FACT OR FICTION FRIDAY!

There are so many myths surrounding the privilege of being a host or consultant with The Pampered Chef and I am here to dispel them all!

FACT OR FICTION?
ALL PAMPERED CHEF CONSULTANTS LOVE TO COOK! OR I COULDN'T POSSIBLE BE A PAMPERED CHEF CONSULTANT, I HATE TO COOK.


This is most definitely NOT true! FICTION! Cooking is far from my favorite thing to be doing! In fact like many other Pampered Chef consultants what made me passionate about the products is how they make the necessary task of feeding your family easier and faster! Prior to ordering my Pampered Chef consultant kit I thought PC tools were nothing more than overpriced luxury items for your kitchen. I have never been further from the truth. In fact when my director taught me how to cook a full meal for my family from fresh ingredients in one pot (the Deep Covered Baker) in LESS than 30 minutes a passion was ignited. A passion to help other mom's. I wanted to remove any reason to ever feel guilty again because they didn't have time to cook and fed their family from the drive thru, or processed frozen convenience food and a box pasta.  So there you have it. I don't love to cook and neither do many of my fellow PC consultants. In fact it is quite the opposite and more often than not the driving force that got us started in this business was about teaching mom's that cooking doesn't have to take hours out of their day!

Microwave Monday

It is time for one of my favorite days of the week .... Monday .... Microwave Monday to be precise. 

As a brief background before I met The Pampered Chef the only thing I used my microwave for was to heat leftovers, pop popcorn and heating the occasional hot chocolate. I thought a quick meal was a box of fishsticks in the oven and I called it good. Between processed freezer meals and drive through windows we managed to survive. In June of 2013 I had my RNY Gastric Bypass surgery and was constantly reminded that what I was feeding my children had little to no nutritional value and I needed to take charge and do something about it or risk them succumbing to the same fate as myself. I found The Pampered Chef as I researched Direct Sales Companies I might want to sign into and well TPC was tried and true. It had been around forever (PSA .... SORRY I REALLY DO HAVE A POINT THAT HAS TO DO WITH THE MICROWAVE IN ALL THIS! ) So I ordered my kit and held my open house. When my director came and we made a fresh healthy meal in less than 30 minutes using my Deep Covered Baker and the microwave I knew I was on to something life changing. Since that day it is rate that I even turn my oven on anymore but I cook a good dinner for my children 5/7 nights. 

Some of the things I make in my microwave using my Rock Crok or Deep Covered Baker. Spaghetti  - start to finish, pasta and all, Chicken Bruschetta Pasta, Chicken Fajitas, a whole chicken, ohhh and dare I mention the desserts like molten Chocolate lava cake ...just to name a few. So from now on for Microwave I will be including recipes cooked only in the microwave! My Microwave Monday tip for today is cooking pasta. So far I have made thin spaghetti, macaroni and Penni. I empty and entire package of pasta ... usually 1 lb in my RC or DCB and add 32 oz of chicken broth. I set the microwave for 9 minutes .... stir and cook 9 more minutes. DISCLAIMER .... every microwave is different. You may need to cook in 5 minute increments after the original 18.

Meatloaf .... It's what's for dinner!

 I'm not talking about your regular run of the mill meatloaf either. I am so blessed that as an independent Pampered Chef consultant I have a wealth of information and time saving tools at my fingertips. Tonight I decided to use my fancy tools to make mini meatloaves. They were so yummy and the kids ate them up. Here's how I did it.
 INGREDIENTS
1 lb lean ground beef
2 eggs
1 whole hamburger bun
1 T Pampered Cheff 3 Onion Rub
1T Pampered Chef Green Pepper and Herb Rub

Preheat your oven to 350

Place hamburger bun inside this handy dandy tool aka ... Manual food processor and pump the handle until you have bread crumbs. Dump the remainder of the incredients into the Classic Batter bowl

Use the mix n Chop with a twist of the wrist to thoroughly blend all the ingredients. 

 

Once the mixture is thoroughly blending use the medium
scoop to portion enough meat for each mini meatloaf.
Place one heaping scoop into the mini brownie pan and
the mini mix and scrapper to flatten the top of each loaf.

Place the brownie pan in the oven and cook for 12 min. Remove from oven, garnish with ketchup and place back in the oven for another 8 minutes. Remove from oven allow to sit for about 5 minutes and enjoy!