I have fallen back in love with my crock-pot. I know there are some of you who just stopped breathing for a minute, wondering how someone as busy as me, forgot about her crock-pot. I know it’s crazy, but it was always “too much trouble” before. Oh how wrong I was.
Since our recent financial issues–owing the IRS a few arms and legs and our recent commitment to living on a cash only basis–we have been eating at home every night. EVERY. NIGHT. We have made it all month with one splurge on a recent date night–we ordered pizza from our local pizza place and picked it up ($17 bucks for the best pizza ever) and a stop at our local frozen custard (HEAVEN). One of the things that has helped with this has been the crock-pot. For the past 5 or 6 Sundays I have made something in there, that give us left overs for lunch for almost the entire week. I can’t believe that I let this amazing and easy appliance, toil in my dark urban basement.
I’ve made Turkey chili–which was amazing, beef stew–also great, pulled pork (so good), turkey soup, machaca and pulled pork again (that’s how much we liked it). My life has gotten just a little easier and less stressful. We are also all eating healthier and aren’t spending money eating out.
So ladies, what are your favorite crock-pot recipes/dishes?
Embracing Imperfection 
This is a great book (Southwest Slow Cooking) and I’ve used lots of the recipes with success…I especially like it because the recipes are much more unique than the standard fare you find in a lot of slow cooker books; here’s the amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Southwest-Slow-Cooking-Tammy-Biber/dp/0873588568/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1298316933&sr=1-1#_
And here’s a great blog that has tons of recipes (nicely categorized on the L. side) all for slow cookers…LOVE the carnitas recipe! http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/
If I would commit to using mine 1-2x/week consistently then life would be so much easier, so good for you for finding yours again!
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