Crockpot, best invention since sliced bread

I think every frugal household should own a slow cooker. Remember, if you have dinner already prepared, you're not going to go out & spend loads of money on a takeout because you can't be bothered to cook!

Exactly, excellent point.

Wow that does sound like luxury, you are making me hungry thinking about fresh bread and a pot roast cooking, and I JUST ate! I had forgotten about the price aspect, so many slow cooker meals are so inexpensive, it really makes it all worth while!

That is funny, I half expected you to say you're scanning every page to e-mail it to me :D I do have a good crock pot recipe book, although I haven't looked at it in forever. Many of the meals I do, I know my heart and they are our old favorites.

LOL sweetie I like you but not enough to scan a book and mail it to you. :) Although that kind of does sound like something I would do I guess.

Oh yes, I have done ribs once. Pulled BBQ pork is easy too because the roast falls apart after being in the crockpot all day. I also like it because you can put frozen meat in and it will still cook just right.

Yeah, crockpot; also slowcooker is really great to have. I do cook certain stuff in my crockpot. I make home made chili and homemade beef stew. Just go online to find out how to make homemade stuff in your crockpot.

Well I am a stay at home mom and have plenty of time to cook meals, but I still use my crockpot a minimum of once a week. You can cook practically anything in it. Just toss it all together in the morning, set it on low for 8 hours, and forget about it until dinner time. Some of my favorite crockpot meals are pot roast, just throw in the roast and veggies and whatever seasonings with a cup of water and leave it all day, spaghetti sauce, as stated above, pulled bbq pork which I discussed in the 1st post on this discussion, most any type of chicken... especially chicken noodle soup! Cook a whole chicken, or chicken peices for 8 hours, it falls off the bone so much easier and you can use the water for the broth. Of course I personally transfer that to the stove when adding veggies and such, but I find that meat is a lot more tender in the crockpot. Most times you can cut it with a fork. The possiblities are really endless, and I have an entire book of crockpot recipes that are so easy and time saving! BTW, you can also do desserts and appetizers in the crockpot, just find yourself a nice recipe book on them!

Yes, I had forgotten to mention the heat aspect in my earlier post. It just dawned on me as I turned my oven on to make the garlic bread (I need one of those little toaster ovens!).

Oh, I don't put the noodles in the crockpot :D Just the sauce and meatballs. Guess I should have specified.

I wonder if you ordered one of the internet if they'd ship it to you? Have you looked into that? E-Bay would be the first place I'd look, and then perhaps Walmart or Target.com. Williams and Sonoma are very expensive, but they may ship to you. Good Luck

LMAO, you're funny. Yes I love beef stew in my crock pot. Actually here they sell seasoning packets for beef stew and pot roast and other things like that.