The slow cooker is a very useful appliance to have in your kitchen. You can cook healthy, vegetarian, meat, roast and other variety of delicious and easy recipes. I share an easy vegetarian recipe.
After a hard day at work, it can be hectic to come home and prepare a hearty meal for your family. Beef stew is an easy meal to prepare and make in your crockpot. It is a nice feeling to come home to a meal that is ready to eat.
I love spaghetti with meat sauce. The best thing about the sauce is that the more it cooks the better it gets. I used to make spaghetti sauce only on the weekend because I would start it in the morning and then watch it simmer until early evening. Recently I came across a meat sauce recipe that combines my favorite ingredients but cooks in a crockpot.
If you have a crockpot or slow cooker that you haven’t used lately, its time to pull it out, dust it off and put it to work. I really like using my crockpot because I don’t dirty many dishes and I can start a meal before I leave for work and its ready when I get home. I love coming home to a house with great cooking aromas.
Sometimes the best “something new” is really something old. That is the case for these old-fashion recipes for delicious salads. These salads are especially good on hot summer days. Take your pick from Strawberry Rice Salad or Citrus Delight Gelatin Salad (or you just might want to try both!).
It probably wouldn’t occur to you to try to make your own salad dressings. You would be surprised at how many different types of salad dressings you can make from ingredients you already have on hand. They are easy to prepare, and you can’t beat the taste. Try one of these recipes and you won’t go back to store bought salad dressings again!
Are you tired of the same old salads day in and day out? Perfect for a light meal, this Grilled Thai Chicken Salad is the perfect way to enjoy a salad out of the norm.
There’s nothing like a good salad on a hot day! (Or for some of us, hot days, cold days, anytime!) For some different salad ideas, try these recipes. Red and Green Tomato Salad makes a great tasty salad that presents beautifully. This Pasta Salad with Ham is perfect for a light meal, “pitch-in” or picnic.
What keeps the leaves perky? It’s down to the ‘modified air packaging’ that replaces normal air with 95 per cent nitrogen to control browning. Packaged lettuce left in standard air would go off quicker…
W. Hodding Carter has chronicled his family’s mission to live within their means in his Extreme Frugality series. Part of daily life is tending the chicken coop. Meet his surprisingly wily chickens in this video.