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It's easy to be too tired to start cooking after a day at
work and then resorting to either eating cereal, getting
fast foods or making frozen dinners.
One thing I've found helpful is to start using the crockpot
I had buried inside the cabinet. Using a good crock pot
cook book enables me to prepare nutritious meals before
heading out to work and having them be ready and heated
through when I return.
I told my friend about this who is a single mom and she
said her kids are thrilled now to have home cooked meals
that taste good and have nice proportion of protein,
carbohydrates and fat.
Here's a few tips to keep in mind:
1) It's recommmended to not put frozen food into the crock
pot. You need to defrots foods in advance so think this
out when you do your meal planning.
2) If you are using ground meat in the recipe it is good to
cook it first in a pan ahead of time.
3) Tomatoes can overcook and get too soft if put in early
so try to wait towards the end of the cooking time. This
holds true for zucchini as well. Check your crock pot cook
book for the ingredient list to think it through logically.
4)Don't peak at what you are cooking. When you pick up the
lead, you let heat escape and then the cooking time will
increase.
5)There are crock pots with removable bowls and using these
make cleanup much easier.
Enjoy your crock pot and be stress free now when you drive
back from work or come in from the kids' soccer games at 7
pm. You can avoid running in for fast foods and eat something
that you'll find satisfying.
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