Slow Cooking - Convenient, Healthy, appetizing and economical

We live in a world of immediate responses and fast-foods, so the idea of slow cooking sounds old-fashioned and inconvenient. But, the reality is the art of slow cooking is gaining popularity because it verily saves time, is a wholesome way to eat, provides verily delicious foods that take very slight time to prepare and save on the expenses of heating up your range and your kitchen!

Convenient: When making ready meals in the oven or on the stove-top, you need to spend time making ready the food - maybe browning or coating the meat, making ready multiple ingredients in multiple ways (boiling, searing, etc.). With slow cooking, naturally put the ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning - including any spices you may wish to use - and the meal is ready when you come home. There is no need to keep turning the food, or watching the burner - crock pots are self-regulating. In today's computer age, crock pots and slow cookers also come with programmable controls, for an even more strict cooking process-and when the food is done, the heat will be turned down. If traffic keeps you from getting home on time, the slow cooker will continue to keep your supper freshly prepared.

Programmable Slow Cookers

Healthy: Also, unlike stove-top meals, the ingredients stay together during the cooking process and the wholesome nutrients in your food stays in the slow cooker - rather than being released into the air as steam. By cooking meats slowly, the connective tissue is broken down, and the meat is much tenderer when it is completed. Whether you use lean meats or the more economical cuts, the meat will be tender and nutritious.

Delicious: The ingredients you use in the crock pot will blend together during the long cooking process and furnish a taste sensation! Use the spices your family enjoys (only in a smaller amount) and the spices will concentrate with the other ingredients to improve their flavor. If you like your vegetables crunchier and you are able, put them in later in the cooking process. I like to put carrots in for 2-3 hours before mealtime when I am able to - this produces delicious cooked carrots that are not mushy.

Economical: One hundred years ago or so, houses often had summer kitchens in order to prepare meals without heating up the whole house. Today, with air conditioning, you do not see cut off buildings for kitchens, but in today's economy, it is primary to find a way to save energy. By using a slow cooker, you do not have to turn on your oven or range and generate the heat required to cook foods in this way. You can also purchase the less expensive cuts of meat and know that by cooking them slowly, the chuck steak will be just as tender as that rib-eye! You don't need to use as much of the expensive spices in your cupboard because the flavors blend together throughout the cooking process.

As we rush through our daily world, slow cooking allows us to verily save some of that high-priced time and prepare for our families an economical and nutritious meal that is ready when you are! Now, you can spend the time you normally take to prepare meals at the end of the workday and do the things you want to do! Enjoy!

Slow Cooking - Convenient, Healthy, appetizing and economical