By Trent Hamm
Each week, I’ll present a low-cost meal (or a meal that demonstrates a lot of options for cutting costs) that my family eats for dinner and enjoys. Many of the recipes will be vegan or vegetarian, with options to add other ingredients for non-vegetarians.
Kevin wrote in this week asking me if I could show some meals that utilized a slow cooker, as he’d love to cook more inexpensive and healthy dishes at home but he’s often strapped for time in the evenings.
I’m happy to oblige.
One of our favorite slow cooker recipes is Jamaican red bean stew, a delicious thick stew that turns out wonderfully after cooking slowly all day in a slow cooker. You can prepare it in about fifteen minutes in the morning before you leave and your house is fragrant when you... More...
