Tips For Cooking With Your Slow Cooker



Posted: Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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The great thing about using a slow cooker is that you can prepare your meal in about 15 minutes and not have to worry about it anymore. I know I have the most energy when I get up in the morning so it makes it easy for me to add all of the ingredients and be off to work.

I know that I don't look forward to working all day long and then coming home and spending the next 2 hours preparing our dinner. There are a few tips though that can save you even more time and allow you to get the most out of your slow cooker.

One thing you can do to make things easier is prepare as much as you can before bed and put this in the refrigerator. This will save you time in the morning because you only need to place your ingredients in the slow cooker and you are done! There are some ingredients that you will not be able to do this with so be sure to check your recipe and prepare as much as possible. After all, you have enough to do in the morning with getting ready for work, breakfast, the kids and so on.

I have found that cooking my meals on low gives me the best results 99% of the time. Most slow cookers have only two settings - low and high. Cooking on the high setting is risky because you have a very good chance of overcooking and sometimes even burning your food. By cooking on low, it is very unlikely that you will overcook anything. An even better idea is to buy a programmable crock pot as these will cook foods perfectly and can be left unattended for longer periods without having to worry about overcooking.

If you are using fresh vegetables in your recipe, it is best to place these on the bottom of the slow cooker as they take longer than meat. You can put canned vegetables over the top as they do not take long too cook. Also, it is a good idea to thaw out the meat before placing it in the crock pot. Some people will put a frozen roast in a slow cooker but I have found that my roasts have cooked better when they are thawed out first.

I hope that these small suggestions will help you utilize your slow cooker better and save you time. As you gain more experience in preparing different types of meals, you will develop your own shortcuts and your own unique cooking style

If you enjoyed this article on slow cookers, you might want to check out http://crockpotsandslowcookers.com where you will find great info such as how to use a programmable crock pot.

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