Welcome to the Finding Joy in Your Home Podcast. I am your host, Jamie Valmay, and this is the podcast where we blend deeply theological topics with thoroughly practical application, all for God's glory.

Hey, friends, welcome back to my podcast. Today, we're going to be talking about mastering your slow cooker. I'm going to share why I was extremely shocked this month with

everybody's slow cooking habits. And I'm going to give you tips for mastering your slow cooker.

How do we make stuff not come out watery or mushy? How do you make real food in a crock pot?

Not just a whole bunch of processed foods thrown together. That's what we are

going to cover today. And if you haven't heard the news, I have a brand new cookbook out called

Real Food Slow Cooker Favorites. Well, actually, it's on pre-order. This is my fourth cookbook

in my cookbooking cookbook series.

You can pre-ord it right now at Finding Joy Bookstore.com.

And as I have been doing all, in the last like two months, I've been doing all my final photos that I've needed for the cookbook.

And so I've been sharing a lot on Instagram of, you know, just pictures of the recipes I was making and making some unusual stuff. You can make corn on the cookbook. And so I've been sharing a lot on Instagram of, you know, just pictures of the

recipes I was making and making some unusual stuff. You can make corn on the cob. You can make

lasagna. There's really cool things you can do in a slow cooker. And I was utterly shocked,

shocked, I mean, literally shocked at the responses because, I mean, there's a lot of people who said,

oh, I love my slow cooker. I use it all the time. So many people that responded and said,

I got rid of my slow cooker because I never used it or I just never ever use it. Do I, I've never

had a slow cooker. Should I get one? I just don't know if I

need another kitchen appliance. And then a lot of people saying, I mean, I love a slow cooker,

but as we're trying to eat healthier, eat more real foods, seems like most recipes out there

are just like a lot of processed junk. And I understand that one totally. But I was so shocked

by how many people who said that they don't use a

slow cooker and or have just really never utilized it to the best of its ability.

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