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Cheryl is Cook Of the Week this week

Slow cookers help busy mom get dinner on the table By Sally Eyre

According to Cheryl Moeller, teenagers, left to their own devices. would eat Lou Malnati's Pizza every night.

That's why this mother of six likes to stay one step ahead of her kids and have dinner ready and smelling good when they get home. "I feel like I have a PhD times two when I know what we're having for dinner by 9 in the morning, This way when they come in the door, the decision is made for them."

Try some of Cheryl's Photographed Recipes listed on the article Harvest-Time Halibut Chowder Rhubarb Crumble Quick Whole Wheat Bread In fact, Cheryl often does have her dinner prepared and "in the oven" first thing in the morning, with the aid of not one, but two slow cookers.

And her kids aren't complaining. "When you just cook the main dish in one, you still have to make something to go with the meal and that is really annoying. So I've been doing this for years."

Cheryl has found this system so successful that she decided to write a cookbook about it. "Creative Slow Cooker Meals" (available at Amazon.com) offers 262 recipes - presented as pairs - with the use of two slow cookers in mind. "The premise is that so many people are having just one homemade meal a week. This is a way to solve that problem."

"I tested each recipe at least four times to get it right. I knew that if my friends got my cookbook and actually made the recipes, and they didn't turn out, I might as well go live in the arctic!" she laughs.

The cookbook is organized into several themed chapters. Adventurous eaters, vegetarians, vegans and even people who eat gluten-free will find recipes they can use. There is a chapter on party foods, etc. 
"I'm not one to have a lot of small appliances around so through the years I've experimented and used my slow cooker in a variety of ways; it's been a tortilla warmer, a fondue pot, rice maker, bread maker, pancake warmer and - this one is crazy - I've even made sorbet in one." The recipes Cheryl shares with us today are tried and true family favorites. Dig out that slow cooker and dust it off. Perhaps just once you'll be able to avoid hearing, "Can we get pizza tonight?"

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Slow cookers help busy mom get dinner on the table By Sally Eyre

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