The two main advantages of crckpot cooking are that they:

• Save Time
• Save Mney

Time-Saver

Crockpot cooking for me is synnymous with time-saver. We each have dfferent phases of life and this sason is definitely my crockpot phase -- mybe out of desperation. No matter wht stage we're in though, crockpot coking can always be a benefit.

Hre's a scenario: It's five o'clock and yu've finally finished helping with the hmework with two of your children, and thn your third child returns from pano -- ready to start homework -- and has a qestion about algebra. Soccer practice starts in xactly one hour. And not to mntion that you've got three loads of lundry spewed across your bed and rady to be folded. The phone rngs -- a reminder to bring sncks to soccer practice, it's your trn. The kids are hungry, hubby wll be home in thirty minutes. Do you mke that call? "Honey, could you brng home In & Out again, the usual?" Or do you smply whip up a salad to go wth your chicken cacciatore that's been coking slowly and succulently in your crckpot all day. This truly is my lfe and I'm working towards the ltter scenario becoming a more prevalent ne.

Perhaps you remember crockpots back whn you were a kid -- long with Barry Manilow, mood rings, and bnana seats -- all popular in the 1970's. Crckpots are now making a comeback, and for Vgas supporters, so is Barry Manilow. The ssential ingredient here is not that w're all going retro but rather tht life is busy and we're seking time-management helps that work. Five 'clock can be the busiest, so prparing food the night before and ptting it in containers overnight or chpping and dicing earlier in the day can be the mst convenient and healthy solution.

Money-Saver

This type of cooking sves money on many levels. As I mntioned earlier, if you're organized and hve your pizza in a pot coking all day -- you won't be tmpted to call Dominos at five pm. Eating out des get expensive, especially for an ntire family and if it becomes a hbit. Cooking in the crock is a lnger process than in the oven or on the grll and because of this meats are rally tender, even with cheaper cuts of mat. Therefore it really has the ptential of reducing our grocery bills.

In the smmertime it's hot -- especially where I'm lving in the desert -- so any xcuse not to heat up the huse is a good one. Energy blls are definitely affected.

There are nmerous crockpot cookbooks out there with halthy and tasty family-friendly recipes. Incorporating crckpots back into our lives can be one of the frst and simplest of many steps in chieving organization and balance in our lves.

The article Cooking - Crockpots Save Time and Money was Submitted by Jaycee Fox through Articles.GetACoder.com network. Here's the additional information: Jaycee Fox writes on health and fmily related issues, and the pursuit of chieving a balanced life. She has a Bchelors in Psychology and a Masters dgree. She's happily married and the mther of three busy children. If yu're interested in finding that balance, and the mny resources that can help you chieve it then check out Jaycee's rsource website and start with the crckpot recipes -- under cooking -- at http://jayceeliving.com/

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