In praise of 'one-pot glop'

re: In praise of 'one-pot glop'

Robbin — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:52:11 GMT

The crockpot dinners are a great idea -- does anyone have any other simple recipes they'd be willing to share?

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Allen — Sat, 03 May 2008 06:39:27 GMT

Cage-free eggs! Have you watched cage chickens, where they rome, what they eat off the ground? Not for me, I'll take my eggs from the cage, thank you.

re: In praise of 'one-pot glop'

Tony — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:02:14 GMT

And there I was thinking that I had coined the term "glop" for a mixed bag full of nutritious food.

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Nan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:22:25 GMT

kudos!! My husband & I have been a house of two for twenty odd years and I have never known how to cook for two. We only cook on the weekends and we usually cook one or two meals then and package the leftovers up in containers and microwave and or freeze them for later. We grill multiple meats and veggies at a time to create a varity of dinners. We enjoy using the crockpot and I am an avid recipe clipper so we try all kinds of different recipes. You can eat well and not have to be a slave to the kitchen!!

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Alexandra — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 05:12:55 GMT

I just made some meaty spaghetti sauce today in the crockpot--it was so easy to come home to! I like to wait until it cools down (after dinner), then spoon about one pound to a pound and a half of crockpot food (about enough for four individual servings into two-quart freezer bags. Then I freeze them as flat as I can, so they can fit into the freezer. So, now I have various dishes (chili, golden chicken, chicken cacciatore, spaghetti sauce, lentils and rice) in one-dinner servings. Yes--it IS much less wasteful!

re: In praise of 'one-pot glop'

Stan Steamer — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 22:14:29 GMT

A timely variation on one-pot cooking: I tried this last night. Supermarkets are offering corned beef at bargain rates for St. Patrick's Day; either because they think all Irish must consume it or because they think the number of Irish increase at this time of year. All I know is that when I see beef at $1.50 a pound, I buy it.

I set a four-pound slab in the crock pot at noon yesterday, fat side up, no liquid except what was supplied in the packaging. Then I set a ceramic bowl of sauerkraut (89 cents for the can) on top of the roast, put the lid on and let it cook on low for six hours.

The reason for separating the sauerkraut from the corned beef is that not everyone likes both. This cooks both at the same time, without mixing the flavors. Diners can do that on their own, if they wish (I do).

With the right size containers, you could probably cook a four course meal in your crock pot without having it turn into glop, though, in my house, glop is good.

The corned beef sliced perfectly with an electric knife, neither tough, stringy nor crumbly.

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Cedar — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:09:57 GMT

I always knew you could feed 2 at home for less than eating out. But we want to believe its "cheaper" to eat out for 2. This weekend - I used a whole chicken, carrots, onion, celery & broth cost $6.00 cooked it in the crock pot 5 hours.

On Sunday I used 1/2 the cooked chicken and all the broth, served over 1/2 bag of cooked wide noodles, and chinese noodles (Chicken in a pot) additional $2.00.

When dinner was done - the left over chicken (veggies & broth) I added 1 bag of success rice - Had chicken soup for lunch on monday. Cost $0.75

The final 1/2 chicken was used to make chicken enchila pie. for Monday dinner.

shred the chicken add Salsa & enchilada seasoning, layer on soft corn taco shells, with cheese & jalpenos. Bake 20-30 minutes. Additional cost $4.00.

Total cost for 3 meals for 2 people $12.75. and we loved each meal.

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chaversrenee@yahoo.com — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:01:03 GMT

Thank you for affirming what I already do to manage work,school and family... I occasionally have breakfast for dinner....and peaunut butter& jelly is a family favorite... Renee

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Bachelor man — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 22:12:38 GMT

I'm a single guy and litterally eat mac and cheese five nights a week. It's cheap and I like it but your suggestion is awesome! I will be trying that this week.

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crazylibllady — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:46:06 GMT

I used to practice this a lot more before I was married. I would make a big casserole on Saturday, freeze it in small serving size containers in the freezer. On Sunday, I would make something else entirely, just so I didn't get bored with eating one kind of casserole. I ate these alternately for dinner and lunch with the occasional PBJ or ham sandwich in between. This saved me oodles of money because I was not tempted to go by McD's or order something out.