Slow cooked meatloaf dumplings

my 4yr old daughter is extremely fussy and this is a great meal to hide veges in. I'm also a mum of two which means i need meals that are easy to prep. using a slow cooker also means that when we are madly getting the kids ready for bed i don't have to be trying to prep and cook dinner at the same time.

Ingredients

1 cup	Self raising flour, dumplings
¼ tsp	Salt, dumplings
1 tsp	Baking powder, dumplings
2 Tbsp	Parsley, chopped, dumplings
½ cup	Milk, dumplings
400 g	Mince, meatloaf (Main)
1 whole	Carrot, (grated) meatloaf
1 whole	Parsnip, (grated) meatloaf
1 packet	Onion soup mix, meatloaf
2 tsp	Curry powder, meatloaf
2 tsp	Turmeric powder, meatloaf
1 cup	Rolled oats, meatloaf
¼ cup	HP sauce, meatloaf
¼ cup	BBQ tomato sauce, meatloaf
½ tsp	Garlic salt, meatloaf
2	Eggs, meatloaf
¼ cup	Milk, meatloaf
1 Tbsp	Soy sauce, meatloaf

Directions

1. add all meatloaf ingredients into a large bowl and mix thoroughly. place ingredients into crock-pot. cook on low for 5 hrs.
2. after 5hrs increase slow cooker to high and drop spoonfuls of dumpling mix on top. Dumpling: put flour, baking powder, salt and parsley into a bowl and mix. pour in milk to make a soft dough.