Saturday, November 28, 2009

Programmable Crock Pots Allow You To Save Time, Money And Share Great Tasting Meals with Your Family

By Emily Branklee

Although their designs have remained mostly the same, crock pots are not what they once were.

There is nothing to compare with the satisfaction and comfort of a home cooked meal. How can you provide a full meal for your hungry family every day? It's really hard to do.

With the changing schedules a modern household has to endure, it hard to shop for food let alone make meals everyday, especially dinners. The old reliable crock pot or slow cooker has saved many a night with an easy meal. Though they have been around for decades, they have undergone updates and still save you money and time.

Because of concerns of health and safety, today's slow cooking is not as slow as it once was. Gone are the days of 6 to 8 hour low heat cooking. The vegetables and meats don't need to linger at low temperatures all day long for a great tasting meal when you get home for dinner.

The new crock pots and slow cookers have programmable timers allowing you to cook barbecue, roasts or stews whenever you want requiring less time using more heat. You can choose how high you want the heat and when you want the cooker to start. It makes making meals almost a pleasure.

The old standby and the first crock pot Rival is still available along with all the new models. New programmable crock pots can be had in sizes ranging from mini slow cookers to crock pots capable of cooking a large turkey for Thanksgiving to super small, mini crock pots.

Using a crock pot can save you both time and money because:

- You don't need to turn on an oven and you will use less electricity and no gas.

- They generate almost no ambient heat leaving the kitchen cool on warm days.

- You already put time and energy into making dinner before you even turned on the crock pot.

- You save money because cheaper meat cuts are tenderized by the slow cooking.

- Flavors are enhanced because food cooks slowly in its own juices.

- Crock pots save water generating steam to cook the meal.

- Very easy setup, just add meat, vegetables and spices, liquids and set time and temperature and let the machine do all the work.

- Food stays moist even after hours of cooking.

- Very simple clean up for the cook, just one pot.

- Large families or big parties can be fed with only one large crock pot.

Programmable crock pots are the easy alternative to making simple meals for the entire family everyday or your next dinner party. It's flexibility allows you to make easy work of dinners and lunches with lots of time left over for other things. Saving money and time is what makes these versatile cookers still popular after years in the kitchen. You can make anything you want.

Go for it. The crock pot has come a long way.

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