The slow cooker is an essential kitchen tool. A little bit of prep work, set it and forget it, dinner is ready when you come back. Be it a work day, play day or even overnight. It’s extremely versatile, it’s really amazing what you can cook. In this particular case, some turkey meat and lentils,…
Category: Slow Cooker Cuisine
I’ve been writing my blog for about 2 1/2 years now, I do all the things I’m supposed to. Search engine optimization, so google can find me. A newsletter to build readership. There are quite a few pieces to the puzzle, however, everything comes down to content. Is this recipe what people want? are they…
A little while ago I was asked to make some chicken feet broth. There’s only one problem. Chicken feet are gross! However, it turns out, it’s good for you, and the doggies too, it’s a great source of collagen. As always, when I write a post, I do the research, and, cook the recipe to…
One day my good friend Rita handed me a package of chicken feet. Of all the parts of the chicken, the feet are not exactly something I run to cook. They’re kind of gross. I vaguely remember a book I used to read to my sons at bed time about chicken feet in a soup.…
I guess I should start by saying that Pasta E Fagioli, to be authentic, requires just two ingredients that the name implies. Pasta and Fagioli. Fagioli is the Italian word for beans, so it has to contain pasta and beans to be authentic. Mine contains pasta and beans. So, it’s authentic Pasta E Fagilio, now,…
The slow cooker is a magical device. Put in the ingredients, cook on low all day, and you end up with a bowl of delicious. It’s definitely an essential kitchen appliance, I love mine. Contrary to popular belief, good isn’t quick. Flavors need time to develop. The slow cooker creates a dish that is more…
Without a doubt slow cooker food is comfort food. The flavors get hours to develop and becomes something more than the sum of it’s parts. This dish is something more than that, it has history too. A dark history going back to the days of slavery. But, it is also a symbolic dish, when eaten…
I hate to throw food out, especially if it’s still good and tasty. So, one day, some leftover spiral cut ham and bone was donated to me by a very good friend. What was I supposed to do, I said thank you and took it home. As with everything I’m not too sure what to…
My plan is to make chicken soup. It’s good for the soul, the ultimate comfort food. But to make chicken soup, well, you need chicken broth. Not broth from a box, no, broth from bones, chicken bones, cooked overnight, slowly. I have post on broths and stocks, check it out, there’s some good stuff in…
As is usually the case, I seem to end up with something in the freezer, then have to figure out what to do with it. That’s because I buy stuff on sale, and figure out the cooking details later. In this case, a package of chicken legs. Cooking them in the slow cooker seems like…