Finally! We moved, but it’s not all smooth sailing yet. We’re living out of boxes and we don’t have a kitchen yet. While our perfect kitchen is being built (which we will be talking about soon), I’m going to have to get crafty. I do have many plug-in appliances (rice cooker, toaster oven, panini press, waffle maker, microwave, etc.) so we’re still going to have a ball here. I think we’re going to be pleasantly surprised with how much I (or you) can do without a kitchen. (Gulp) Determined to eat well every single day without exceptions, here goes…
I was late to the slow cooker band wagon. In my defense, the only appliances I ever saw my mother use was a rice cooker, a toaster oven, and a microwave. We didn’t have a blender, no food processor, no stand mixer, all things I consider essential today. I’ll admit to an over indulgence in kitchen items I really don’t need. We have a deli slicer, a panini press, a waffle maker, an ice cream maker, a grinder attachment, to name a few excesses, but I do use them. Yet, I may never have known the joys of a slow cooker, if it hadn’t been for a fortunate alignment of events and situations.
I’m pretty sure I would never have bought one, being that I didn’t really know what the advantage was. But, a few weeks ago, someone gave my mother a slow cooker, and my mom didn’t know what to do with it. Most of her cooking is done on the stove. She barely even touches the oven. She begged me to take it and considering my lack of kitchen right now, I thought, heck, this may be helpful…and that’s how this love story begins.
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