I recently discovered a new cooking blog: http://crockpot365.blogspot.com/. The blog owner, Stephanie, spent all of 2008 putting up a new crock pot recipe every day! That's over 300 recipes tried, reviewed, and best of all . . . GLUTEN FREE!!! She's my new hero.
I seriously started several conversations yesterday with: "The crock pot lady says..." Then I wondered out loud if she knows she's become a household name. Doug pointed out that she's only an "our household" name. But, she did get featured on Rachel Ray, and is publishing a cook book. I think that is so rad. Did I mention all her stuff is gluten free? She has a child with celiac. I'm a total fan.
I've tried two of her recipes so far and both were delicious. We had the sweet and sour chicken with mango last night and a black bean soup week or two ago.
I've not been a big crock pot girl. When we got married, Doug owned a crock pot - I did not. Usually my crock pot recipes end up dried out and in need of "rescuing" (which Doug has become quite good at, by the way). So it is a victory for me to make something that tastes really good, and we both go back for seconds of! Hurray!
I just love blog cooking. Some of my favorite blogs are recipe blogs. I'm not sure if it's because there is such a great Celiac/Gluten Free community out there in the blogosphere always posting about tasty new GF foods, or if every housewife feels the same pressure to come up with new things to cook that we've all bonded together via blog. I know it works much better for me than that email chain letter I get every few months - put a recipe on here and forward it to 5 of your closest friends! Yeah, that doesn't work for me --> deletED.
It's just so great to find recipes that someone else has experimented with. They take the first fall if it turns out gross and either warn you away, or offer tips for how to fix it.
I want a kitchen laptop. Doug said I could have one. He said we could maybe even get one with a touch screen that we can put a protector on so I can wipe it off if I splatter on it! How cool would THAT be?!
Yeay for food blogs!
5 comments:
That is so awesome! 300 gluten free recipes I'm in heaven for you!
Wow, looks like a great bunch of recipes even for us who don't need gluten free.
That's grand. I like food blogs too. :) And you should totally take Doug up on the kitchen laptop. I often take my laptop into the kitchen while I'm cooking, but it's carefully located so it won't get dirty.
The crockpot is my favorite friend too. When I'm really on my game, I cook dinner and breakfast at the same time and only have to clean my kitchen once. It is truly a glorious thing.
I love, love, love this blog. She has some great recipes. I have started using the crockpot a lot especially in the summer when it is too hot to turn on the oven here in AZ. I am totally with you...yay for cooking blogs and the internet. How did our ancestors ever cook without them?
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