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September 10th, 2022 at 11:01 am

In a move that surprises even myself, I am on... day 4 (?) of basically eating out of my crockpot.  It all started out when I had a craving for some crockpot soup.  Some days, I just crave some good slow cooked mushrooms (when on sale), onions, and savoy cabbage in french onion soup.  I don't know why I love Savoy cabbage but not the regular, cheaper kind of cabbage, but it's so worth the extra cost to me.

Anyway, I had leftovers for the next day, so I got some chicken thighs and heated that up some more.  Then day 3 and then day 4, got more mushrooms, onions, and savoy cabbage along the way.  Wow, I don't think I've ever just eaten basically the same soup for this long.  I just kept buying some ingredients I feel like dropping in and heating it up along with the leftovers.

I have to say, I also feel a bit smug.  You see, I managed to burn my soup from last week that I cooked in a regular pot.  Who knew that you can burn soup if you leave the heat on max?  Oh, you did?  Uh, news to me.  Had to use a metal scrubber just to get the burnt, crusted stains out.

Luckily, a crockpot is so idiot proof even this idiot can use it without burning the place down.

Oh yeah, and I am also saving money this way as well.  My food cost has gotten so ridiculous over this inflation, I need to get it down more.

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5 Responses to “Crock-a-thon”

  1. rob62521 Says:
    September 11th, 2022 at 11:06 pm 1662937560
    1662937560

    Loved your post...yeah, I've had to scrub my pots with a scrubber too and I knew better! But I'm a big Crockpot fan and you can't beat it. I have different sizes of them; many I bought used years ago, actually they still had the boxes so not sure how used they were. I've worn out more Crockpots than I want to admit, but they are worth every penny. Good job on cooking, using up stuff, and saving money! You're probably eating healthier too!

  2. terri77 Says:
    September 12th, 2022 at 11:37 am 1662982667
    1662982667

    I’ll have to check out Savoy cabbage. 🥬

  3. LivingAlmostLarge Says:
    September 13th, 2022 at 02:46 am 1663037186
    1663037186

    Love it. I love eating meals over and over. Too bad my DH isn't on the same page.

  4. Tabs Says:
    September 13th, 2022 at 05:28 am 1663046885
    1663046885

    Thanks gang, although yeah I think this is going to have to be my last night with this soup now. It's all congealed down to just a brown sludge, and starting to have this weird taste. It was a pretty good run though, I think. Seven days total is pretty good for me anyways.

    And yes, try savory cabbage! It's amazing.

  5. LuckyRobin Says:
    September 14th, 2022 at 12:21 am 1663114906
    1663114906

    Savoy cabbage is my favorite cabbage. I use it in my cabbage rolls. And it may be more expensive, but it's still cabbage and cabbage is still cheaper than most things. It has a depth of flavor that is different from regular cabbage and it's prettier with all the webbing on it. Be careful on keeping things in the crockpot too long. Veggie soup shouldn't go for more than 4 days with any original ingredients left in and if meat is in it, it shouldn't go for more than 3 days for safety standards or possibly getting food poisoning. There are so many recipes on the internet for the crockpot, both vegetarian, vegan, and regular. A lot of them are for soups and stews and chilis. One lady did 365 days of crock potting and blogged it. Some great videos for it on youtube, too.

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