Depending on your travel or vacation schedule, you may end up renting a house or condo for a week and choose to cook rather than eat out every meal. These entrees can be made with a microwave oven and a crockpot.
- Soft Tacos, a complete meal but you may want to add tortilla chips and extra salsa or TexMex chili con queso
- Crockpot Lasagna, serve with salad and French bread
- Garner Dish: Beans & Meat (similar to chili), serve with corn tortilla chips and salad
- Crockpot Taco Soup, serve with salad and flour tortillas
- Black Beans and Microwave Rice, serve with sour cream, chives and crusty sourdough bread
Call ahead to see what your home-away-from-home has in the kitchen as far as cookware. If it is bare, these are the cooking utensils you need for the five meals above:
- crock pot
- 2-3 quart microwave save bowl with lid
- colander
- can opener
- small cutting board for vegetables
- knife to cut vegetables
- stirring spoon (teflon or wooden)
- serving spoon
- plates, utensils, napkins or paper towels
- dish washing soap
- dish washing scrubber or wash cloth
- dish towel to dry dishes