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Freethinker65

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4. Actually if you are quarantined and have access to a full kitchen,

Reply to TlalocW (Original post)

Sun Mar 15, 2020, 10:25 PM

Mar 2020

It is also a perfect time time to cook without a crockpot.

Many people I know that rely on crock pots, do so because they can set them in the morning and come home to a hot meal to feed themselves and family when they return from work, school, etc.

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Cooking for your Quarantine [View all] TlalocW Mar 2020 OP

I wouldnt even know where to store 5 crockpots! samnsara Mar 2020 #1

It's a challenge TlalocW Mar 2020 #8

Buy one Instant Pot Bev54 Mar 2020 #16

I love my Instant Pot! StarryNite Mar 2020 #33

1. I wouldnt even know where to store 5 crockpots! ninaholm Mar 2020 #23

Today I baked bread and made vegan artichoke spinach dip. yum! mucifer Mar 2020 #2

I've been meaning to try Crockpot bread TlalocW Mar 2020 #11

I rendered duck fat for roasted potatoes. no_hypocrisy Mar 2020 #3

Actually if you are quarantined and have access to a full kitchen, Freethinker65 Mar 2020 #4

Agreed TlalocW Mar 2020 #6

Couldn't get another thing in my freezer. It's filled to the brim. sinkingfeeling Mar 2020 #10

Agree. Great time to finally take up breadmaking as a hobby. :) Hortensis Mar 2020 #28

Sourdough? FormerOstrich Mar 2020 #31

Sounds great! :) I am afraid mine died, Hortensis Mar 2020 #34

if you do this mercuryblues Mar 2020 #5

Yes to both TlalocW Mar 2020 #7

every now and then mercuryblues Mar 2020 #9

Even before crockpots I made meals ahead for when I was working long hours csziggy Mar 2020 #12

Or you could do something similar with a few Instant Pots. (Yes, I have more than 1.) fierywoman Mar 2020 #13

:) Just one here -- my daughter decided I had to have one Hortensis Mar 2020 #29

beans, frozenmeat, stews, bone broths... the learning curve was a little daunting at first. fierywoman Mar 2020 #35

:) Yes . My first big lesson was to pull up experts on Hortensis Mar 2020 #36

All the info on the internet is such a joy! fierywoman Mar 2020 #37

I've got 2 crockpots mcar Mar 2020 #14

Today i made vegetable stock from my pantry herbs and the odds and ends mia Mar 2020 #15

Gee, I haven't used a crockpot since about 1981 frazzled Mar 2020 #17

Good points customerserviceguy Mar 2020 #18

We've been finishing up lefotvers for several days eleny Mar 2020 #19

I love cooking to have leftovers, and eating them. Hortensis Mar 2020 #30

We're retired so time is easy here, too eleny Mar 2020 #38

Yum! The county crew went crazy in 2018 and cut ours down, but Hortensis Mar 2020 #39

Is the instant Pot the same as our traditional pressure cookers? eleny Mar 2020 #40

P.S. When the virus passes find yourself a pressure cooker. It'll change your cooking life eleny Mar 2020 #20

I follow Clemenza's advice on cooking for a holded-up group. nt Blue_true Mar 2020 #21

I can only eat so much. I have enough ingredients to hold me over for a few weeks. smirkymonkey Mar 2020 #22

My first and only crockpot meal was a complete disaster ecstatic Mar 2020 #24

beans, rice, tortillas, salsa mshasta Mar 2020 #25

I tried a Once A Month Cooking plan one time eilen Mar 2020 #26

Get a rice cooker too. Skidmore Mar 2020 #27

Electricity hoarding? Bmoboy Mar 2020 #32