Crockery Cookery, By Mable Hoffman

March 5, 2010 by Valerie · 2 Comments
Filed under: Favorite Cookbooks 

Crockery Cookery by Mable HoffmanThe Wall Street Journal posted an article today about crockery cooker, Mable Hoffman. She wrote a fantastic cookbook for simple crock pot meals.  I like the note in the article that tells us how her book, Crockery Cookery, surpassed The Joy of Sex as the best selling book of 1975.  Mable passed away at the age of 88, on February 9, 2010.

Thank you Mable, for providing us with direction and recipes in an easy to follow cookbook.  I have the article today about crockery cooker, Mable Hoffman. She wrote a fantastic cookbook for simple crock pot meals. I like the note in the article that tells us how her book, Crockery Cookery cookbook in my collection and I love thumbing through it for inspiration.

Crock Pot Fruity Oatmeal

February 22, 2010 by Valerie · 1 Comment
Filed under: Breakfast, Recipes 

Good morning, friends! While this is technically breakfast and not dinner, I figured a nice, warm meal would be a good way to start Monday morning.  After reading pages of posts online, I decided that the only way to figure this recipe out would just be to avoid all the major complaints that people had about the other recipes. So, to save you the time of researching everyone else’s negativity, here is the insight and recipe that I have to share with you.

1. Cook time: I suggest 8 hours on the “keep warm” setting. Everyone else said to cook the oatmeal for 4 hours on low, but who wants to get up in the middle of the night to start breakfast?! Cooking on “keep warm” means you can Read more

Crock Pot Beef Stew

February 19, 2010 by Valerie · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Dinner, Recipes 

Last night I used my foodie knowledge to help a friend through a stressful moment. I described my love affair with Trader Joe’s grocery store in such detail that she learned about my secret ongoing shopping list, what each item is that I crave and how I use one dish, three ways. By the end of my “foodologue” I think I had actually BORED her out of her anxiety attack.

It made me start thinking about comfort foods. For many people, it’s what our mommies used to make for us or maybe what we had at favorite holidays. I wonder what my boys will recall as their favorite foods, twenty years from now. Today’s recipe might top the list. The last time I made my beef stew, Read more

Crock Pot Cabbage Rolls

February 18, 2010 by Valerie · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Dinner, Recipes 

This is already in the pot for dinner tonight! It helps to cook the cabbage the night before so you don’t scald your hands trying to peel off the perfect leaves.

1 head cabbage Read more

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