Slow Cooker Crock Pot – Gourmet Home Dining!

A crock pot slow cooker is the absolute best bridal shower or wedding gift. Every person should have one, and yes that is my opinion, but lots of people agree with me. This is a kitchen cokking miracle that helps busy working folks every day. I love my slow cooker!

One mother-in-law story I heard… she claimed she had not had a good pot of soup since she quit cooking on a wood burning stove.  The pot of soup simmered at the back of the stove for a long long time.  All the flavors of the soup mingled together.  Of course, she had to constantly feed the wood burning fire to keep the stove warm.

Then she discovered that the crock pot does the same thing today.  The cooker crock pot lets all the wonderful flavors of a soup mingle together.  It allows food to gently simmer for a long period of time in its own juices. What a great cooking experience!

The crock pot retains many of the vitamins that high temperature cooking destroys. The meats stay more plump and serve more people.

You can use inexpensive meats in the crock pot.  This method of slow cooking tenderizes meats and seals in moisture. The meats taste like fine gourmet cuts.

The slow crock pot is designed to be started and left alone.  The steam that condenses on the lid is full of vitamins.  The steam and vitamins slowly drip back into the base of the crock pot.  This keeps the food moist and nutritious even after many, many hours of cooking.

What the slow cooker pot gives today’s cook even more than gourmet food produced with economy cuts of meat.  It gives time.  The food in this wonderful kitchen appliance requires no watching, turning over, stirring or checking on.  In fact, the cooking process is interrupted every time the lid is raised.

For the working person, there is nothing so marvelous as coming home after a long hard day at office or wherever and being greeted with the aroma of a gourmet dish waiting to be served. All you need to do is slice the loaf of bread and toss the salad.  Dinner is ready.

This is not a fast food dinner, a meal of fatty high calories  or lots of starch.  This is a made-from-scratch family favorite that you can make as healthful or exotic as you desire.

Slow crocks come in many styles, designs and colors today.  They can enhance any kitchen decor.

These wonder kitchen countertop appliances are easy to use for crock pot meals.

The recipes can be as simple as just a chicken, or as fine as a complete chicken and herb dumplings dinner.  Slow cooker chicken recipes are incredible when prepared in your crock.

If you like beef, consider making a crock-cooked pot roast, beef stew, or slow cooker chili.

For pork fans, have I got good news for you. Try crock pot pork chops, pulled pork, or ribs.

Vegetables should be put into the bottom of the crockery cooker.  The vegetables may take the longest to cook if they are of a substantial nature.  Potatoes need to be quartered to cook through.

Vegetarian crock pot slow cooker chefs might like to try crock pot macaroni and cheese. I might suggest trying this when you are at home on a Saturday, as you don’t want the mac part of the mac and cheese to get too mushy.

Crockpot recipes are special. There needs to be some adjustment made. Food cooks for a long, long period of time.

By placing the meat on top, the flavors mingle.  The cook may use a little less spice. Slow cooking releases flavors.

The aromas from the slow cooker crock pot make waiting for dinner a challenge.

Crockpots are marvelous time-saving invention.  You just put food in it, plug it in, turn it on and forget.  The food stays warm, moist and appetizing.

You can find recipes for dishes you can cook in as little as two hours and as long as 10 hours.  With your wonderful new slow pot cuisine equipment you will get some tantalizing recipes and suggestions.  Interested in slow cookers? What are you waiting for? I say grab one now, but of course, I did warn you that I am pretty enthusiastic about this piece of countertop cookware.