Slow Cooker Turkey: an Experimental Dinner.

As I speak, there is a 1kg turkey breast at home turning into supper.  (Mmmmm.  Turkey.)  Usually when I do a crock pot meal, I prepare everything and put it in the crock the night before so that in the morning I just put the crock in the pot (?) or whatever, turn it on and go.  Unfortunately, last night I got home late and this morning I slept in, so I had to put everything together before work this morning and there was no time for recipes.  I had a pretty good idea of what to do since I did a quick search for a slow cooker turkey breast recipe when I was putting together my meal plan.  I think this was the recipe I looked at.  There's really not much to it:

Ingredients:

• 1 (6 pound) bone-in turkey breast
• 1 (1 ounce) envelope dry onion soup mix

Method:

Rinse the turkey breast and pat dry. Cut off any excess skin, but leave the skin covering the breast. Rub onion soup mix all over outside of the turkey and under the skin. Place in a slow cooker. Cover, and cook on High for 1 hour, then set to Low, and cook for 7 hours.

In the past, I've made pot roast in the crockpot, and love that the potatoes and maybe a vegetable cook right along with the meat, and make a delicious gravy.  I hope to replicate that awesomeness.

What I used:

• 1 onion, chopped (really roughly)
  
• About a half pound (220g) baby carrots
• 3 ribs of rinsed and chopped celery (even rougher)
  
• A bag of presidents choice new potatoes, the kind they say you don't have to wash.  That's a lie, by the way.
• A package of dried onion soup mix
  
• A turkey breast weighing appx. 1kg, just over 2lbs (by the way, 24 hrs apparently is not long enough to defrost 1kg of turkey breast in the fridge)
  

What I did:
Threw all the veg & potatoes in the crock pot, placed turkey breast on top.  Realized that crockpot was ever so slightly too small.  Removed turkey breast and 1/2 veg and potatoes, put turkey breast back in, dumped onion soup mix over top, and wedged remaining half of veg back in as best I could.  Turned that sucker on (7hrs high due to the frozen-ness) and went to finish getting ready for work.


Btw:  I am well aware that putting frozen meat in the crockpot is a bad, bad thing.  Rest assured that I will be checking the temperature to make sure it is safe to eat.


So yeah.  Experimental dinner.  Expect result & pictures of that later tonight.  Also expect pictures of the lasagna, which I thought was good, and Matt thought needed more meat.  Go figure.


Edit: 
Photo!  Late, but here.

They turkey and potatoes came out well.  I also picked out the carrots from the crock pot:  they looked terrible, but tasted delicious.  I served frozen peas as well.  All and all, I'd call it success!

Until tonight,
Emily