| Summertime crock pot recipes, you may ask? But the | | | | pot! Out of any of the cooking devices in your kitchen, |
| crock pot is only used for "cold-weather meals" such | | | | it sets off very little heat and can allow you to put |
| as stews, roasts, and other hearty stick-to-your-ribs | | | | everything into the slow cooker in the morning (when |
| type meals. Wrong! The crock pot has truly received a | | | | your kitchen is cool) and spoon it up at dinnertime |
| seasonal stereotype and sits in many kitchen | | | | (when your kitchen is not). |
| cupboards all summer long. Bring it back to your | | | | Sandwiches are among our favorite summertime |
| kitchen counter during the summer; there are so many | | | | meals, especially paired with corn on the cob and a |
| benefits and fabulous light summertime meals that can | | | | salad. Put a 3 pound beef or pork roast in your crock |
| be prepared in the crock pot! | | | | pot with 1 cup of water. Cover and cook on low for 8 |
| Most people already know how wonderful crockpot | | | | hours. Remove roast and shred meat, replace to |
| cooking is; throw a few ingredients in a pot, turn it on, | | | | crock pot and add a bottle of your favorite barbeque |
| and come back eight hours later to a wonderful home | | | | sauce. Stir, cover and cook on high an additional 15-20 |
| cooked meal. We also know that cheaper cuts of | | | | minutes. Serve on sandwich buns - a great |
| meat turn out tender and juicy because they're | | | | summertime meal. |
| cooked with moist heat over long periods of time. | | | | Brats are also a huge summertime meal where I live, |
| Crock pot cooking is perfect for the busy homemaker, | | | | and many techniques have been created to prepare |
| the office mom, the busy dad, the work-at-home mom, | | | | them properly. Many simmer their brats over a low |
| anyone who has anything to do during the day and is | | | | flame on their stove in beer for hours, heating up their |
| tired by dinnertime, not wanting to spend countless | | | | kitchen as they do so. I use my crockpot! Place 12 |
| hours preparing dinner for their family. But crock pot | | | | brats in your crock pot, cover with 3-4 cans of beer |
| cooking is also perfect for the summertime. | | | | (the cheaper the better), add one chopped onion and 4 |
| Where I live, we have humid, hot, sticky summers | | | | cloves of minced garlic. Cover and cook on high 7-8 |
| where the last thing I want to do is turn on my oven or | | | | hours. Remove brats and grill over a low flame until |
| fire up my gas stove, much less spend time standing | | | | browned. Serve in hot dog or brat buns with ketchup, |
| around them preparing meals! During the summer I | | | | mustard, minced onion, and other desired toppings. |
| don't crave meals like chicken and dumplings, lasagna, | | | | The crock pot is a wonderful kitchen appliance that |
| beef stew, or pork roast. I want light meals with little or | | | | should not be ignored during the summer. For more |
| no preparation so I'm not standing in a hot kitchen | | | | great summertime crock pot recipes, view this article |
| getting even warmer and stickier. So, I use my crock | | | | on Natalie's Recipes. |