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The weather has warmed, and were spending more and more time out in the yard.  I love it. But I STILL use my slow cookers more often than not for our family dinners, and I urge you to, too. Slow cookers take up very little electricity to run when compared to your stove or oven, and they do not heat your kitchen up the way those other appliances do. Youre not going to notice that your AC is struggling to keep the kitchen cool, and youre not going to be standing over a hot stove, trying not to drip into your pasta sauce. (ew. thats really gross, steph.) Ive listed my favorite ways to use the cooker below --- if youve got a family favorite, add it to the list! FISH Love, love, love fish packets in the slow cooker. The fish steams perfectly in a foil or parchment-paper packet and you get a beautiful, flaky finished result without stinking (or heating!) up your kitchen. FISH Lemon and Rosemary Chicken We make this chicken pretty often, and I like to use the leftovers on top of salads or...

Summer is obviously here but it ’ s crazy how, although I still get that kid-like excitement about school getting out and what ’ s to come, it ’ s quite different in reality. The expectation of the long warm days stretching out with seemingly nothing to do but go to the pool, read books on the sofa and walk to get ice cream with friends.   Not my summer anymore - for sure. This summer has been ridiculously busy for me. I relate it to there being a rubik ’ s cube in my brain.   Trying to keep everyone ’ s activities straight, food in the house, remember my crazy (quite frequent) teaching schedule (yes - teaching lots of classes and loving it!), still make the camp pick ups and host traveling teachers.   Woah! I have recently had appreciation for a few things that help me slow down, relax and enjoy what summer really should be about. The Goldfinch by Donna Tart : Oh my - I love this book.   This book is making me stop, slow d...