If you don’t have a Crock-Pot, also known as a slow cooker, put one on your Amazon wish list ASAP. Here is why a Crock-Pot will change your life.
1. No more fuss around dinner time!
If you’re like me, you don’t have the time or energy to prepare a nice meal by the time you get home. Put the pasta down and whip out your slow cooker. Crock-Pots slowly cook whatever ingredients are inside of them so that you don’t have to! They can operate anywhere from four to ten hours, so feel free to go live your life while your Crock-Pot does the work.
Step one: Throw a bunch of ingredients into your Crock-Pot in the AM
Step two: Go to class
Step three: Work up a sweat in the gym
Step four: Study in the library for a couple of hours
Step five: Come home in the PM to a hot and delicious dinner
2. The gift that keeps on giving
If you aren’t sharing the contents of your Crock-Pot, you will definitely have leftovers. On average, my Crock-Pot concoctions will feed me four to five nights. I could eat beef stew every night for a month and not get sick of it, so hopefully you don’t mind a little repetition in your meals. Just make sure you have lots of Tupperware.
3. Cheap ingredients, happy wallet
One of the wondrous things about Crock-Pots is that they make inexpensive ingredients taste like a million bucks! Even a cheap and tough beef roast will fall to pieces after 10 hours in your slow cooker. I once made mac n’ cheese in my Crock-Pot for a group of 30 girls that ended up costing me less than $12! Delegate the money you save on meals to your coffee fund; we both know you need it.
4. Who needs candles?
Your Crock-Pot will make your entire house or apartment smell like what you are making. Who needs a bunch of candles when you can easily make your house smell like BBQ pulled pork or veggie chili? After a long day, nothing is better than opening the door and inhaling the delightful smells of your dinner.
5. The sky is the limit
You can make absolutely anything in a slow cooker. You can make stews, soups, fajitas, casseroles, chili and more! If you’re craving sweets, you can also prepare desserts in your Crock-Pot. Apple crisp, monkey bread, cakes, cobblers and so much more.