Slow cooker coq au vin

Fruit and vegetables

2 carrots, cut into chunky pieces, about 2½cm/1in

2 sticks celery, cut into 1cm/½in slices

2 garlic cloves, crushed

150g/5½oz button or crimini mushrooms, or larger mushrooms cut in half

400g/14oz shallots, peeled and left whole

few sprigs fresh thyme, or 1 tsp dried