Well the holidays are over and the left overs have been consumed so now what? Yes! Back to using my slow cooker.
I've been back to reading my slow cooker cook book and I started to wonder how much less electricy does a slow cooker use? I know my house seems a lot colder on those days when I don't use the stove or oven does this mean my heater works more and which is more effecient heating the house with my heater or heating it by using the stove and oven? Hmmm things that make you wonder.
Yesterday was a good day for a BBQ beef sandwich with steak fries so we 'fired' up the slow cooker with a chuck roast for about 6 hours. Then I remove the roast and take out any fat - fat makes my tummy hurt and there is nothing worse than taking a great big bite of a saucy bbq beef sandwich to have it be a mouthful of fat. I put the beef in bbq sauce in a skillet and heat until the bbq sauce is hot.
We buy different types of rolls depending on what sounds good at the time but this is always a yummy quick no mess meal.
For the fries I sliced several potatoes long ways through them in a bowl with a little olive oil, salt, pepper and and about 5 cloves of minced garlic. I laid them flat on a cookie sheet and baked them for about 30 minutes and then turned the broiler on high and cooked another 3-5 minutes for some crispiness.
Needless to say there was not much left overs!
Another quick no mess recipe - NOT a slow cooker recipe is home made sloppy joes. Just brown your ground beef with onion, salt and pepper. Remove as much fat from the meat as possible by putting in a colander and letting very hot water run over it (no you do not have to pay high prices for lean ground beef), this process does NOT remove the seasonings. Put the ground beef back in the skillet add your favorite BBQ sauce and heat until hot. Serve on your favorite hamburger buns. Change it up and add a slice of cheddar cheese.
Todays slow cooker experiement is Potato Chowder...........stay tuned!
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