I don’t know about you, but without my crockpot there are some days when my family would not have a hot meal.  I’ve used my crockpot for a long time, and when I was single it was nice to come home to hot dinner just waiting for me.  Now that I cook for my husband and mom, I especially appreciate the ability to “cook” dinner without having to do more than just throw a few items into the machine.
I have several crockpot cookbooks now, but I tend to shy away from those that require any prep work.  Call me lazy, …read more

I caught this post over at the tree hugging family a couple days ago and it got me thinking.   The title of the post is: 
“I don’t cook.  So I made my eat-in-kitchen a fabulous walk-in closet.”
It’s about an ad that encourages people to use credit to “achieve their dreams” (like turning their kitchen into a walk-in closet.)  Peggy at tree hugging family wrote about this because she encourages people to develop green habits of living.  When I read this post, I instantly thought about a woman I saw on TV that had a fabulous house, massive kitchen, and completely empty cupboards.  She didn’t even have plates …read more