{"id":250,"date":"2011-06-17T08:59:43","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T12:59:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondgorgeous\/?p=250"},"modified":"2011-06-17T09:47:51","modified_gmt":"2011-06-17T13:47:51","slug":"easy-crockpot-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondgorgeous\/2011\/06\/easy-crockpot-dinner.html","title":{"rendered":"Easy Crockpot Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s recipe day!\u00a0 I\u2019m glad to say that this week\u2019s dish was much less hassle than last week\u2019s.\u00a0 That\u2019s partly because I cooked it in a crockpot.\u00a0 Out of necessity, I might add, because now my stove and oven do not work.\u00a0 Friends, you can check out my recipes with confidence, knowing they were tested by an incompetent cook who has no functioning kitchen appliances and no counter space in her kitchen.\u00a0 (Please don\u2019t bother to feel sorry for me, because I don\u2019t like to cook, anyway!)<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, here is a recipe for a crockpot meal that is low glycemic, low calorie, easy, and a little bit different.\u00a0 I substituted low GI apples for the high GI potatoes in a familiar comfort meal.\u00a0 Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>2 lb. round steak<\/p>\n<p>1 packet onion soup mix<\/p>\n<p>4 cups beef broth<\/p>\n<p>black pepper to taste<\/p>\n<p>4 carrots cut into chunks<\/p>\n<p>2 apples, quartered<\/p>\n<p>1 stalk of celery<\/p>\n<p>Put the steak in the crockpot and add the other ingredients.\u00a0 Cook until done.<\/p>\n<p>If possible, set aside some of the meal for your lunch tomorrow. \u00a0Make it easy on yourself!<\/p>\n<p><em>Eating to live and living for Christ,<\/em><br \/>\nSusan Jordan Brown<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s recipe day!\u00a0 I\u2019m glad to say that this week\u2019s dish was much less hassle than last week\u2019s.\u00a0 That\u2019s partly because I cooked it in a crockpot.\u00a0 Out of necessity, I might add, because now my stove and oven do not work.\u00a0 Friends, you can check out my recipes with confidence, knowing they were tested&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":423,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-recipes","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - 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