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