Just Create - Cyan Edition

[silvercat17]

Better late than never! Time to check in about last week and tell us your plans about next week.

Remember, you're not limited on getting support about creative projects - chores, homework, whatever is open too

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[lonespark]

I don't really have specific recipe recs, but I do love using my crockpot. if you can afford it you can get most of the ingredients for stew, soup, etc already prepared, then just dump it in. so like you could buy stew beef and veggies and a sauce mix for any of many flavors of beef stew and just dump it in, wait the right amount of hrs, and have edible food.

It takes a few tries to figure exactly what the right amt of hrs, type & size of meat & veg u like, best, plus sometimes whether u need to stagger adding stuff, but it's just... so good, IMO. Plus when u have bread or biscuits or rice or noodles, too, it really seems like a meal, and depending on crockpot and appetite size, might last for more than one?

Ready-made sauces might have too much sodium or sugar or something, but often you can get them without. Some things are super easy, like just dumping chicken in with salsa, or ribs with BBQ sauce. That's not a whole balanced meal by itself (well, the ribs aren't) but u can get steam-in-bag or frozen veg.

I've also found rotisseries chicken is a good foundation for a lot of meals.

I have a crockpot cookbook I got from Costco, but I've also had great luck just searching online for recipes (in a general way, like "ribs" or "bow tie pasta") and printing them out, and back in the day I was in a Livejournal group for crockpot recipes.

My personal fav is Thai food, for which the crockpot doesn't so much help, but the rice cooker is vital if u like curry, you can often just grab a sauce, add meat & veg, cook in a large pot, pour over rice, pretty easy in terms of prep, a few minutes to cook and a few hrs to simmer til done.

[lonespark]

aaaand I overcooked and almost burned the gravysauce I was trying to make while I typed that. ADHD brain needs alarms! and crockpot is a lifesaver!