Crockpot Chronicles!

Tired of spending all of your money on fast food and wasteful groceries???

Missing the savory goodness of a quality home cooked meal????

Sick of slaving over the stove in the kitchen time after time when you could be doing something more productive??

LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO ONE OF THE BEST INVESTMENTS I'VE MADE THUS FAR IN MY COLLEGE CAREER, THE CROCKPOT.

Now you're probably wondering what possessed me to go out and get a slow cooker (or not, but you'll soon find out anyway).

Well, those who know me know that I prep my meals for every week on the Sunday of that week. I've been meal prepping for years now, though lately it just hasn't been the same for me. I've grown less of an appetite and have begun to only eat foods that sounded good at that particular moment as well as fast foods due to my crazy hectic schedule, which lead to a waste in hundreds of dollars worth of groceries, overspending on UNHEALTHY foods, and a hungry, dissatisfied college student (das me).

My cousin had actually begun talking about how her bf made her a really good veggie stew in his slow cooker, and how it was convenient that he made it before bed and after class the next day they would come home to an already warmed and prepared meal that would last the entire week! Let me just say that OBVIOUSLY I know what a slow cooker is and have eaten food cooked within one, but never did it dawn on me that the same meals I have to watch and wait over cooked on or in my stove could be slowly cooked as I study, work out, S L E E P, amongst other activities and be ready the next morning when it's time to eat!

Nonetheless, I took her advice and invested into a slow cooker. I haven't stopped using it for my meals since!

Of course I still cook my stir fry and stove top meals on occasion as I would normally, but lately the crockpot meals I have prepared have been so tender, tasteful and easy to prep I have had no desire to cook much of anything else lol. I encourage those of you who are busy bodies like myself, or even those of you who don't cook often (crock pot recipes are super simple) or are looking to switch up your meal routine to purchase a slow cooker and try for yourself!

I will be posting some of my favorite slow cooker recipes that I found inspiration for online and changed up a little for my own liking (us Louisianimals have entirely different taste buds than those we find out Pinterest lol). So invest in a crockpot and enjoy some home cooked goodness, you'll be surprised with how simple and convenient they are in your life!

Xoxo,