A New Toy

Yes, I'm still alive.  :-)  Last Saturday we decided get out of town and go to Costco.  There's no place like Costco!  As we wandered the store, I headed, as usual, to check out the kitchen section.  There, part way down the aisle, I spotted a crock pot and zoomed in for a closer look.  I have a 6-quart one I dearly love, but for many things, it's too large.  This one was a 4.5-quart model and it had the very reasonable price of $18.86!  I looked again, but it really was that, um, cheap.  Sold!  I put one in the cart.

As I was thinking of what to have for dinner tonight, I thought of doing a pork loin and realized I could try out my new toy.  It worked well.  My "recipe" is simple:  put one frozen loin roast (1 1/2 lb)  in the crock pot, add peeled and cut up carrots and potatoes, sprinkle the whole shebang with some McCormick's Grill Mates Montreal Steak Seasoning, add about 1/2 cup of water, put on the lid, and cook on high for four hours or so.  Simple, and delicious.  I put it all on a platter, pour the "pot liquor" (as Mom used to call it) in a pitcher, and serve. 

Here's a picture of tonight's dinner:

And here's a picture of my new toy:



And what, you ask have I been doing in my sewing room? Bibs. Many bibs. I'm closing in on twenty. I made a huge batch last spring, and they're all gone. We've been having a new crop of little ones at church, and I decided to bite the bullet (better than a pacifier, right?) and just replenish my stash. There was a shower last night, one next week on Saturday, and two more coming right up. We seem to be growing our church from the bottom up. :-)

In closing, if you need a new crock pot or simply want to stash a nice wedding gift in the closet for future use, head to your nearest Costco and snap up this bargain.  It's a cutie.