Crock pot recipes and crock pots are
probably one of the best inventions to save us cooking
time - prepare your ingredients, mix them into the
crock pot, and just leave it on all day while you
go to work. When you get home, your crock pot recipe
is done and ready to be served.
Cooking crock pot recipes just doesn't
get any easier... Well, except you still have to prepare
the ingredients.
Crock pots, actually called slow cookers,
are relatively inexpensive to buy. You can get one
for $25 to $50. If you're wondering, crock pot is
the trademarked name of the Rival slow cooker, but
everyone likes to call slow cookers crock pots, and
hence, crock pot receipe.
You can cook all types of foods in a
crock pot. For example, chicken, pork, beef, all types
of veggies, and even fruits. Crock pot recipes are
known and loved for their simplicity - especially
for the cooking time it saves you.
Crock pot receipes rely on the low cooking
heat to slowly cook the foods. Steam rises as the
food cooks, and circulates within the pot to cook
the food. When you're cooking crock pot recipe, refrain
from lifting up the lid to take a peak. When you let
the steam out, the temperature in the pot drops.
The question about energy usage of a
crock pot compared to regular stove often rises. Are
you saving energy cooking crock pot recipes? Actually,
depending on several factors, you could be using twice
as much energy. Find
out more about energy usage of cooking crock pot recipes
here.
Crock pot recipes take all day long
to cook (most do anyway). Not sure how to covert oven
cooking times to crock pot cooking times? See the
chart below:
