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Because I believe slow cooking is key to getting and staying slim today I’m giving away a Hamilton Beach Set & Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker!
Before beginning my Weight Watchers friendly crock pot cooking challenge back in October 2013, I’d never really thought much about the link between losing weight and slow cooking. But the truth is, if you are trying to lose weight, your slow cooker can be your best friend.
For most of us, dinner is the meal that often derails our best intentions when it comes to weight loss.
After a long day of work, you arrive home tired and hungry. And the last thing you want to do is think about cooking dinner.
So you end up grabbing the quickest thing you can get your hands on. And it’s rarely, if ever, light and healthy!
But, with a crock pot instead of worrying all day about what to make for dinner, you know a healthy and delicious meal will be ready and waiting when you get home.
Or you can use your slow cooker on the weekends to make light and healthy meals to warm up during the week. The slow cooker/crockpot makes it easy to cook healthy, affordable meals without having to spend hours in the kitchen.
Have you heard the saying, “20 minutes in the kitchen can save you 3 hours on the treadmill (affiliate link)“?
Well, it’s true!
Why The Slow Cooker/CrockPot is an Essential Kitchen Tool for Weight Loss…
1. Makes meal planning easier. Many Weight Watchers crock pot recipes are complete one pot meals.
2. Requires planning which is critical to weight loss success. If we want to eat right and lose weight we need a plan. If we leave it to chance we’ll end up opting for high calorie convenience foods: take out, the drive-thru, fast food, the vending machine, etc.
3. Lends itself to big batch cooking and leftovers. Which can be re-purposed or portioned out for future meals.
4. Saves time in the kitchen. You can put your ingredients in the crock pot in the morning or afternoon and dinner will be ready when you want it. I love the convenience of investing a little time and then moving forward with my day, while dinner cooks, practically unattended. No pots boiling over, burned skillets and last minute rushing around to get dinner figured out.
5. Provides variety. You can make a lot more than pot roast, soup and chili in your slow cooker, as I’ve learned during the last six months. Appetizers, beverages, breakfasts, main dishes, side dishes and desserts are all possible with a slow cooker.
6. Makes cooking possible even for those with little kitchen know-how. Slow cooking is practical, realistic and very forgiving, perfect for novice cooks. Recipes tend to be straightforward with minimal ingredients and very few steps. Meals made in the slow cooker may not be the prettiest ever. But, they can be some of the tastiest.
7. Naturally Low Fat. Because crock pot cooking is a moist form of cooking it requires less fat, so you’ll save calories and points.
8. Perfect all year round. While most of us think of the slow cooker during the fall and winter, it’s the perfect summer kitchen device. I’ve received lots of comments from folks in hot climates who depend on their slow cooker all summer to avoid heating up the kitchen.
This Giveaway has ended!
The randomly selected winner is Phyllis Zumbolo. Congratulations! Please send an email to support@simple-nourished-living.com to claim your slow cooker.
Slow Cook Yourself Slim Slow Cooker Giveaway Details
TO ENTER
1. Leave a comment below answering the question, “How has the slow cooker helped you eat better and/or lose weight?”
A winner will be selected at random and announced next Sunday.
Good luck!
Hamilton Beach Set & Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker
Notes from The SweetHome review site on the Hamilton Beach Set & Forget 6-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker: “It’s not fancy, but the intuitive interface, locking lid, and modest price have made it the best deal for your money three years running—and it’s the only slow cooker with a heat probe to monitor the doneness of roasts and other meats.”
It also was featured in this Slow Cooker Savvy Class I took recently.
I love the soup recipes and have made a lot of them. I ordered the download of all the recipes. I live alone and just love the leftovers for future meals.
Thank you so much.
it is fun to use b/c it is less work, helps me work on planning my meals and best of all there is leftover for freezing when don’t want to cook !!
I use my slow cooker several times a week. Saves me time and money. I work full time plus so appreciate my dinner ready to eat at the end of a long day.
by using a slow cooker in the morning and my food being ready when i come home, I am not apt to eat fast food because i am tired and hungry when i get home from work . i wont be stopping buy some fast food place on my way home to grab a quick bite on the way home.
Meal prep! Helps to plan ahead and not just grab food.
I notice with others, having supper ready at home really helps to keep eating-nuts/ what I call eating without thinking, under control. No reason to do a drive through, supper is calling when it’s home waiting for you in the crockpot. So nice.
I love to have crockpot meals prepped in my freezer. I thaw the night before and dump in crockpot in the morning. It is so nice to have a low WW points meal prepped and then I have easy lunches all week long. A liitle work ahead of time makes for easy evenings when I am tired
We love our crockpot because I can plan ahead healthy meals that are yummy. I work long hours during tax season and using the crockpot I know my children and husband are eating healthy and my husband and I are eating within our smarty points. The kids love “crock pot season” which is tax season for an accountant. I use the crockpot the most in the winter.
It helps with meal planning! I am less likely to go off track in busy days because dinner will be waiting for me and I will not succumb to ordering carry out with all the calories.?
As a busy working mom a slow cooker makes dinners a breeze. A slow cooker makes eating healthy easy.