| What's slow and steady and will fit right into your | | | | Crockery cooking can make less-expensive cuts of |
| face-paced life? Would you believe cooking with that | | | | meat tender and delicious. |
| old crock pot?! | | | | 3. Save time. Cook when you have more energy and |
| Going slower in terms of cooking can actually help you | | | | less stress. Have your food ready and waiting for you |
| go faster in the long run. Make sense? Keep reading | | | | rather than the other way around. You'll also save time |
| and it will. When you prepare a crock pot meal in the | | | | on clean up. After the meal, you'll have just one pot to |
| morning, the food will be ready when you get home. | | | | wash. If you have a crock pot with the removable |
| No more waiting for the oven to preheat or food to | | | | crockery liner (and you really should), clean up is extra |
| defrost in the microwave. | | | | easy. |
| Fast and slow cooking entered American kitchens in a | | | | 4. Eat healthy. It doesn't take a nutritionist to know that |
| big way during the 1970s. Rival introduced the Crock | | | | a meal of meat and veggies with a green salad on the |
| Pot slow cooker in 1971 (the slow cooking appliance | | | | side is going to be better for your body than another |
| was originally called a beanery). Microwave ovens also | | | | frozen pizza. |
| became affordable during the 1970s. (They actually | | | | 5. Keep your kitchen cool and your food hot. You |
| went on the market in 1952 for the price of $1,295). By | | | | won't have to heat up the whole house just to roast a |
| the 1980s, most couples could count on receiving at | | | | chicken or cook a pot of stew. The crock pot also |
| least one crock pot as a wedding gift. While it's almost | | | | frees the oven and stove for other foods when you're |
| unthinkable to cook without a microwave today, many | | | | cooking a big meal. |
| crock pots have been relegated to the closet shelf. It's | | | | To make the most of your rediscovered crock pot, try |
| time to revive the Rival! | | | | not peek at the food while it's cooking. Every time you |
| Five reasons to dust of the crock pot and start slow | | | | lift the lid, you add 20 minutes to the cooking time. |
| cooking again. | | | | To convert regular recipes for use in the crock pot, |
| 1. Save money. Starting a meal in the crock pot in the | | | | reduce the amount of liquid by one-third to one-half, |
| morning can save you from the temptation of grabbing | | | | unless you're making soup, rice or beans. |
| fast food during the evening family rush hour. Save | | | | I hope this all makes sense. The best part about crock |
| those fast food bucks for a meal out at a nice | | | | pot cooking is all the recipes you can make with the |
| restaurant on the weekend when you have time to sit | | | | same crock pot. Just cut up the ingredients, throw |
| and enjoy it. | | | | them in the crock pot, wait 8 hours and a delicious |
| 2. Save money. This reason's so nice we said it twice. | | | | meal is ready! |