Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker after
getting it out of storage where it has been for several years. I find
this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival somewhere
nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am looking for
recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.
I would love ideas from any one out there who is familiar with this
style of cooking.

On Dec 22, 6:11�pm, Tony > wrote:
> Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker after
> getting it out of storage where it has been for several years. I find
> this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival somewhere
> nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am looking for
> recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
> removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.
> I would love ideas from any one out there who is familiar with this
> style of cooking.

I like to cut a flank steak into several pieces, put in the slow
cooker, add some chopped onion and a jar of salsa, let cook all day,
and when ready shred the meat and make hot beef sandwiches.

Rosie

>I like to cut a flank steak into several pieces, put in the slow
>cooker, add some chopped onion and a jar of salsa, let cook all day,
>and when ready shred the meat and make hot beef sandwiches.

now that sounds good

"Tony" wrote

> recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
> removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.

Like baked potatoes? Wash but do not dry then put them in there. No water
added.

You can later stuff them with all sorts of good things. You can also mash
them into mashed'taters.

Another good dish, baked apples. Core just enough to fit the bottom of the
pot, add 3-4 TB water, fill center with a bit of butter, nutmeg, and brown
sugar and let them cook.

Right now my pot is topping off the last of a batch of salt boiled peanuts.
I'm about to move the dregs over to the baby crockpot then make a cabbage
dish (which is a soupy/stew you are tired of). Note I'm not just making
soups or stews in mine. Its more flexible than that. Dish before the
peanuts was a pulled pork shoulder roast like Rosie mentions. Opps, no,
missed one. Had a turnip soup between the pulled pork and the peanuts but
you get the idea.

"rosie" wrote
>I like to cut a flank steak into several pieces, put in the slow
>cooker, add some chopped onion and a jar of salsa, let cook all >day, and
>when ready shred the meat and make hot beef >sandwiches.

Sounds like I do but I use pork more often for that. I prop it on a cleaned
out can so I can remove the juices which I defat then add back in when I
turn it to 'pulled pork' with a sauce.

Nothing beats pure southern pulled pork BBQ <g> with cornbread!

On Dec 22, 8:03�pm, "cshenk" > wrote:
> "rosie" wrote
>
> >I like to cut a flank steak into several pieces, put in the slow
> >cooker, add some chopped onion and a �jar of salsa, let cook all >day, and
> >when ready shred the meat and make hot beef >sandwiches.
>
> Sounds like I do but I use pork more often for that. �I prop it on a cleaned
> out can so I can remove the juices which I defat then add back in when I
> turn it to 'pulled pork' with a sauce.
>
> Nothing beats pure southern pulled pork BBQ <g> with cornbread!

Right, got to have that cornbread!

Rosie

"Tony" > wrote in message
...
> Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker after
> getting it out of storage where it has been for several years. I find
> this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival somewhere
> nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am looking for
> recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
> removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.
> I would love ideas from any one out there who is familiar with this
> style of cooking.

Ok, I understanading caravaning is travelling with a trailer, but what do
you use for a power source while driving. Even a slow cooker requires
electricity. We travel in a long camper van and I would be interested in
that method....thanks..Sharon in Canada

"biig" > wrote in :

>
> "Tony" > wrote in message
> .
> ..
>> Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker
>> after getting it out of storage where it has been for several years.
>> I find this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival
>> somewhere nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am
>> looking for recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but
>> which are far removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome
>> after a while. I would love ideas from any one out there who is
>> familiar with this style of cooking.
>
> Ok, I understanading caravaning is travelling with a trailer, but
> what do
> you use for a power source while driving. Even a slow cooker requires
> electricity. We travel in a long camper van and I would be interested
> in that method....thanks..Sharon in Canada
>
>
>

It isn't a good idea to plug in stuff while you are driving...one bad
bump and food all over inside the back of the travel home. Even though
there are converters availible to get household current from your car
battery.

A great many trailor parks have electricity. It ain't the 60's anymore.
And supper cooking while you're off at the beach or wherever can be a
nice thing.

--

The house of the burning beet-Alan

It'll be a sunny day in August, when the Moon will shine that night-
Elbonian Folklore

biig wrote:
> "Tony" > wrote in message
> ...
>> Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker after
>> getting it out of storage where it has been for several years. I find
>> this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival somewhere
>> nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am looking for
>> recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
>> removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.
>> I would love ideas from any one out there who is familiar with this
>> style of cooking.
>
> Ok, I understanading caravaning is travelling with a trailer, but what do
> you use for a power source while driving. Even a slow cooker requires
> electricity. We travel in a long camper van and I would be interested in
> that method....thanks..Sharon in Canada
>
>
I lived in a fifth wheel trailer for 9 years. We had an inverter that
made 110 electric from the 12V batteries. I would not recommend powering
a slow cooker with one of those cigarette lighter inverters that people
use to power their laptop computers, however. I think the current draw
would be too high.

Many motor homes (motorized RVs as opposed to towed ones) have inverters
and/or generators. The motor homes need to run the generators to keep
the interior air conditioned, so they are always on. That gives electric
power to the outlets.

I have used a slow cooker placed in the sink to keep it stable during
travel in both the trailer and the motorhome.

--
Janet Wilder
Bad spelling. Bad punctuation
Good Friends. Good Life

In article >, says...
>
> "Tony" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker after
> > getting it out of storage where it has been for several years. I find
> > this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival somewhere
> > nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am looking for
> > recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but which are far
> > removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome after a while.
> > I would love ideas from any one out there who is familiar with this
> > style of cooking.
>
> Ok, I understanading caravaning is travelling with a trailer, but what do
> you use for a power source while driving. Even a slow cooker requires
> electricity. We travel in a long camper van and I would be interested in
> that method....thanks..Sharon in Canada
>
>
Not all slow cookers require a constant power source. Although they
won't do everything a crockpot can do, the Nissan vacuum cookers, like
the one shown at http://www.cozycook.com/kitchen-59466.html work very
well for camping. Perhaps the dream pot low energy cooker the OP
referred to is similar to the Nissan (?).

Bob

"hahabogus" > wrote in message
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> "biig" > wrote in :
>
> >
> > "Tony" > wrote in message
> > .
> > ..
> >> Just renewed my acquaintance with my dream pot low energy cooker
> >> after getting it out of storage where it has been for several years.
> >> I find this style of cooking great when caravanning as on arrival
> >> somewhere nice all you need to do is open the pot and eat. I am
> >> looking for recipes that are suitable for this style of cooking but
> >> which are far removed from stews and casseroles which become tiresome
> >> after a while. I would love ideas from any one out there who is
> >> familiar with this style of cooking.
> >
> > Ok, I understanading caravaning is travelling with a trailer, but
> > what do
> > you use for a power source while driving. Even a slow cooker requires
> > electricity. We travel in a long camper van and I would be interested
> > in that method....thanks..Sharon in Canada
> >
> >
> >
>
> It isn't a good idea to plug in stuff while you are driving...one bad
> bump and food all over inside the back of the travel home. Even though
> there are converters availible to get household current from your car
> battery.
>
> A great many trailor parks have electricity. It ain't the 60's anymore.
> And supper cooking while you're off at the beach or wherever can be a
> nice thing.
> I'm aware of that Alan, but we use a camper van and can monitor things.
I just wondered if there was a power source for that kind of
thing.....Sharon
>