| One of the greatest difficulties of a modern | | | | nearby, like carrots, celery, or onions, will taste |
| workday is figuring out how to get dinner on the | | | | great in your soup. You can use whatever you |
| table. You don't have to resort to delivery or fast | | | | have fresh in your refrigerator, or you can also |
| food just because you stayed a little late at the | | | | use frozen vegetables. You can actually find |
| office. There's a $20 kitchen appliance that can be | | | | frozen soup vegetable packages at your local |
| your lifesaver - here is your introduction to the | | | | grocery store. Pop in some dried herbs like |
| crock-pot! | | | | oregano or basil, and a chicken bouillon cube. If |
| Crock-pots operate by cooking meals at low | | | | you wish, you can also put in a can or two of |
| temperatures for several hours over the course | | | | stewed, chopped tomatoes. Cover your mixture |
| of the day. They basically free you from being | | | | with 6 cups of water, and turn on your crock-pot. |
| stuck in the kitchen during food preparation. You | | | | Let the crock-pot simmer on LOW throughout |
| can throw a few ingredients in them in the | | | | the day. |
| morning, turn the crock-pot on low, and walk | | | | When you are ready to eat, just pull out the now |
| away. By the time you're ready for dinner, dinner | | | | fully cooked chicken. Pull the chicken off the bone |
| is ready for you! Besides being extremely | | | | and shred the meat before placing it back into the |
| low-maintenance cooking, crock-pots allow you to | | | | soup. Careful, it will be really hot so you might |
| make healthy and flavorful soups, entrees, and | | | | want to let it cool a bit before getting into it. Now |
| even desserts for your family, often at | | | | you've put a delicious, fragrant home-cooked meal |
| substantially lower costs than buying similar | | | | on the table, and invested less than five minutes |
| packaged food at the grocery store. | | | | in preparing it. |
| The easiest thing to make in a crock-pot is a | | | | This quick recipe is just one of thousands of |
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| you may have into the crock-pot - breasts, | | | | recipe web site or pick up a crock-pot cooking |
| thighs, whatever is on hand. Thighs actually make | | | | magazine to fully explore all the easy meals you |
| really great soup because they add a lot of flavor. | | | | can create with your crock-pot! |
| Add your choice of vegetables. Whatever is | | | | |