I have a love/hate relationship with my crock pot. I love how easy it is to use, but I’ve struggled to find slow cooker recipes that really nail it. I usually think that the separete ingredients I put in at 9am all come out identical, both in taste and texture, eight hours later. Plus I miss the crispness that you can get when baking or roasting. (Have I mentioned before that I’m kind of a foodie?)
But my husband typically gets home after the boys and I have eaten dinner, and as terrible as it sounds, I don’t relish recreating dinner for him a few hours after I did it the first time.
ENTER the crock pot.
The food could just STAY WARM until he gets home! No reheating. No firing up the oven for the second time. Just serve and enjoy.
This epiphany led to me scouring the internet for the best slow cooker recipes it has to offer. (#beingaSAHMrockssometimes) After trying a dozen of the best-reviewed recipes out there, I narrowed it down to five favorites. All of these have become regulars in our home, which only happens around here if I really like something.
I know life is busy and complicated for you too. Husbands come home late; kids have ortho appointments and soccer games that encroach on dinner time. I hope these new ideas make life run a little smoother for you and your family. Over the next five weeks I’ll share one fabulous crock pot recipe a week, until we all have enough keepers to get us from Monday to Friday. 🙂
Starting tomorrow with some seriously great pulled pork sandwiches!
Thanks so much for this! I can’t wait for the rest of them. I feel like my crockpot is some sort of awesome tool just waiting to be unlocked! I use it sometimes, but I know I don’t use it to it’s full potential and I want to. I’m always looking for good crockpot recipes. I have a few, but still don’t think to use my crockpot as much as I want to.
Erica, I need some good crock-pot recipes, too! Looking forward to this! 🙂
I am seriously excited about this. Crock pot moms unite!
I LOVE my crockpot. Can’t wait to take a look at your recipes.
Oh, I’m so excited to follow along for this! I work and my crockpot is my good friend (despite agreeing with you that food mostly tastes better baking or roasting.) I’m always looking for a new recipe to try out in it, so I’m excited to try yours.
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