We were blessed with a rare (at least so far this year) sunny day this past Saturday, giving us a chance to get some outside chores done finally. On days like that, when you’re out raking and picking up fallen branches and cleaning up the tangles of brush that have cluttered the yard throughout the soggy (and snowy) winter, you never know how long you’ll be outside before you decide to quit. Time just seems to fly by, until suddenly you realize it’s evening and you’ve not eaten since breakfast. Then, all of a sudden, you’re not just hungry but famished, and you don’t want to have to wait another 30 to 90 minutes to prepare something to eat.
It’s just those sort of days where slow-cooker meals are perfect. You don’t really have to spend much time preparing anything, and when that time in the evening comes when you decide you need to eat now, you’ve got hot food ready and waiting. Perhaps the only drawback (if you must look for one) is that you need to get started early. Of course, most days that we’ve got a lot planned start early anyway, so it’s not much more effort to toss some goodies into the crock pot and set them on low before heading out the door.
