Woolworths expands COOK range with six new slow-cooked dishes for busy Aussies

As the crisp chill of winter begins to settle across Australia, there's nothing quite like the comfort of a slow-cooked meal to warm the soul.

But let's face it, not everyone has the luxury of spending hours in the kitchen, meticulously preparing a hearty stew or a succulent roast.

Recognising this, Woolworths has ingeniously bridged the gap between our love for slow-cooked flavours and our often hectic lifestyles with their latest culinary innovation.


Introducing the new additions to the Woolworths COOK range: six slow-cooked style meals that promise to deliver all the richness and depth of flavour you'd expect from traditional slow cooking but in a fraction of the time.

Starting at just $3.25 per serve, these meals are a game-changer for time-poor home cooks who don't want to compromise on taste or quality.


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Woolworths expanded its COOK range with six new slow-cooked winter meals. Credit: Woolworths


The COOK range, already popular among Woolworths shoppers, is expanding to include these convenient options, catering to the 86 per cent of customers who relish the process and results of slow cooking.

Now, with cooking times ranging from 10 to 45 minutes, you can indulge in the slow-cooked experience without the wait.


The new products include the following:
Each mouth-watering meal is designed for convenience. It can be cooked on the stovetop, microwave, or oven; some are ready in under 10 minutes.


Woolworths Food Developer Carmen Garcia understands the importance of a flavorful, easy and budget-friendly dinner.

‘Whether our customers have 10 or 45 minutes, access to an oven, air-fryer, or stove, we’ve curated easy and budget-friendly meal solutions to help them get a flavourful dinner on the table.’ he said.

‘During winter, we know that customers enjoy hearty meals like roasts, beef briskets, and slow-cooked stews, filling homes with comforting aromas, so we’ve launched these products just in time for the colder months.’

In line with Woolworths’ commitment to supporting local producers, all the meat used in these meals is sourced from Australian farmers.


This ensures the freshness and quality of the ingredients and supports the local economy.

The COOK range's packaging has also been refreshed. It now features clear indications of cooking times, methods, serving sizes, and suggestions to assist with meal planning.

With 19 slow-cooked-style products and 65 in the COOK range overall, Woolworths has seen a significant increase in demand, with double-digit growth since last year.

The expanded slow-cooked product range's top-selling items include the COOK Slow-Cooked Butterflied Beef (700g) and the COOK Slow-Cooked Chicken Breast in Creamy Mushroom Sauce (700g).

If you want to spice things up even more, check out our Cooking & Recipes forum for additional delicious food preparation ideas to satisfy your taste buds.
Key Takeaways
  • Woolworths has expanded its own brand COOK range with six new slow-cooked style meals for winter.
  • The meals offer convenience and value, designed for time-poor home cooks, with prices starting at $3.25 per serve.
  • All products in the range use meat sourced from Australian producers.
  • The packaging has been refreshed to highlight cooking times, methods, serving sizes, and suggestions, with 19 slow-cooked style products and 65 products in the COOK range.
Have you tried any of Woolworths' new COOK range meals? Share your experiences and favourite dishes in the comments below.
 
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These meals are not in single serve packs, so be careful. The whole packs cost more, but if one person is happy to eat the same meal for a few days running it works out reasonable; you still have to cook the whole pack at once though.
Aldi has just a few small packs of food at reasonable cost. We share their Mac & Cheese (adding a small tin of tuna) and Beef Lasagne (about $4-5 each) between 2 of us and add some fruit or yoghurt to supplement the meal. As lunch that suffices till afternoon tea then a light dinner. Could not survive too many days sharing Aldi meals though.
May try just one of the Woolworths meals between us over 2 days for taste but no more days than that as we’d get fed up with the same thing.
 
Mmm NOT NICE veggiepatch
I call out time poor people for losing all sense of priority.

From 1998 to 2000, I worked full time, studied at university part time, cooked ALL meals for a family, did ALL domestic chores and cared for three school aged children while the now ex wife was recovering from a serious car crash. They was MY priorities!

What do these so called time poor people do? In all probability, they spend an inordinate amount of time at the gym, procuring countless cups of coffee from a overpriced cafe, visiting the hairdresser, manicurist, podiatrist and other useless pursuits. None of which rate on Maslow's Hierachy of Human Needs.
 
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Yes false advertising as the meals on tv are at least 3 times bigger than what you buy.🙀
not just that here in WA we do not have get all the meals. My mum is on an aged package and we usually get them if she has been in hospital and I have to look after her when she comes out. Luckily we only have to pay 30% of the cost.
 
not just that here in WA we do not have get all the meals. My mum is on an aged package and we usually get them if she has been in hospital and I have to look after her when she comes out. Luckily we only have to pay 30% of the cost.
What about meals on wheels from the council you can get soup,main and dessert do they have it in w.a they do in vic.😊
 
The meals offer convenience and value, designed for time-poor home cooks, with prices starting at $3.25 per serve.

Time poor = lazy! No excuses whatsoever!
ok Veggiepatch I admit to being lazy ! There is just me what is the point of cooking meals ? I do often but also often I will make do with something on toast. So I find when it’s affordable I’ll get a few ready made meals usually add a packet of steam fresh veggies and know I’ve had a reasonable meal. Yes LAZY and proud of it 🤣🤣🤣
 
ok Veggiepatch I admit to being lazy ! There is just me what is the point of cooking meals ? I do often but also often I will make do with something on toast. So I find when it’s affordable I’ll get a few ready made meals usually add a packet of steam fresh veggies and know I’ve had a reasonable meal. Yes LAZY and proud of it 🤣🤣🤣
I have to agree, if there is only you, why would you bother.?
Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. My Choice my life. Am I
Lazy yep !!! and loving it.
 
I have to agree, if there is only you, why would you bother.?
Sometimes I do sometimes I don't. My Choice my life. Am I
Lazy yep !!! and loving it.
Add my neighbours and I and a couple of friends all single to the “lazy and proud” club.🤣so stick that up where the sun don’t shine v.p.👅👅👅👅🤣🤣
 
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