Member Comments for the Article:Slow and Easy Crockpot CookingYou DO Have Time for Home Cooked Meals62 Comments
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5/23/2012 8:34:28 AM
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Great tips, thanks! I need to get more use out of my slow cooker. |
3/12/2012 9:25:49 PM
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I have used a crock pot for most of my married life abt. 30 years now and I just love it. Coming home after a long day of work and walking in to my house smelling wonderful is so inviting a calming. If you haven't tried it you are sure missing out. |
3/2/2012 8:52:08 PM
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I have used the crock pot to make hawaii bbq country ribs, stew chicken and other dishes.. food is very tender. As for creating healthy recipes all you have to do is create your own recipes. And you can put anything that you want in it... You can choose how many ingredients that need to go in it. For example: to make stew beef, chicken Your choice of meats ( you may want to brown the meat or not) Potatos, Onions, Mix Vegetables of your choice You determine the spices you want to use ( you can use your favorite spice and limit it to maybe 3 or 4. See how it will come out. Or you can buy the alreadt made spice and just add it to your crock pot Start off on low temperature, then go to high. This depends on if you are home... if out reverse the temperature setting |
2/22/2012 10:22:39 AM
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I love to make Crock Pot meals. I have used it for years and just recently received a pressure cooker for Christmas. I am not exploring the use of the pressure cooker. It is electric and has a browning, slow cooker, pressure cooker, steaming functions and delayed cooking setting. It is supposed to replace the crock pot, steamer and reduce use of the stove top. I have tried pressure cooking, browning and a slow cooker recipe in it and have been pleased with the results. I have learned several new things in this article that I have been doing incorrectly for years. The order that you add ingredients and the pre-heating of the food on high are all great new tips. |
4/22/2011 8:01:55 AM
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I sold my crock pot at a yard sale when I moved I really miss it. Have it on my list for Mothers Day. I have cooked some London Broil in the oven at 200 degrees for four hours and it has worked until I get the gift I hope for |
3/2/2011 2:48:12 PM
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If you're in a hurry, pressure cookers can be a life-saver. Maybe I lack the patience for my Crockpot. :-) |
10/7/2010 9:51:48 PM
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This was a very interesting article. I was not familiar with some of the tips given. Great information. |
9/24/2010 1:13:20 PM
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I love my crock pot too and use it quite frequently but I'm wondering if anyone else finds that oftentimes beef or chicken almost becomes dried out in the crock pot, even though there's always a ton of juice on the bottom. I have a Rival and I generally use the low setting. Am I cooking things too long? |
9/24/2010 10:28:09 AM
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I recently made some gingered chunky applesauce in the crock pot. It was divine. |
BAMAJAM
9/15/2010 5:22:49 PM
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I am another one who loves the crock pot. One great dish for slow cooking is Corned Beef. I put it in the crockpot, cover it with water, and cook 8 to 10 hours, until the meat is sooo tender it falls apart. Then I put some of the water (broth) from the crock pot into a pot for the stove and boil the cabbage until done. Putting the cabbage into the crock pot at such long periods causes the cabbage to desolve to mush. I do,however, add some carrots to the crock pot while cooking the corned beef. Yummy. (Only problem, my hubby does not like to leave the house with the crock pot cooking) |
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6REBECCA
8/19/2010 10:10:57 PM
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I love (love, love, love, love) my Crockpot. I use it at least once a week (except for during the summer) to make yummy vegetarian food - casseroles or soup. Then I can use the left-overs in my lunch for the rest of week. Using a Crockpot helps you to get in a lot of veggies, too. Just as a note, I don't pre-cook anything, I just plop all the ingredients in the stonewear the night before, refrigerate it over night, and then put it in the actual cooker in the morning before work. The food smells (and tastes!) so good when I get home. :) |
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8/10/2010 1:16:20 PM
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Crockpots are awesome...and this coming from a relatively new user! The writer needs to revist some of their suggestions. I found a recipe for Red Beans and Turkey Kielbasa that is awesome, and guess what? You don't pre-cook the beans! You just have to follow the recipe and use enough water, and in fact, I've never had dried beans turn out better than they did in the Crockpot! 1 lb dried red kidney beans, 2 celery stalks chopped, 1 chopped onion, 1 chopped green pepper, 1-2T of creole seasoning (to taste), 1 pkg Turkey kielbasa, 7 cups of water. Cook for 8 hrs on high. How easy is that? |
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NO_MAGIC_WAND
8/3/2010 10:04:39 PM
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Unless you either have a very small crock-pot or an abnormally large microwave I don't possibly see how you could microwave one. I have a large crock-pot and have to lovingly hand wash as it would never fit in the dishwasher much less the microwave. Information I have is if the crock-pot is cold only put cold food in it and if the crock-pot is hot only hot food, not cold as you risk cracking the thing with the heat differences. Word of advice to new users. Don't give up if one recipe doesn't work for you. I've had some bad results but also good results. It can take time to figure it out what works best for you. Read recipes closely because, yes, you can completely overcook something to mush, especially the machines without real timers just so many hours on a heat level. I highly recommend you set a timer to know where you are at or note down what time you started it. Also if you feel the need to stir, never open the pot in less than 2 hours because it can take at least that long for things sometimes to even get up to temp depending on how much and what it is and you are letting the heat out. Reason on the canned soups, especially anything creamed, like cream of mushroom, is that unlike real dairy these aren't supposed to break down over that long process of cooking. Just like the stove if you are making say stroganoff you stir in the sour cream at the end, never boil it. |
8/2/2010 3:49:08 PM
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Crock pot cooking can be great, but what's the point if you have to simmer something on the stove for over an hour before you even put it into the recipe? I'm not seeing a time savings here... same goes for browning meat. If I have to get out a pan, you can be assured I'm not going to also get out my crock pot. HOWEVER, all in all some good info here. |
KARIJO-OSAGE
6/11/2010 10:17:31 PM
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My husband and I use our crockpot all the time. One of our favorites is roast in the crockpot. It requires the following: Put in crock in this order... 1 package of mini-carrots (put on bottom of crock) 6 potatoes, cut length-wise, put these over the carrots 1 package of onion soup mix, over the carrots 1 roast 1 onion cut in slices/rings Worchestshire Sauce-shake over the entire crock Cook on low for 8-9 hours, there is no need to add an water, the moisture accumulates once the crock heats up, this is devine and the roast is tender, by the way, your entire house will smell fabulous! Enjoy! Kevin & Kari Eide |