You want to cook healthier meals right? Sometimes it can just seem impossible. When the pressure is on the last thing you may feel like is spending time in the kitchen when you get home. But home cooking needn't mean spending hours slaving away in the kitchen. 15-20 minutes prep time the night before or in the morning, before you leave for work, is all you need to prepare a tasty, healthy nutrient dense meal that can simmer away while you are getting on with your day.
Slow cookers or crockpots, can be a great way to deliver flavour packed nutrient dense healthy meals for the whole family. Because they cook so slowly there is no danger that the food will boil, spill or burn on the bottom while you are out. It's the perfect way to get an amazing wholesome meal on the table without all the stress.
You can be inspired by all types of different cuisines from around the world that can be prepared in your crockpot. Spices, herbs, pastes, stocks can all be used to add flavour without extra calories. Vegetarian or meat soups, casseroles, pies, curries, lasagna, burritos, roast meat, even breakfast porridge can all be prepared in the crockpot.
Once or twice a week I will use my crockpot often to prepare a curry or soup which can accomodate us all if we are home at different times. I also freeze left over curries to use for pie filling for another quick meal options. In the weekends I like to have a pot of minestrone soup available for lunch after the kids morning sports. I find the crockpot saves me so much time and effort. All you need is some good recipes, which there is no shortage of, and a little pre-planning so you have the ingredient available.
Here are some online links to some delicious recipes for you to consider.
Vegan / Vegetarian
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22294/slowcooker-sunday-16-plantbased-recipes.html
Vegetarian
http://allrecipes.com.au/recipes/tag-4340/slow-cooker-vegetarian-recipes.aspx
http://www.vegetarians.co.nz/articles/vegetarian-slow-cooker-recipes/
Meat & Vegetarian
https://www.foodinaminute.co.nz/Recipe-Categories/Slow-Cooker-Recipes
http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/collections/top-10-slow-cooker-recipes
https://www.countdown.co.nz/recipes/487/slow-cooked-country-chicken?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy5GMgeCr2gIVgyQrCh13cAWLEAMYASAAEgJxS_D_BwE
Slow cookers or crockpots, can be a great way to deliver flavour packed nutrient dense healthy meals for the whole family. Because they cook so slowly there is no danger that the food will boil, spill or burn on the bottom while you are out. It's the perfect way to get an amazing wholesome meal on the table without all the stress.
You can be inspired by all types of different cuisines from around the world that can be prepared in your crockpot. Spices, herbs, pastes, stocks can all be used to add flavour without extra calories. Vegetarian or meat soups, casseroles, pies, curries, lasagna, burritos, roast meat, even breakfast porridge can all be prepared in the crockpot.
Once or twice a week I will use my crockpot often to prepare a curry or soup which can accomodate us all if we are home at different times. I also freeze left over curries to use for pie filling for another quick meal options. In the weekends I like to have a pot of minestrone soup available for lunch after the kids morning sports. I find the crockpot saves me so much time and effort. All you need is some good recipes, which there is no shortage of, and a little pre-planning so you have the ingredient available.
Here are some online links to some delicious recipes for you to consider.
Vegan / Vegetarian
https://www.mindbodygreen.com/0-22294/slowcooker-sunday-16-plantbased-recipes.html
Vegetarian
http://allrecipes.com.au/recipes/tag-4340/slow-cooker-vegetarian-recipes.aspx
http://www.vegetarians.co.nz/articles/vegetarian-slow-cooker-recipes/
Meat & Vegetarian
https://www.foodinaminute.co.nz/Recipe-Categories/Slow-Cooker-Recipes
http://www.foodtolove.co.nz/recipes/collections/top-10-slow-cooker-recipes
https://www.countdown.co.nz/recipes/487/slow-cooked-country-chicken?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIy5GMgeCr2gIVgyQrCh13cAWLEAMYASAAEgJxS_D_BwE
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