Raise your hand if you LOVE all things crockpot or some may call it the slow-cooker. I call it Heaven on Earth! My love affair with my slow cooker started when I was pregnant with Titus. I wanted to eat healthy but I hated, loathed, extremely disliked standing over the stove. It just seemed like a slow waste of time. Sort of like watching paint dry —> that is how I felt about browning ground turkey for turkey chili. 
Insert the happy dance when I realized that I could make a whole meal in my crockpot — YES – Set it and Forget it! Does anyone remember that infomercial?
Here are my top 6 reasons you should get comfortable with using your crockpot:
1. Cost – Slow cookers can also cut your grocery bill significantly by allowing you to buy cheaper cuts of meat and tenderizing them over low heat for a longer time. I’ve saved over 50% (hundreds of dollars a year) on beef and chicken by purchasing lesser cuts and slow cooking them into tasty soups and stews.
2. Healthy – There’s something just so wholesome and healthy about homemade soups, stews, oatmeal, and other slow cooked family meals. Slow cooked recipes rarely call for added oils or fats since they use water and time to cook the food. So as long as you trim the fat from your lesser cuts of meat, you’re serving a lower fat meal then those prepared through frying or offered at restaurants. Sure beats ordering greasy (and expensive) takeout!
3. Cooking Is Easy – Remember I said “set it and forget it” –> just layer in your favorite foods and set the timer and let it go. I set up my slow cooker in the morning after making breakfast and when my husband comes home from work dinner is done and ready to serve. Besides, most slow cooker recipes are not intricate to prepare and require zero culinary skills to master.
4. Clean Up Is Easy – This is my favorite part. I am VERY messy in the kitchen. Just ask my husband, and I seem to dirty up every dish, pan, and utensil know to man. I don’t know why I can’t keep a clean kitchen but it’s not in my DNA (thanks mom). Not only do you just have to clean the easy to remove pot, but they also make crockpot liners – YES!!! This bad-boys are super easy to use and you literally just through them away! WOOHOO! No more scrubbing.
5. Meals Are Yummy – Slow cookers are all about dishing out delicious comfort foods for families – meals like crock pot stuffed peppers, slow cooker beef stew, or even award winning crock pot chili. Crocks improve the flavor of a meal by taking less desirable cuts of meat or simple beans, and turning them into tasty meals by simmering in low heat and cooking over several hours.
6. Saves Time – My second favorite part of using a crockpot –> you don’t have to babysit your food. I HATE standing over a stove and browning ground turkey for stuffed peppers or for chili. Along with saving big bucks, slow cookers save you lots of time because they allow you to cook hands (and eyes) free. Once you’ve got your food prepared and placed in the crock, you don’t have to stand around stirring and monitoring it.
I have had the opportunity to perfect my crockpot creations with the help of the 21-Day Fix. I was able to not only lose my baby weight with the 21-Day Fix and meal plan, but get lose an extra 10 lbs and get to my ideal weight – where I feel fun and flirty – insert wink face – thank you 21-Day Fix for helping me get my sexy back.
I am hosting an online 7-Day Free Crockpot Comfort Creations Recipe Group – where I will share my favorite recipes. What better way to embrace this beautiful fall weather with some healthy and delicious homemade meals. We start today and it’s free to join –> I am even going to add a few of my favorite go to healthy desserts. 
If you would like to join. Just click the link below.
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