Just north of the border. NSW/QLD. I know you said you make a great chili, well yesterday I'd made some chili con carne. Didn't want to use it all in the one meal / dish, so I saved half for the freezer and used the rest to make pretend enchiladas. Just used really thin 'wraps'. Rectangular ones. These ones are called Mountain Bread and I like them a lot. So I wrapped the chili in them, rolled them up and just topped with some cheese and baked in the oven for a short time. Served it with a very basic and small amount of salad and I used the avocados to make some guacomole and a dollop of sour cream. It was really good and even though it wasn't the same as regular enchiladas, it still had that same feel to it.
We eat a lot of rice here. I know some people don't like rice, but I cook so much rice I eventually gave in and bought a rice cooker. If you're busy it's a really great appliance to have.

anyway, have a good day there. I'm up way too early this morning. The moon is so bright it's like daylight.

Yeah, Rice, that's a really good meal stretcher. (That is if you're not a diabetic, then... you can do it with Brown Rice).

Do some chicken stir fry- add some snow peas, some fresh garlic, some diced carrots, some diced celery, some sliced mushrooms, add a little reduced sodium teriyaki sauce. Service this over a plate of rice.

They'll be kissing you all night!!!

lol

What about those "slow cookers"?

I've never used one myself but they're everywhere in the stores now and quite inexpensive. I would imagine they would be handy for someone who is working all day and tired when they get home from work.

The only thing that put me off ever buying one is that our climate is pretty hot and I would worry about the food spoiling if it was cooking at a low heat for a long time, but I'm not sure if that's how they work or not.

"crock pot"
 

I have one, and it's great for veggies. When I put beef into it though, the beef tastes boiled. If I reduce the water it comes out really dry. My friend uses one,and she puts lamb in hers. When I ate her food, it was the best food I ever tasted from a crock pot. The lamb melted in your mouth and it was so juicy. My lamb would shred into a million pieces (disintegrate).
I have to be doing something wrong, (all the time), it's no wonder I am "off " this whole cooking thing, if every dish I try to make I muck up somehow!!:D

Is a crock pot the same thing as a slow-cooker????

When I worked, I was always afraid to buy one of the slow-cookers.

My mind could not get wrapped around the idea of something plugged in ALL DAY AND COOKING, and I'm not home??? I just couldn't do it!!!!

mel

yes
 

crockpot=cooker

I use it when I am home. I don't like leaving electricity on when I am away as well. I always worry about the house, when I am at work anyways. If you add a plugged in appliance that's cooking... I'd be a disaster!

So exactly how does a slow-cooker, crockpot thing work?? Is it like a pressure cooker??? I've never used one of those either.

Over 50 years ago, my mother had one in her kitchen. I have no idea what she was cooking but it blew the lid off and ended up all over the kitchen ceiling. I never saw my father go crazy like he did. I was so amazed, I had never seen food on the ceiling before.

And I never bought a pressure cooker!!!

lol

Mel
 

The Pc are so much better now,got my oldest son hooked on one.
I kind of like the slow cookers,even Bob can use them..:D Sue

It's not a pressure cooker
 

I believe pressure uses steam. This is more like a thick ceramic pot, that heats and cooks slowly. It's actaully ceramic, and you put the food in the ceramic,and then you place it into the aluminum/metal electrical thingy and that is the part that plugs into the electricity, and heats the ceramic dish.

No pressure used. I bought it for $50 5 years ago. It came with a cookbook, I ofcoarse threw it out without looking at it:rolleyes: ...and I am paying the price for that mistake with BAD COOKING!!!!:eek:

Aussie:

You can go online and google "crockpot recipes".

You can find anything you wish to prepare.

See, there you go, Don't need a cookbook. Just go online and Let's say you want to make a lovely lamb stew in a crockpot.

Just go to google, and type in Crockpot recipt for Lamb Stew.

Not only will you get the recipe, you'll probably get a crockpot website and will show you how to prepare anything you wish.


Happy crockpotting!!!!

lol
Melody