Is your crock-pot sitting hidden inside one of your cabinets? It’s time to take it out! A crock-pot, or slow cooker, is an efficient, energy-saving, and time-saving little (or big!) item. It can really reduce stress in the kitchen. It also allows you to easily serve home-cooked, healthy meals to your family. I’m a mother just like you, and honestly, it’s hard to get home cooked food on the table every day. Life is just hectic and there are so many responsibilities for us as moms. Sometimes I’m just tired – and by the time 5:30pm rolls around I certainly don’t want to cook. This can result in our families eating fast food, or processed convenience foods much more often than we’d like to. This costs a lot of money – and it costs the health of the family.

You should never hang kitchen utensils behind the stove, hot plate or grill. This is because when you reach over to get a utensil you might have to reach over a hot saucepan or other hot surface and put yourself in danger of getting burnt.

You can even get smaller slow cookers to do vegetable sides. A cheesy spinach bake is a favorite in my house. Or you can throw a quick salad together to go with your meal. Crock-pots have other benefits, too. The energy used by a crock-pot is less than the stove or oven. This is especially useful in winter if you like having hot soups with your meals. You can keep your soup warm in the crock rather than simmering on the burner.

The innovations found in today’s cookers are born directly from customer experience over the years. Stoneware inserts are removable for cleaning. Temperature controls allow for a broad range of cooking methods, and programmable features let you control the settings as your dish cooks. Some even include a probe which is inserted into the meal, to monitor the progress of recipes that require the food to reach a certain temperature.

Consider these things when you shop for the best slow cooker for your household: Choose a size that you will fill at least half but no more than two-thirds full, so that the food gets hot enough, but does not overflow while cooking. Large capacity models are in the 4 to 7 quart range, with small capacity in the 1 to 4 quart range. The locking lids, available on some models, are made to help you transport the unit with food in it. These are handy for carry-in dinners, potlucks and buffets. Models with oval-shape stoneware liners (vs. round) work better for roasts, whole chickens and similar foods. Choose yours based on size and shape of the foods you cook the most. Removable stoneware liners make clean up easier.

You won’t want to save your slow cooker for annual potluck dinners once you discover all the luscious recipes that you can make with your cooker. Everything from a hot breakfast to a hot toddy can be made in a slow cooker.

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