Slow Cooking = Excellent Meals

As I think back to some of the best home cooked meals I can remember, they almost always have one thing in common. The Slow Cooker or roaster. Remember to go into grandma's house on vacation and smelling the delicious dishes cooking? The smell of turkey, ham or beef is enough to make your mouth water. It did not take long to figure out that these hot, juicy main courses were the end result of slow cooking.

There are a few reasons to slow cook. Slow cooking retains moisture in the meat. Cooking at lower temperatures for longer, resulting in juicy, more tender meat. You can even use what is considered to be "harder" pieces or the more mature birds in order to achieve meat falling off the bones and is sure to please.

Another reason to use the slow cook method, most or all of the ingredients can be added at once. Raw meat, potatoes, vegetables and spices are all at the same time. When cooked this way the meat is cooked that makes the veggies, but the real flavor of the spices you use comes out. There is no reason to follow a recipe, the sky is the limit! So all you need to do is set the temperature and time turn it on and go about your day. 6 or so hours later you have a delicious meal that you would think took hours to prepare. Also remember if you just slow cooking of meat, juice can be used for sauce at the end of cooking. Also meat such as ribs can be finished on the grill. add some wood chips for the great smoke flavor. Drip in the last 15 minutes on the grill with your favorite BBQ sauce and it will taste as pros cooked it.

Stoves now come with manuals cook times and even a few recipes to get you started. After that you will be on track to save time and money on your meals. See what you can do to unlock some of the happy food memories today. For more on this and related topics, please visit my website. Enjoy and remember Slow Cooker = excellent meals.