| After a long day at the office, there is nothing more | | | | The slow cooker is cheap to operate, using only a |
| exhausting than getting home and having to start | | | | small fraction of wattage compared to your oven. |
| cooking dinner for your family. Are you tired of | | | | As well, you can save money by using less expensive |
| paying for expensive take-out? Is your family getting | | | | cuts of meat. Three rib eye steaks might set you |
| sick of those frozen pizzas? Imagine coming home | | | | back $25 or more, but a package of stewing beef will |
| to a ready-to-serve home cooked meal that is both | | | | cost you less than $6. |
| inexpensive and nutritional. | | | | There are no limits to the kind of meat you can cook |
| No, you don't have to hire a cook. You simply have | | | | in your slow cooker. There are plenty of recipes for |
| to invest in a slow cooker. Your own mother | | | | slow cooking beef, pork, lamb, chicken and turkey. |
| probably used this counter top kitchen appliance in the | | | | Imagine coming home to tender ribs, a moist pot roast, |
| 1970's. Formally known as the crock pot, the slow | | | | spicy chilli, or curried chicken breasts? |
| cooker has made a comeback. | | | | The beauty of the slow cooker is that you can put the |
| The slow cooker's low wattage, wrap-around heating | | | | ingredients together either the night before or the |
| coils transfer indirect heat to a stoneware lidded insert | | | | morning of. You simply layer the ingredients |
| and slowly cooks your food at a temperature | | | | according to your recipe, turn on your slow cooker and |
| between 200 - 300 degrees F. This lengthy | | | | walk away for eight to ten hours. And when you |
| application of moist-heat dissolves tough connective | | | | walk in the door after a tough day at the office, you |
| tissue, which in turn, makes even the toughest cuts of | | | | will be greeted by the most delicious, aromatic scent of |
| meat incredibly tender. | | | | a ready-made meal. |