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tednuckols

wrote:

> Sandra loves her slow cooker and the way it makes meals tender and
>juicy. But she also loves quick and simple recipes. So today the menu is
>a mixture of both fast and slow cooked food. First up, a favorite,
>Sandra's Pork Roast, which cooks low and slow with some unexpected
>ingredients. Then it's an Orange Balsamic Salad that's simple and fast
>to make. Up next, a Cheesy Cauliflower Gratin that cooks under the
>broiler in no time at all. And for dessert, a Cherry Crumble, done in
>the slow cooker. Then it's cocktail time! Sandra's Cafe Roma Martini is
>delicious and you can put it together in a snap.
>
>"Unexpected ingrediants"? With SLop that could be *ANYTHING*!!

Good thing I taped it this afternoon, because I had to rewind it cause I
fell asleep about halfway through!

Thought the coffee beans in the whatever-tini looked like cockroaches or
bugs floating on it.

Definitely noticed th MV handiwork with the breadcrumb topping on the
lovely cauliflower mush - the original wet clumpy "don't add too much oil,
you want it to be dry" mixture miraculously turned into smoothly
distributed, properly lightly moist crumb topping on the way to the
broiler. (Plus the way the rubber cheese soup distributed itself evenly
*and* got browned in the microwave.

I did find myself wondering why Snadra always does the Pavlov thing when
the microwave rings - stopping whatever she is doing to run over. Like the
pseudo-food will keep cooking or something if she doesn't get it right
away.

Word about that recipe box!

And those napkins! I wonder if even Snady will remember not to pull the
placemat and plant drainage tray into her lap before the meal is done??

And - why in the world, when she is too erm, tired, to do a full meal would
she do multiple recipes requiring her slow cooker? The whole meal wouldn't
be done at the same time. Oh, nevermind. Kocktail Time!