When the weather gets cold and you don’t have a lot of time or patience to cook, it is time to take out the crockpot. If you don’t have one, you might want to pick one up for $25 at any home goods store. It is well worth it.
Crockpots or slow cookers simply use electricity to heat contents slowly. You can usually set it on low or high. The high setting would cook food around 200 degrees, while the low setting cooks it at about 170 degrees. Because the temperature is lower, the low setting would require more time to cook the same ingredients than the high setting.
The great thing about crock pots is that you can chop up and prepare the ingredients beforehand, throw them in the pot and turn it on in the morning. When you come home after a long day, your dinner would be ready. For the past week, I’ve been using my crock pot continuously to make various recipes. They are easy and extremely comforting on a freezing-cold night.
Here are some ideas:
1) Pot Roast
2) Split Pea Soup
3) Corn Chowder
4) Chili
I love my slow cooker too! I am posting my healthy slow cooker recipes on my blog http://healthyslowcooking.wordpress.com. You might fine some that interest you.