highest trees...
Bone and skin chicken on will give you the nicest, most rich chicken broth... will you save your veg peels in the freezer, collect a lot, and then derive a most delicious stock from them? Such flavor! You have a glorious sunny day! Enjoy every moment!
Totally agree with that. The best flavour
@@grumpy_pooah yes the colour of the stock when you boil the carcass and skin. I also like to do it with prawn shells and fish bones makes the most beautiful tasty stock
My grandmother used to be able to pick a chicken carcass totally clean and never wasted anything. Like you suggested, she made chicken stock from the bones with vegetable peelings and added lentils and barley to thicken it when she made a soup or casserole later. Bone broth either chicken or beef (made with grass fed beef if you can get them) is brilliant for your gut and overall health. Full of probiotics and good nutrition. Wonderful when you are ill with a cold or flu too 👌
@@starlight1867all good advice. I usually get a whole chicken, roast it, eat for days THEN put chicken back in roaster with all the veggies. When veggies done, pull the chicken out and add all the bits of meat back in soup. You can even do it again with just bones and bit of white wine (bone broth).
I put a whole bottle of red wine in my slow cooker when I do beef stews etc ,it makes the meat taste beautiful
I always start my slow cooker on high to get it going then after a few hours put it on low until I'm ready to eat
I put the slow cooker on a chopping board as it gets very hot on worktop Sean.
The pictures from the bike were very good. Don't be worried about the fitness it will come with time and you have been unwell. It is nice to have a realistic view of what local cycling is like rather than the super fit cycling influencer types. I hope you do things like that again.
I have friends in Brisbane, where it's sunny all the time, and they assure me it never gets boring! 😎
Morning Sean. A tip for you with onions .... leave the root on until you're finished chopping. No tears. Enjoy your day sweetheart 👍
Such a lovely day for a bike ride Sean, thankyou for showing us the beautiful area that you call home. I'm with you in loving the quiet gentleness of a sunrise.
Have a good day! ☀️
I usually turn my slow cooker on before I go to bed.Then it's ready the next day.
This is one of my favorite vIdeos so far...I like your videos, because they are a day in the life videos. A slower day in a quiet town....and I feel better, like a get away, with your videos, escaping the latest news escapades. Your videos don't just show a perfectly manicured garden...with perfect veggys in a perfect row....You are like some of us, we have the dream garden vision, and are chasing the dream....but to get your hands in the earth, ahhhh the smell of dirt, and watch your seeds grow is the dream..Its nice to get ideas and see what you are planting. I would turn off the slow cooker let it get cooler (my ceramic insert pulls up out of the cooker and it cools faster that way).....then put a hot pad on your fridge shelf and set it in the fridge just to be safe. Warm food left out is not good. If the ceramic insert, doesnt pull out, I would pour the contents in smaller glass containers with snap on lids (your portion size,) and what was left over, can go in freezer, after its chilled ,labled/ dated for another day. Working ahead is like having a chief cooked meal in a snap.
A beautiful instant meal. Chicken soup for the soul...it's takin good care of yourself. Thanks again, Sean.
Looks good Saun glad I suggested a slow cooker for you, I would have put some of the leeks in your veg rack as well also potatoes chopped
It is very nice to see a little of Wales by your travels and also while on a bike. Well done
Sean love watching your videos and your daily escapades in beautiful Wales .I live on the South Island of New Zealand
Hello Sean. Food doesn’t get dry in the slow cooker . Liquid doesn’t evaporate. If you cook traditional recipes you need less liquid when cooking it in the slow cooker . You can even cook a whole chicken in’it without any water or butter or anything and it comes out delicious . One major rule though ...never take off the lid during cooki g or you’ll lose so much heat that it takes 30 min to be back to cooking temperature. I often cook sliced apples with a few halved dates and cinnamon , no liquid ,delicious healthy dessert. 3 hours on high ...
I enjoy the bicycle ride videos, a perfect pace to see the beautiful countryside. And the day in the life stories...thanks Sean.
Good morning/day/evening Sean from Texas (USA)!
There are a few vegetables that you can regrow; such as onions, green onions, leeks lettuce, watercress, ginger, turmeric, etc..
You can grow them on pots. This will help you grow them in limited space in your backyard!!
Oh, one more thing; if you cook with the bones in chicken or beef, you will have a much richer broth as more coligan; which”WE” all need after 30 < younger years! 😉
Love you videos!!!
If you are planning on making a stew/casserole in your slow cooker make your gravy very thick, as the steam makes the gravy thinner.
Also always put your slow cooker on high, whilst you are preparing your food and then when you put your bowl into the base it’s hot and then you just turn the heat down to low.
That was the fastest bike ride I’ve had in years! I’m so glad you’re out of London and into a quieter, healthier life. I see you blooming when you’re back to nature and engaging in community. Blessings! Made myself a cup’o tea while watching.
You can do jacket potatoes too. Wash, stab with a fork *ouch* 😂...rub with seasoned oil. Wrap in foil. On low from morning to evening (no water!)..perfect!
Speaking from California, I can assure you we are not bored by sunshine! We've had two very wet, cold winters. Once I worked on a project which had people from all over, who were expecting a sunny spring. It rained for 27 days straight! 35:26
You're right about living in California and constantly getting bored of the same weather. I lived there for years, and the hot sun day in and day out gets boring.
What part did you live in? Did you ever come North to enjoy cold San Francisco summer fog or ski Tahoe? Yosemite is beautiful covered in snow. California has all four seasons not just summer sun.
@@Shantelle6253 I love Northern California, thoght about moving to SF a couple of times but I always got scared of the crazy rent prices! Stunning place though!! I was in San Diago.
@@benjohnson3022 I had the same choice to make! San Diego or SF. I took the SF job and lived in th East Bay. But you're right the rent was insane
Yes, Cali sun every day was a bit samey but I loved the LA rainy days in January because no one used the roads and they stayed home. I had a friend with a log cabin at Big Bear and winter skiing was great and summer boating on the lake equally so. Could have settled there, felt like home.
Also went to stay with my other friend in Apple Valley, who lived on a ranch there. The train from back east ran at the bottom of the meadow and were the longest trains I've ever seen, so slow you could hop on. I left a piece of my heart there...Brad Pitt filmed Kalifornia with Juliet Lewis on the Kemper Campbell ranch. It was baking in summer but cool inside. Many thanksgivings spent there. Hated leaving to return to UCLA Westward, everything seemed so dirty after High Desert living.
South Wales is beautiful, home is where the heart is and I've left pieces of mine all over the place.
Thanks Sean, this was great, love the choice of music too. Stay safe on that bike, it looked fun. 👍 🌼
Love the video. If I was you, given your limited worktop space, I'd replace your slow cooker with an Intantpot pressure cooker. With a few accessories such as a glass lid - you would in my opinion have a much more versatile and economic kitchen cooking machine. You can slow cook, pressure cook, use as a saucepan etc etc.
Thanks for the video - great.
I use met office for weather forecast. It's not always right though!
A bit of food hygiene advice - don't cut raw meat on wooden board. Best to have a separate board for raw meat (not a wooden one).
Wow, Sean, you are really moving on that bike!
Really liked the cycling trip Sean. Hope you can do some more.
The soup will keep nicely in the fridge for a few days or freeze some - don't forget to label though, something I am guilty of forgetting! Tip for chopping the chicken - I use scissors and chop it straight into the pot - saves messing the chopping board and it's quicker too.🙂
The chicken soup 🍲 looks really tasty 😋 . Beautiful scenery there is nothing like getting out and walking . And mention the film Celia Johnson I have got the D V D and another two I like is House wife 49 with Victoria wood she was an amazing actress and writer and comedian. And also goodnight Mr Tom. Have a great day ☕
What a great day! That's the good thing about slow cookers..you can go do whatever you want and your meal is ready when you come home! I think you're right, it was a perfect day for a bike ride! Glorious sunshine! Looking forward to a hike back to the waterfall with a picnic lunch or getting your garden in shape. Thanks!
Yes! You can freeze soup! If you are adding noodles, I wouldn't freeze it. I would suggest that you make the base without the noodles and then freeze. Thaw the soup and add the noodles to cook as it warms!
Hello Sean, great cycle ride, It must be quite a change to ride along the roads hardly any moving traffic, which ever corner you turned or Road you crossed over your road was clear, quite the opposite to previous place you lived. I used to have an allotment plot before moving and getting a much larger garden.Spaces available now are as rare as hens teeth. It's all for the good that's for sure. Hugs 🌞💐👏 thank you,
Hi Sean. Another great video the soup looks lovely. Really enjoyed the views from your bike ride. Take care.
I felt like i was whizzing along on that bike with you!
Hi Sean. It is safer to cool the soup after it is cooked and then refrigerate. It was a lovely video thank you
I’m in Oklahoma in the United States. I’m a widow and I have three cookers here we call him crockpots I have small, medium and large and boy. Do they come in handy? I love it. You can make anything in it. You can even make pies and bread. just cook on low, when you’re making pies and bread biscuits sometimes store-bought biscuits I love my crockpots😂🎉
What a great day for a bike ride! Enjoy your soup, looked lovely xx
Sean I would add cayenne pepper and black pepper.. Why not a potato to thicken it up too ? You can aiways add another stock cube if needed when you taste it. Just a thought. I make lots of soup and just put in all veg I have , hot water and seasoning, simmer for about 45 mins, blend and hey presto super soup
Morning Sean love the spring. I too get up at 4am just to get that lovely cool quiet before the heat of the day in summer.
8 hrs difference here in the states, "up with the chickens" as they say and yes it is nice to be up before everyone else, love it! Chicken makes it's own broth so 1 bullion or not. Purchased an Instant Pot and cooks meals in 1 hr. Uses less electricity than the slow cooker, i cook roast or beans, cabbage, veggies less than an hour...wonder how i lived without it, great investment, loved the video, nice to watch in the wee hours when i get up too early like today, be blessed and enjoy your awesome soup👍
It made me laugh when you said the hill was too much for the bike .. not you xx Save the excess stock .. freeze and use next time x I leave it in the pot overnight out on low next morning .. lovely x Even better the next day x
Hi Sean
Hope your well I’m glad to see you using your slow cooker the chicken soup sound lovely and warming best of luck with the allottment sadie xx
Hi Sean. A friend of mine is no longer the same person after coming off her bike and hitting her head. Always wear your helmet (she didn't) and for that matter gloves will stop the very unpleasant gravel rash that results from a fall. Keep safe. Uncle Kev ;-)
Good morning Sean, I had a good chuckle at 4:00am when I grabbed my phone and glanced at your header and read chicken cycling! I thought wow Sean is doing some new things with chicken haha! Enjoying your cooking while waking up with my morning coffee. I really need to get my slow cooker out and start using it again. I use AccuWeather it seems to do what your weather app does. I have a weather station in my garden that works well and gives me a really good idea of my microclimate. Love the drone footage. Wonderful ride and vlog❤
I suggest you check the instructions on your stock cube packet, it will tell you how to use them. I use Knorr stock cubes and one cube makes three-quarters of a pint of stock. I use lots of them as I make buckets of soup. You're doing great with the slow-cooker.
Loved watching this❤Thankyou Sean
Morning Sean, slow cookers are great. A whole chicken gives great flavour for soup and the bonus of plenty meat for dinner and sandwiches. It looked delicious 😋 you need to let the rest of soup cool then put in fridge. Chicken is dodgy if left out.
Sean you need black out blinds to keep the house warm in winter cool in summer.
At beginning of your video:
Tickles me that sound of rustling in the background out of sight, hunting for chicken in fridge whilst you chatting away to yourself. I Love it 😂
i do that too.
Well Done on your tasty Soup, yep it will freeze well.
Great your trip out, doing fitness on your bike👍
What's ocurring here? Well
i'm holding off starting seeds yet. Yep my android phone just has a weather app like yours.
Thank you for another beautiful video. Well done you for going on such a long and hilly bike ride. You must be pretty fit already. The soup looks wonderful but do put it in the fridge now , Sean. Never leave chicken ESPECIALLY overnight or even at room temperature once you've eaten what you want. Refrigerate immediately. All the best. Fondly, Dorothy.
Grate a potato or carrot or butternut squash if you want to thicken the soup as it cooks or towards the end. 👍🏻
You are looking very well.We are catching up and love your Year in the Allottment series.Vivs shed falling in as soon as she puts her key in and poor Rusty sitting on the ruinsFunniest moment ever .Such wonderful people.
I love the film Brief Encounter, anything else by David Lean is fantastic.
It gets me every time. So understated.
You seem to be growing right into the good life Sean. Thank you for sharing. From Oregon
Get my weather on my iPad it does my location and it nearly always right.
What a lovely day, and the soup looks wonderful! Thank you very much for sharing. :-)
Washing your hands in cold water helps get rid of the onion smells quickly.
I managed to do over 20 miles yesterday. 5 straight hours.
I just put enough liquid in to cover the ingredients, it will be fine. It won't dry out. Good bike ride Sean, best thing you ever did, going back to Wales. You will be as fit as a flea in no time!
Yes, you can eat it overnight in the crockpot
Loving the video…nice to see the local sights…..only thing missing was the cats….cheers from Australia.
Oh wait until Saturday, you’ll have cats.
@@seanjamescameroncan’t wait….thanks for your message…cheers.
I do the Met Office online Sean, as all other weather forecast come from them 😊
Hi Sean I use my slow cooker a lot you can do all sorts of things in it, from cooking bread to cakes and a whole chicken..lol. I would use slightly less liquid and add a few small potatoes to thicken up or you could roll the chicken in some cornflour this will help thicken the liquid up as slow cookers make condensation . Someone showed me a bread recipe that was in the Manchester news , perhaps check that out..?
Loved the sunny bike ride out would love to ride a bike again unfortunately having had a nasty fall of a bike a few years ago not been on one since, but the idea of an assisted folding bike…it’s a thought lol.
Yes you can cook bread in a slow cooker. I cook it on a regular basis and very nice it is too
Interesting! I've never seen a recipe for that, I must look.
It’s sunny in Colorado most of the time. I get depressed if it’s ever cloudy for more than three days in a row (rarely) except in summer when it’s just too HOT.
I’m in St Louis in the states and I use that same app for my weather! It’s awesome like you said practically right to the minute the rain or snow will be stopping or starting.
The Weather Network mostly but I confirm it with Environment Canada. Particularly this time of the year because of horses out in the fields. Do I bring them in or leave them out? Do I close the stable doors (because of high winds) or leave them open for the horses to come in on their own? Do I turn the water heaters in the tanks on? Do I shut up the hens, ducks and turkeys or do I leave them to come and go on their own, every night? Always decisions to make this time of the year due to weather.
Loved this video Sean and especially enjoyed your bike ride. What wonderful scenery you have there. Good luck with the allotment. I can't wait to find out when you will be getting one and what you will be growing. Thank you for the beautiful video.
Boootiful that looks so tasty good job just what you need 😊 x
Your first attempt making chicken soup came out really well. Don't over puttingin to much water, the vegetables give you extra while cooking .Add some potatoes as well. You should use 2 chopping boards while preparing the meat and vegetables .Plastic boards if possible.Love the idea about onions should have zips what a great idea. Enjoyed your bike ride, very quiet no people about. Especially as it was a lovely day.
Great your enjoying using your slow cooker. You can always add more water if needed so probably better to not add too much water in the beginning. Left over Meat must always be refrigerated not left out because of bacteria that could be in the pot. Well done Sean.
Hi Sean, let it cool down and fridge it over night. Then high heat when you eat it again.😊
The chicken you are using will flavour the soup, water is fine. On high till boiling ,then low it will be ready tea time, or before.
Brief Encounter. One of my favourite movies. 🇨🇦
Radio 4 for news and weather,also have a look at the global wind map,it gives a pretty good idea of what weather we are going to get
Sean, you made me laugh out loud with the comment about onions with zippers. I found if you rub your finger under cold water on a stainless steel utensil it will remove the onion smell from your fingers. I heard that years ago from Martha Stewart show. I tried it and it does work.
The streets and terraces are very depressing looking but the beautiful drama of the mountains more than make up for it 👌
Surely it is in the eye of the beholding. This is what a true community looks like.
Hi Sean, from New Zealand, enjoying your videos after long days in the Kitchen as a Chef. I love Foraging and Preserving, and following the Seasons. I’m a Pagan deep down 💚
I’ve just started growing more food now living costs and fuel prices rocketing. I just started following you on Instagram. Some advice on the slow cooker if you are worried about the liquid reducing and food drying out, then place a piece of baking paper on top before putting lid on, this catches steam which then drips back onto food. I always brown off any food going into slow cooker to get better flavour, I then add hot water to pan I browned food off in and stir well then add to food in slow cooker this effectively is Stock.
Sean get a red plastic chopping board for when you are cutting raw meat.
being a bit of an outdoor photographer I use a couple of weather apps:
- Windy
- Clear Outside
I find them pretty accurate 🙂
Great bicycle trip ! Thankyou 😊 greetz from the Netherlands 🇳🇱
Good evening Sean zips on onions I laughed my head off ...all those beautiful buildings and homes on your bike ride ....it reminded me of that show ' stella ' written by Ruth Jones filmed in a made up village called pontyberry so lush ...take care xx
On my phone I use BBC weather, not an app- I just search for weather in wherever then click on BBC weather. I must admit I find it usually a good indicator.. On my desktop I use Ventusky which I find very accurate as it gives live wind, rain and temperature maps.p
I think you will need to decant the soup into a container then put it in the fridge. To re-heat put it in a pan on the stove. I think 're-heating in a slow cooker makes it go soggy and overcooked. I don't have one but I have been told this by someone who does. Hope you enjoy your soup.
Chicken and vegetable soup delicious, that was a nice bike ride in the sun I have a slow cooker I will give soup making in it a go. I am also likely to make a stew in the slow cooker. Thanks for the video
Whenever i make a casserole in the slow cooker, any left, i freeze in tubs. Plenty of meals.
Hello there, put your slow cooker up Hugh first for couple of hours, then down low, bearing mind. Each time you remove the lid, it lowers the temperature, so the food takes longer to cook. Take care. ,
Enjoyed the video, the soup looked delicious. Love using my slow cooker always great for a tasty meal.
If your faucet/tap is stainless steel, rub your fingers along it after cutting onion. It somehow neutralizes the odor.
Slow cooker be best done overnight, 😊
If you have previously roasted chicken, you can strip the flesh of it and then boil the carcass for stock. It only takes about 20 mins
Nice soup Sean! I've owned a couple of slow cookers in my time, My favourite is the "crock pot" style, don't use it often but maybe I will now that summer is coming, and days will get busier.
The bicycle ride was WONDERFUL, I enjoyed it very much!
Thanks Sean, peace and love to you from NW Ontario💕
I a staggered how quiet the roads are on a Sunday Morning. Reminds me of when we were restricted due to covid.
It’s a very quiet area which is what I like.
Hi I lift the pot out let I cool then put it in fridge then then day day heat what I want in microwave if all ur ingredients r fresh when cooking once cooked u can freeze it also
I used to live in Nevada. Sunny all the time. Live in Kentucky now with all seasons. Much better.
Lovely views on the bike.