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Sunday 9 November 2014

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We’ve received A LOT of requests for more one pot meal recipes lately. With time being a limiting factor for most of our readers, we understand that throwing everything together is really the way to go. Less thinking = more resting. We get it! Both Springer and I are huge fans of warm bowls of goodness. From soups to stews, we love when we can make a big batch for the entire fam and serve it up throughout the week, but…is there a SECRET to creating balanced flavor, texture, and nutrients for our “one pots”? You bet! Here’s Some History on the “Slow Cooker” A slow cooker (aka – Crock-Pot) is an electrical, counter top cooking appliance that is used for simmering foods at a low temperature for a long period of time. Invented in the 1970’s, during a time when convenience foods were also a hit, many recipes called for the addition of canned broths, veggies, or soups, and sodium-filled seasoning packets to extend flavor and substance. Although you can make one pot meals without the handy slow cooker gadget.

Crazy schedules, long work hours, and tempting takeout menus make it tough to even think about cooking most nights during the week. Despite the inconvenience, firing up the stove or oven is almost always cheaper and healthier than ordering in or eating out. How about a compromise? Making dinner with a slow cooker — Crock-Pot is the go-to brand in the U.S. — is an easy way to get in all those vitamins and minerals without slaving over a hot stove for hours at a time. Most of these recipes involve mixing up ingredients and popping them into a slow cooker for a prescribed number of hours. Save even more time by starting some of these dishes overnight or first thing in the morning and reaping the delicious, healthy benefits later in the day.

Our healthy slow-cooker recipes and crock-pot recipes are an easy way to prepare a comforting bowl of soup or stew for dinner. With our slow-cooker soups and stews, you can prepare healthy and affordable meals without spending lots of time in the kitchen. Try our Southwestern Three-Bean & Barley Soup to spice up your weekly dinner routine or our Slow-Cooker Black Bean-Mushroom Chili for a meatless meal that will leave you satisfied.

Freezer cooking! Have you heard about this? You spend one day preparing meals for the month to keep in your freezer so you don’t have to think about it later. The meals can either be fully cooked and just need to be warmed or they can be raw & placed into your slow cooker, all prepped and ready to go when you need them. It saves time, money, and your sanity! I am in school full time, working part time, and still have to maintain my full time mom and wife duties as well. There are some days that I don’t even get home with the kids until 6:30 and bedtime is around 7ish. That does not leave much time to cook dinner (and for some strange reason, my kids want to eat every.single.night!). That’s where the freezer cooking comes into play. All I have to do is pull a bag out of the freezer the night before and place it in the fridge to defrost. The next morning I dump it into the slow cooker and turn it on. That’s it! Dinner (at least the main dish) will be done and ready to serve the minute we walk in the door. (Use the slow cooker liners for super easy clean up too!) How amazing is that?! I loved the idea of it so I started collecting recipes I thought might work for the freezer and that my family would eat. I finally compiled a list of 19 different meals and planned to double each one. Want to make all these recipes for your family? Go HERE for the master shopping list! (I use a 5 qt slow cooker for all of these recipes)

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I created a freezer cooking pin board for the recipes on Pinterest if you’re a visual person and for easy repinning :). Go here and check it out! I will also be adding to the board so be sure to follow us! (The maple dijon chicken and the balsamic glazed drumsticks are tripled to make the 40 meals!)