Crock Pottering Around

I confess. I was probably one of the few Americans who never owned a CrockPot™—or, to be generic, a slow cooker. Frankly, I'm not much of a cook. But, recently I acquired a CrockPot and decided I'd give slow-cooking a try.

Trouble was, I didn't know how to use it. Thanks to Google, I learned. And thanks to my Facebook friends, I acquired lots of suggestion (and recipes!) of what to cook. On Tuesday—Senior Citizen Day at Kroger when the prices are discounted for us old fogies—I bought some ingredients: a beef roast . . .

. . . and some veggies.

On Wednesday, I made roast beef. First I printed out my recipes. . .

. . . and, by referring to a couple of recipes and the booklet that came with the  CrockPot, I was ready to begin.

I cut up some veggies . . . 

. . . taking care to save carrots peelings for my horse.

I cut up a few onions . . . 

. . . and seared the roast in my big skillet for a couple of minutes.

When I put everything in the  CrockPot and added some dried onion soup and water, it looked like this:

After the  CrockPot did its thing all afternoon, and with the addition of a side of brussel sprouts, this is what I had for supper.

It was delicious! On Thursday, I cooked cabbage in the  CrockPot.  It was pretty good, too.

Looks like I'll be doing a lot more CrockPot cooking.

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