Since we've been spending most of our days at our office, I've been looking for creative ways to cook our meals without resorting to eating out or buying frozen dinners. My salvation for this dilemma came in the form of the crock pot that we received as a wedding present.
I'm not entirely new to the concept of using a crock pot. My mom would use one to make pot roast while I was growing up and I've seen my grandmother do the same. However, I never really thought of using it for much else until we ended up running this office, which has a kitchen but no stove. That's when I started doing some research and learned that there's literally a ton of recipes out there that you can make in your crock pot. As a matter of fact I'm currently trying to cook some rice in mine as I type this. I'll let you know how it comes out and maybe one day I'll actually get my things together to post pictures and maybe even a video.
Anyway, I mostly wanted to give anyone who is interested the links to these two recipes that I've recently cooked.
This first one is for a baked potato soup and it's incredibly easy and delicious! The only thing I would suggest is if you like your soup to have some chunks of potatoes, remove some of them and set them aside before you use your blender or immersion blender. I forgot to do that but the soup was still really tasty.
Baked Potato Soup
This next recipe is also very, very good. I only wish I had doubled the recipe because it did not last long at all after I made it.
Slow Cooker Cream Cheese Chicken Chili
You can also follow me on Pinterest and check out my boards. I've got one specifically for crock pot recipes and I've also got a board that I try to keep updated with pins that I've actually done. My new goal is to try these different things out and share my experiences with you on this blog. So, hopefully the next time I post I'll have a little more detailed post about the next thing that I try to make. Oh, and the directions that I got for cooking rice in my slow cooker can be found here:
Crock Pot Rice
