The first time I saw a divided slow-cooker crock, I thought it was silly. What a ridiculous waste of space! Fast forward to my current family food preferences, wherein I regularly cook for both a vegan and variously styled carnivores. When I saw this crock on sale at the local thrift shop for a mere seven dollars, I jumped on it!
This is the large size crock pot by the "mother of all crock pot companies", Rival. I bought this model (with one UNdivided crock) for my now-vegan son Evan when he went away to college and shared a home and cooking duties with five house mates.
I regularly use my much smaller crock pot to make my standard and delicious chicken soup. (recipe forthcoming). But even though my vegan son Evan is happy to cook for himself, I wanted a way to use the crock pot for meals he would enjoy also. One day I experimented with cooking rice and lentils in the crock pot, and it was a success! But I was still left with the dilemma of "whom to cook for" when filling the crock pot.
This clever divided crock solves the problem nicely. I was astounded to discover it holds twice the amount of my smaller crock! My cupboards are just as filled to over flowing with utensils as anyone else's, but this device is likely to earn its shelf space tonight when we all sit down to supper.
Next post: The soup recipes!
Wow this is kinda cool, I didn't know one of these existed either and it totally makes sense if you have Veggies and Meaties in the house.
Posted by: Katerina | May 05, 2008 at 01:05 PM