✅ Simple take on a classic. ✅ Just look at that cheese crouton!
For induction hob users: Lakeland Digital 6.5l Slow Cooker Also! Top tip, buy a WiFi plug for it so you can switch it on or off from your phone when you’re at work? What a time to be alive.. I have these: Tp Link Tapo Smart Plug (Also you can set up with your Google or Alexa to say “Switch on Slow Cooker” WHATTT 🤯 Yes! I sometimes do this on a Friday night so we can have this for lunch on a cosy Saturday. If I’m making a batch to freeze I just do it during the day when I’m not an electrical safety expert obviously, but slow cookers are designed to cook, well, slowly. It never worries me as this is what they are designed for and I guess it’s just like leaving a light bulb on over night. Short answer, no. You can use pre chopped peeled onions but these tend to come in small pieces rather than strips. This is fine, but if gives the soup a very difference texture and isn’t quite as traditional. Ideally the onions are cut into strips as they hold their shape better when cooked. There are notes on the recipe but if you substitute the stock for vegetarian and use vegetarian cheese, then, yes. Yes, you can freeze any leftovers, minus the bread topping. Defrost and reheat thoroughly when you want to enjoy them. Alternatively, you can freeze all of the ingredients in a bag raw as a ‘dump’ meal and then cook. Yes. Throw everything for the initial cook into the slow cooker, pop the lid on, then store in the fridge overnight. In the morning put it into the slow cooker and remember to switch on!
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