Crock-Pot Dinners
I wrote before about one of my New Year’s Resolutions to eat better. That crockpot meal turned out okay, but a little bland. I’m such an incredibly visual person that I do a lot of my cooking by sight. It seems like if something looks good, it often tastes good (but not always!). So that last stew was pretty bland looking, with chicken meat, and potatoes making up the bulk of it. I’m trying it again today, and let’s see if I can remember what all is in here:
- 4 small buffalo steaks
- one yam (way more colorful than sweet potatoes)
- not quite two carrots
- 3 cloves of garlic
- a small handful of organic sundried tomatoes
- an organic Granny Smith apple
- some red onion
- a bit of purple flowering kale
- some slices of red bell pepper (I had yellow also, but I ran out of room)
- two stalks of celery
- organic purple cabbage
- handful of green onion
- big handful of fresh organic cilantro
- about 2 cups of organic vegetable broth
- about 2 cups of water
I think I’m forgetting a few things, but you get the idea. I just walked through the produce isle and picked up the most colorful things I could see.
January 28th, 2007 at 4:52 am
Sounds delicious. I like stir-fries, they are easy, quick and healthy. But you can’t cook them ahead.
January 29th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
I get intimidated by stir-fry because it seems like it has to be done in the right sequence. Like the garlic and onion wants to be done for a long time while the bell peppers and other stuff just wants to be done for a couple minutes. It seems hard to get it all timed right. The crock-pot, you just know it’s all going to be mushy when you’re done, so there’s no stress.