Thursday, November 10, 2011

I’m in LOVE with my CrockPot!

I can be such a slow learner sometimes. I have seen MANY Mom’s praise their CrockPots…but do you think I listened? Oh no…I like to make things 10-times harder! LOL!!

Lately with my schedule and work-load, I’ve been in search of things to make my life easier. The sock-bun hair do…in love. Saves so much time. Cooking with my CrockPot. Omgeeeeeee. My life simplified times 100!!! I only cook with it lately. And I looooooooooooove it!!!

I’m learning to freeze food too! My Mom bought me a surprise deep freeze awhile back. A little one – and it’s PRECIOUS and PERFECT! I had no idea the amount of food we were wasting…and how much money I would save with a freezer!

When I cook…most of the time my picky toddler doesn’t like it. Soooo…I can’t eat it all! And it would eventually go to waste! Now…I freeze it! And I have meals out the WAZOOOO ready to go in my freezer.

Now factor in my CrockPot….and I’m in cooking bliss!

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For example, this morning Jaxon and I whipped up a stew in less than 10 minutes.

This week after grocery shopping…I cooked the WHOLE thing of my ground beef. Then I divided it up into small freezer baggies with about 1-pound of meat in each baggie. (( HELLOOOOO another light-bulb moment for me! Cook your meat ahead of time = LESS WORK later!!))

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Then I chopped up a few potatoes. These babies MADE my day! Purple POTATOES…LOVE THEM!!!!

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My helper had fun too! He loooooooooves to help in the kitchen!

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I let him add the carrots.

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Love his JOYFUL heart!

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I also let him add the salt, pepper and dried onions. ((I always used dried onions because they don’t go bad as quickly for me!))

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LOVE it!!!!

 

Here’s my recipe-click image to enlarge!

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Hope you have a BLESSED day!

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4 comments:

Life Happens said...

In my opinion, whoever invented the crockpot was genius!! It's great for us busy moms!

daisy52 said...

Tiffany!

Zip locks...post-it-notes...liquid paper....crock pots! Life is complete! Know what else? Crock Pot cooker 'liners'! EXCELLENT! And as far as zip locks...I personally have a 'seal-a-meal' thingy which in itself is wonderful....but the Zip Lock bags that vaccuum seal are AMAZING! I keep them on hand always.

And I have a sock in my hair as we speak!! Hugs...b

Snoodles said...

I'm devastated. My hair isn't long enough for a sock bun. Sigh. I'm your newest follower...hopped over here from SewMamaSew - one of these days I'll have some grandkids (I hope) and I wanted to see your finger paint recipe! Great blog! I like the mix of recipes, photography, and crafts! I'll be back often!

Mandy said...

I agree with you - the crock pot is totally life changing!

Another tip, if you're interested - I always freeze my onions. I'll buy them when they are on sale and then chop them up and put them in the freezer. Whenever I am ready, I have chopped onions ready to go into any of my cooked dishes!


 
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