I think the older you get the more enthusiasm and time you get for gardening, I’m looking forward to spending even more time in mine. It’s perfect comfort food for this time of year,” he explains, “summer food is harder to do in a slow cooker; casseroles and stew type dishes work best and you can get lots of flavour from adding veg. Fry off the lamb chunks until browned and place on top with some thyme springs, bay leaves and a sprinkle of sugar! The book is packed with information on which ingredients are suited to slow cooking and hints and tips for getting the most out of your slow cooker. I have just googled it and found some information, its not the same make but I am sure it probably applies to them all.

Some pressure cookers have a quick steam release valve to reduce pressure quickly at the end of cooking; with the others, you need to either wait five minutes or run cold water over the pan. Therefore, many “Slow Cooking” recipes require prep via marinade or the stove top or broiler, in service of deeper flavor; a delicious side effect is that they yield some of the best, longest-lasting aromas ever to fill a home.

The cooking score out of 100 is based on soups and stews made with vegetables and tough cuts of meat; in pressure cookers, we also steamed a selection of vegetables and a syrup sponge pudding. This looked an interesting option for a vegetarian meal, which we’ve been having at least once a week since the veg. Even if I did have an oven (which I don't anymore), I'm just not that interested in recipes that use both (even though it is very cool that Thompson prepares these world recipes the best way possible). I’ll eat them, don’t get me wrong, and I don’t pick them out…I think it’s the smell it gives to the overall dish that I have issues with!

He will also be preparing one of the recipes from his new book Slow Cooking which we will film and show in Mumsnet Recipes. Roll the beef in the seasoned flour and fry in the butter, over a high heat, until golden on all sides.I make a lamb pilaf which is delish and the recipe says to add the rice to the slow cooker half an hour before the meat finishes cooking. I have no idea where this week’s book came from, who may have bought it, but I do know that Antony Worrall-Thompson and his recipes don’t often feature in my cooking or chosen ideas, so this will either change or confirm my opinions! I checked out each of those books with the idea I would attempt "something" and I do have cooking skills, but I walked away with nothing. Just place the ingredients into the casserole and just leave them to cook while you get on with something else, simple as that.

Well known as a TV chef, author, broadcaster and Award-winning restaurant owner, Antony Worrall Thompson also used to supply his restaurant with his own home grown organic veggies. I can almost smell the aroma of a beautiful, steaming bowl of stew – my favourite of all comfort foods. We don't as a general policy investigate the solvency of companies mentioned (how likely they are to go bust), but there is a risk any company can struggle and it's rarely made public until it's too late (see the Section 75 guide for protection tips). This is one of three cookbooks that I read recently where there wasn't one recipe I would consider trying. In fact my main ambition is to get the kids to enjoy being outdoors rather than spending time on their computers.Both methods allow you to save not only home-and-hungry time but also money, because they're ideal for tenderising cheaper, tougher, less fashionable cuts of meat. Yet again, I find myself with lamb chunks ready to slow cook and a plethora of delicious recipes to choose from, so I was trying to find something different from my usual lamb stews bulked out with beans or grains. Antony is also Patron of various animal Charities, “I like animals and the outdoor life; I used to keep chickens and pigs and we had a cat who lived to be 27 years old and was nearly the oldest cat in the World. While the preparation time is the same as it would be for any dish, the cooking time for the majority of the dishes clock in between 6-8 hours – perfect if you’re away from the house all day – but you could have a relatively speedy supper with a Baked Eggs dish that comes in at a record 35 minutes. Antony Worrall Thompson is a hugely successful author, having sold in excess of 490,000 copies of his range of books in the UK to date.