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Mon, Apr 25th, 2016, 12:29 PM #16
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I had the length issue too. I worked 12 hour days (luckily pretty close to home so I had lunches at home and would put t going then) but I get that too. I have overcooked many many things!
A yummy recipe you can try is buffalo ranch "pulled chicken" so good. And a great way to use up thighs or bone in meat that's cheaper! Just pop them in, add in half to a full bottle of Frank's buffalo chicken said or any Buffalo or cayenne pepper type sauce and a half to fill bottle of ranch dressing! Let it cook up nice and good then remove the chicken I pull the meat off and stick t in my kitchenaid mixer and spin it to shred and add back in. Let it cook and mesh and mix a bit longer and voila! Serve in buns with coleslaw sooooooo flipping good! A family fav. And because he meats shredded it doesn't really get overlooked Persay. You can also throw the mixture in with pasta, celery and carrots and make an casserole out of it. And the mixture freezes great
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Tue, Apr 26th, 2016, 07:41 AM #17
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I feel that way about chicken. I have cooked a whole chicken with no issues. I have a sweet and sour chicken recipe that is great taste wise, but the chicken itself has an awful texture.
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Tue, Jul 12th, 2016, 11:19 AM #18
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Tue, Jul 12th, 2016, 11:55 AM #19
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just threw in pork, onion, and taco time seasonings in the slow cooker. works every time. gonna have pork burritos tonight
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Tue, Jul 12th, 2016, 12:10 PM #20
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Thu, Jul 28th, 2016, 04:50 AM #21
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I have an 8 qt/7.5 L inventory pot with a the right lid that will cook at 2/10 on the oven, usually 2-3 time, for Crockpot-like tasks. Does not take up any reverse area, and the pot is really fairly.
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Thu, Aug 4th, 2016, 11:56 AM #22
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Thu, Aug 4th, 2016, 12:11 PM #23
When it comes to energy saving,
I cooked in large amounts, meat stew, i.e. I boil the meat in salt and pepper seasoning or just plain salt, portioned them and freeze. When the recipe calls for a meat, the meat is already tendered ; just season them put ingredients, tadaaa...
when the recipe calls to sautee, I defrost the meat, cut them in desired pieces, sautee, season , and there you go... I've been doing this for 1 1/2 months and it lowered down our bill to at least $30 per month.
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Thu, Aug 4th, 2016, 12:29 PM #24
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That is very clever because I have made and stored extra sauces, but I hadn't thought to store prepped meat.
Imagine a freezer full of a range of sauces and a range of prepped meat and you could just defrost two containers and simmer them together and have so much variety.
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Mon, Aug 8th, 2016, 03:48 PM #25
I love my slow cooker, we use it at least once a week. I'll make up a large batch of chili on the weekend, then freeze it for lunches. I always leave it on while I'm not home. I have never had any issues. I'm sure we would eat more take-out if we didn't have the slow cooker.
My slow cooker is pretty basic... on my someday wish-list is the Crock Pot WeMo slow Cooker (hooks up to wifi)... it looks really neat, but so far I can't justify that the cost is worth the WiFi feature when my slow cooker works just fine.
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Wed, Aug 10th, 2016, 11:38 AM #26
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Hockey season starts for us in 2 weeks so I will be planning crockpot meals! Have lots of pulled pork in our future
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Tue, Aug 16th, 2016, 04:38 PM #27
I love my slow cooker. I'm on the hunt for another because I'm going to have to leave mine with my mom when I move out. She's finally figured out the settings and she loves it. I love making ribs in it, they're so tender and moist!
I am looking at an electric pressure cooker, namely the Fast Slow Pro by Breville. They're MUCH more expensive than a slow cooker but I'd like to upgrade to something with a pressure cooker option as well.
There are so many amazing recipes on Pinterest for crock pots, and the investment for a decent one is usually under $80 for a digital model (I prefer those over manual models) and I would advise anyone to get one.
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Thu, Dec 29th, 2016, 11:05 AM #28
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I bought one because I liked the idea of throwing things into it in the morning, going to work, and coming home to a yummy smelling house and a ready to eat hot meal. But then after a couple of weeks, eating just soups and stews got boring. Maybe people who use their slow cooker a lot could post their go to recipes for us who can barely cook? That would be wonderful, I'd love to try some new recipes and I'm sure there are more things that can be made in these than I am aware of than just soups and stews and like, some hunk of meat with vegetables that turn out all mushy. I'm just not a good cook
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Thu, Dec 29th, 2016, 12:15 PM #29
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Thu, Dec 29th, 2016, 01:25 PM #30
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I have never cooked a whole chicken well in it either, I love my big boss cooker for that though. Stews, chili etc are great though. Now that I am working from home again though, not sure how much I will use it
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