crock pot to the rescue !!! TIMES UP !!!
TIMES UP!!! THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO STOPPED BY. IT FEELS GOOD TO KNOW YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAS CHALLENGES WITH WEEKNIGHT DINNERS! SO MANY OF YOUR COMMENTS MADE ME GIGGLE OR EVEN LAUGH :O) I WISH I HAD A CROCK POT FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU. I’LL BE POSTING THE WINNER TOMORROW (SATURDAY) MORNING
It’s Bloggy Giveaway time again
The first time I participated in this Carnival was also the first time I held a give away here on my blog. I gave away an amazing cookbook then and this time I am sticking with a cooking theme. I love to cook. I love to bake. I wish I had more time to do both…sigh….
I have 3 amazing kids all of whom I adore but one thing I have come to realize in the last couple of years is that I am seriously outnumbered. As I drive back and forth between 2 different schools, the karate and ballet studio, after school activities or games, and to whomever’s house they might be going to for the afternoon 3 to 1 can easily feel like 20 to 1!! With my own schedule, there are at least 2 nights each week that no one is home in the afternoon or evening to put something together for dinner.
Now, my waist line and my pocket book cannot afford to just pick something up on those nights. Instead, I do a little planning ahead and just throw something into my Crock Pot before we leave for the day. By the time we all come home tired, hungry and some days a bit cranky, dinner is ready and waiting for us. What I love best about my crock pot is that I can set the temp and the time I want it to cook and when it is done, it will automatically switch to a ‘Keep Warm’ setting. This way, my dinner is not over cooked and is always ready to eat even if the cook time ended hours before we walked through the door.
I’ve decided to share the love and am giving away a brand new shiny Crock Pot Smart Pot 
- 5.5 quart capacity (feeds 6-8)
- Removable oval stoneware
- Four automatic time settings
- Automatically shifts to warm when cooking is done
- Dishwasher safe stoneware and lid
- Recipes included
My biggest challenge is finding new recipes to get us out of the same 10-dinner-rotation rut!
My biggest problem is finding the time to get dinner on the table! I recently started going to Dinner Done though, and it is amazing! I’d love to win this crock pot too!
My actual problem is when I ask my family what they would want to eat, they tell me “I don’t care.” So, I end up just throwing some things together!
My biggest challenge is planning ahead. If I get home & there’s nothing that is ready & waiting for me in the crockpot, or something that I can throw together fairly quickly, I tend to graze & eat things that I shouldn’t. I’ve discovered that a programmable crockpot is what I need to make sure that meals are actually edible (meat not dried out) when I arrive home from work!
Deciding what sounds good to cook and getting it on the table before we are starved!!
My biggest challenge is finding meals that my husband can prepare– since I get home way later than he does! My crockpot is my best friend but it is very small and as my family grows it is getting harder to fit good meals into it!
It is always a big challenge to make something that everyone will be happy with. When your kids get to the high school years, it seems they become more picky and one always feels the need to become a vegetarian (which I feel I should support). It is always a juggle.
♥, Susan
My biggest challenge these days is finding healthy meal ideas that we both love. I have a ton of great healthy crock pot recipes I found though and no crockpot to make them in.
My biggest challenge is finding new recipes and getting everyone together at once. Thank you for the chance to win this great prize
Great giveaway, I would love to enter! My biggest challenge is finding a variety of meals to prepare that all my kids like. Thanks!
I need to decide earlier in the day so that meat can be thawed out. I can whip up a well balanced meal quick if everthing is ready. Thanks for the chance at this.
My biggest problem is finding the time and to remmeber that I can cook. Since joining WW it is sometime hard for me to want to cook. This would be great!
Thanks!
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my biggest challange is making a meal that we will all love, I have ran into some real winners and loosers!!
Remembering to defrost whatever it is that I’m cooking!
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My biggest challenge is remembering to defrost meat! How sad is that!
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners?
My biggest challenge is finding something we all like. My hubby is picky, I am picky and my daughter thank goodness she’s not to picky but it seems like the things my hubby loves, I hate and vice versa.
My biggest problem is the 3 kids 4 and under that so not allow me to actually finish dinner. But, I start a lot of great meals!
My biggest problem is that I often don’t have more than 20-30 minutes to complete meals and they have to be healthy. No frozen meals here! Thanks for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is that I don’t plan it out, and by the time I decide what we should eat, I realize the meat is frozen, or it takes 2 hours to cook, etc.! I do love the crockpot!
My biggest problem w/ weeknight dinners is time, I walk in the door everyone is ready to eat now. Making dinner fast & healthy can be very hard!
My biggest problem is that I forget to defrost the meat, and then I have to wait for it to defrost in the microwave before I start dinner.
I have challenges with 2 teens working etc and figuring out how many I am going to be cooking for!
My biggest challenge is deciding what to cook
I’d say it’s time constraints that work against me. That’s why I usually have dinner mapped out in the morning, at least I know what I will fix later in the day. That is, if I don’t use my crockpot, which I use 2x a week. What a great thing it is, but mine is so old! I need a new one desperately.
Well my biggest challenge.. is trying to remember to set time aside.. to cook.. The kids always seem to be awake and needy when I need to begin dinner and its a hastle!!!
Tara
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My biggest challenge is just to do it after coming in from work and still having the kids and house work to do. Crock pots make it easier.
My biggest challenge is getting everyone home at the same time to have dinner!
i am currently in college, but all throughout middle and high school my mom had all 4 of us kids pick a night and make dinner once a week. my biggest challenge with that was underestimating the cooking time! there were many nights that it would be almost an hour later then when we wanted to eat (that was especially when i made macaroni and cheese.)
my sister is getting married this coming summer and that crock pot would be a great thing for her!!
My biggest challenge is finding enough quick and easy recipes without repeating too often.
I’ve never had a crockpot and don’t even know how to crockpot cook – so if I won – I’d need some tips!
I’m always short on time, that’s one big challenge!
Getting the time to cook! Second is getting everyone at the table at the same time =P
My hardest challenge is finding time to actually cook! I like cooking healthy meals, so this would be great to set everything up in the day, and let it cook for me while I’m at work, lol.
Thanks!!
I have a hard time deciding what to cook. I usually just tell the man let’s go eat out.
My biggest challenge is making something and being able to keep it warm for my hubby. He is in the Army and some nights we do not know what time he is getting home. This would be perfect thing to help make dinners that are easily kept warm. Thank you.
Lisa
Honestly my biggest chanlenge for weeknight dinners is remebering to take thing out to defrost! I never remeber until its too late
weeknight dinners?? it’s usually figuring out who’s cooking, and what are we thawing??!
What a great giveaway! My biggest challenge for weeknight dinners is coming up with variety in what I cook! It seems I get stuck in a rut of cooking the same things over and over! This crockpot would certainly open up the possibilities! Thanks for sharing! I sure hope I win!
I just can’t seem to make time to plan. I’d love to have a week’s worth of meals planned ahead, but who has the time?
My biggest challenge for weekend dinners is that I don’t know when we’re going to eat!! It’s always different, especially Sundays.
Biggest challenge? Coming up with something to cook! Seriously.
My biggest challenge is finding something different. Sometimes it seems like we are eating the same stuff all the time. I have good eaters that will eat a lot of different stuff.The other challenge is the same as everyone else I don’t want to spend hours in the kitchen .
Thanks.
This crockpot looks fantastic.
Rene
making sure i plan for the week. i am not good at thinking whats for dinner at 6:00 after work unless i have a menu for the week.
My biggest challenge is following through on the weekends. I find myself relaxing with my husband and all of the sudden realizing supper isn’t going to fix itself. (-:
My biggest problem is finding something simple and quick on the nights when both the hubby and I work late! I don’t plan ahead real well if it involves more than 6 ingredients, I’m out!
My biggest challenge is finding a new recipe that everyone likes. I’m so sick of the same old same old dinner.
I have two kids and work a full time job and between my thirty minute commute, picking up kids, homework, and everything else a mother does, who in the heck has time to cook?!?! I use my crockpot AT LEAST once a week, usually more often than that. It is so overused that one of the handles broke OFF tonight so I would definitely love to win this pretty new one!
My biggest challenge is that I am not the best cook in the world and have lots of trouble throwing things together that I have on hand. Thank you so much for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is figuring out what to cook because we are on a new paleolithic diet (if you squinted at the computer because you have never heard of this do check it out you will marvel at how great you feel). Since I’m new to it, I tend to linger online checking for recipes.
My biggest challenge is coming up with something “new”. I tend to make the same old things over and over. Thanks for the giveaway.
my biggest challenge is having variety and not he same old same old I’m having so much fun making friends and blog-hopping again this year.
Thanks for such a generous giveaway! I hope I’m chosen as the lucky winner!!!
The biggest challenge is coming up with something the kids will eat that we want to eat, too!
My biggest challenge is similar to yours, in some ways. I have three sons and we always seem to have something going on, somewhere. So that’s part of it! I also have one son who would eat a tin can wrapped in bacon is we let him, one who will eat most everything except mushrooms and pepers and my third son (he has Asperger’s Syndrome) who eats something like 5 ingredients and that’s it! A hugely challenging thing for me is to find something that EVERYONE will eat!
My biggest challenge is to actually cook on weekends. My 3 year old son always wants my attention when it’s dinner time and cleaning time.
My biggest challenge is getting the food to the table on time. I have a tendency to lose track of time. I look at the clock and suddenly it’s dinnertime and I haven’t even started. So, this crock pot would come in handy!
Thanks for the great giveaway.
Definitely just finding the time to get the food ready on time – also making sure I have all the ingredients I need.
My biggest decisions is deciding WHAT to Cook..we have food, I just hate making decision!
The challenge is the time schedule; getting everyone together at the same time at the same table.
my biggest problem is finding something that everyone will eat that is not the same-old-same-old. i feel like everyone else, trying to find something new and easy/quick.
My biggest challenge is figuring out what to cook.
I’m starting to gather crock recipes…would love to replace my old one with this beauty! Thanks for the chance!
My biggest challenge is making something that everyone likes. Also getting them to try something new is a challenge also.
My biggest problem is coming up with new recipes we all like so we don’t get stuck in a rut with the same old dishes all the time. Thanks for the chance to win!
Jen
My biggest problem is remembering to pull the meat out of the freezer. I will wait to the last minute and have to figure out what to do since all my meat is frozen.Thanks for the giveaway:)
I have a hard time trying to please everyone seated at my table. My husband is dieting, I will eat anything, 9 year old just wants junk, 6 year old is pretty pleasable, and 4 year old who loves bologna. UGH!!!!!!!!!
My biggest challenge isn’t just haveing enough time to make a meal it’s having enough time to make a ‘healthy’ meal. Thanks for the giveaway.
My biggest challenge is getting everyone around the table at the same time…we have busy teenage sons.
the biggest thing for me is deciding what to make i like to try different things
For me its not time that is a problem, its making something that everyone likes.
My biggest challenge is deciding what to make that everyone will like!
My biggest challenge is having time to be in the kitchen to perpare something while my 3 children play nicely in another room.
Not happening. I also struggle with coming up with new things to cook. Thanks for the awesome giveaway and the chance to win! Have a wonderful day!
Here’s one: I’m a vegetarian and DH is a carnavore
Thanks for the chance to win!
I would say the biggest challenge is keeping my little ones occupied and out of trouble while trying to not burn dinner
Thanks
My biggest challenge is cooking with two toddler-boy legwarmers, and coming up with things that will both satisfy my husband and that my kids will eat!
My biggest challenge is getting everyone at the table together. We have a busy schedule during the week with sports, church, etc.
Thanks for the great giveaway!
my biggest challenge is finding recipes that fit all our dietary restrictions. My husband is vegetarian and lactose free and I’m gluten free. I have to find vegetarian gluten free lactose free recipes that taste good. Not easy to do. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My biggest challenge is not serving the same meals over and over, but finding ways to mix it up and please my children at the same time.
Thanks for entering me in your giveway.
Tasha
My biggest trouble with weeknight dinners are not making the same thing too much. My family gets so sick of it and sometimes I run out of ideas!
My biggest challenge is figuring out what to cook for a family of 5 picky eaters. This would be fantastic to win to get it done in the morning and forget about it. THank you
tatertot374@sbcglobal.net
What to cook? Time to cook! Like everyone I’m always rushed and don’t take as much thought or time as I would like into preparing weeknight meals.
My biggest challenge is figuring out new recipes that will please the whole family.
The crockpot is great! My old one is falling apart (guess I use it to much…lol).
Thanks for the great giveaway!
My biggest challenge is time. I get home around 5:45 pm, but everyone wants to eat by 6pm.
Thanks so much for the contest.
My biggest challenge is maintaining momentum. After a hard day of work, I just want to relax, but I know I need to keep going to prepare a meal and clean up afterward.
I work and by the time I get home I don’t have much time to get dinner on before the kids are really hungry and will snacks and not dinner. So a crock pot would really help.
My challenge is what everyone else has… Coming up with different weekly menu items. They get so old to me. Plus I work during the day so I like something quick so I’m not out in the kitchen slaving over my stove. A crockpot would be wonderful. Thanks for the chance.
I get tired of always having to come up with the menus. Wish someone would say “Gee, I’d love it if you’d fix _____________”–BEFORE I’ve already figured out today’s menu!
We are in such a rut at our house, keeping things interesting and fresh is a real challenge. My favorite nights are when we all eat leftovers from previous dinners, no thought involved at all!
My biggest challenge is finding time to cook.
My biggest challenge is finding things to make that my husband can take to work and warm up since he works second shift and is sleeping at dinner time.
My biggest problem is trying to decide what to cook and then it’s actually getting things started.
My biggest challenge is getting home so late from work… I get home at 6:00, and by the time we decide what we’re eating we don’t get it on the table until way too late!
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My biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners is to have everyone HOME. We have basketball,dance, work,meetings plus those PTO nights so its hard to have everyone home @ the same time
My challenge is to find good healthy easy and simple recipes. My f amily doesn’t like a lot of spices!!! UGH
My challenge is coming up with new fun recipes that taste good.
My challenge is to actually cook something that is not microwavable
It takes all my will power to actually cook. But I do love when we all sit down at the table and eat so I try 
The crock pot might make it easier. Thanks for the chance.
Exhaustion. That’s why I love my crockpot. Prep everything in the a.m. when I’ve got energy!
My biggest challenge is remembering to take something out of the freezer in the morning so I have something to make when I get home.
Hey! My biggest challenge is to find recipes that everyone likes and that fit into our budget.
Mine is keeping the kids occupied so I can actually cook!
My biggest challenge is planning ahead and not forgetting anything! The crock-pot cooking has changed a lot for us, but I don’t have one with a timer. Bean soups are easy to make in a crock pot and make great leftovers.
My challenge ~ what to cook?!? Something healthy ~ but gooooood!!! We aren’t picky ~ like everything (all vegetables, fruits, etc)!! Love to use the crockpot ~ need a bigger one ~ this one would be perfect!
Thanks
My biggest challenge is deciding on what to make each night to please everyone AND keep it healthy and simple…
I work 4 ten hour days–and am too pooped to cook when I get home—hubby helps–but he just doesn’t “get” the fine points of cooking—the crockpot is a lifesaver!
My biggest challenge is TIME
Definitely knowing what to make. I get so discouraged, what sounds good to me doesn’t sound good to anyone else. Then I don’t decide until it’s late and things aren’t thawed. Thanks for an awesome giveaway. =)
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My biggest challenge is finding the motivation! It’s so much easier to stop somewhere on the way home!
My biggest challenge is remembering to take something out to cook…therefore, we usually end up eating cereal.
My biggest challenge is not having enough time to plan a good meal, cook a good meal…
My biggest challenge is finding the time to cook healthy meals.
My biggest challenge (aside from the 4 little kids hanging onto my pants…) is PLANNING!! I LOVE to use crockpots, and I think I need to get some more crock pot recipe books! This crockpot would be so useful for my family!!
Thanks for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is menu planning. If I know early in the day what I intend to cook I can begin preparations. Then later, I’m not running around with a screaming baby trying to get supper on the table. My husband is much happier when I plan well enough that I can greet him when he comes home with a smile. When I plan, that’s what happens.
My biggest challenge is finding recipes that everyone will eat. My kids are pretty picky eaters so that makes it hard to come up with something to make everyone happy.
My biggest problem is boredom, I get sick of cooking the same things over and over.
I’ve been wanting a crockpot for a while. My challenge is those nights I work late or have class till late and either have to plan ahead, defrost something that my husband will cook, hope the grocery store isn’t out of roast chicken, or whip up something very quick when I get home. The kids have usually eaten too many snacks by then anyways.
I remember a friend telling me her mother used a crockpot to feed the family while getting her phd, and that has made me want one.
My biggest challenge is trying to make a meal for 2 adults and one of them being a very picky eater! My son is tube fed and my boyfriend works evenings so he wants something that going to still be warm when he gets home, a crock pot would do the trick!
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners?
Mine has become not the time but the dish itself. I have run out of ideas and I get tired of trying to figure it out. I have a few go to fast dinners but then I keep doing them over and over again. I got the Rachel Ray 30 minute meals for a little variety but sometimes it’s hard to get motivated to cook after a long day at work.
my biggest challenge is figuring out what to cook.I read a long time ago that the average family has 10 basic menus…and i am getting tired of them!
The biggest challenge? I’m pregnant so finding the energy to cook is hardest for me right now.
My biggest challenge is coming up with a variety of meals so that the family doesn’t get tired of eating the same thing over and over.
Planning ahead in order to have everything I need to cook.
Thanks for the giveaway >^..^<
Finding the time to cook!
Definetely new recipes..I have a hard time getting my family to try anything new – especially my kids
Perhaps a crockpot would help solve my problem. I feel like I run out of energy for the day right about the time I need to cook supper!
Thanks for the chance to win!
I would have to say the biggest challenge these days is the number of brain cells going bye bye – lol. I seem to forget more things after #2 child arrived. That’s why I love cooking with my old crockpot. If I remember in the morning dinner is ready when we get back home. It’s in sad shape however and I keep a pair of pliers in the kitchen drawer since the handle fell off. Need to remember to get some glue. Thanks for the giveaway!
I face many challenges in getting dinner on the table at night. I have a 2year old little boy who likes to help Nanee cook so I have to always be aware of where he is so that he doesn’t get burned. I also work weird hours this time of year so I have to prepare for meals when I’m not home that can be done either one pot, oven, or microwave. Anything else and the mess in the kitchen would never be cleaned up. I also have a family who shares very few tastes in common so I have to cook variety meals that will have something for everyone. Crock Pot meals are usually a winner every time.
My biggest challenge is…. let’s see…. Well, there’s the fact that I don’t get home until around 6:30, plus the kids have activities….. Ugh! SO MUCH going on and NEVER enough time!
I have a problem to make all of everyones fav everynight
My biggest challenge is finding the time to make meals that everyone likes without it being TV dinners. it is hard to make a good meal when you have a time limit. I mean the you only have so many options with the quick fix meals and they get so boing after a while. My slow cooker stone crock is cracked and I sure so miss it. I would love to win a new one. Of course mine was just a basic slow cooker nothing as nice as the one you are offering. pkvst2@gmail.com
Sometimes my husband invites people over and I don’t always have a whole lot of time with a small child to throw a meal together so crock-pots are true lifesavers and I could use one!
My big challenge is that we don’t get home until 5:45 and I’m tired. Plus, I hardly ever make a big meal because hubster gets home at a different time each night. He gets/makes his own dinner.
This crock-pot looks awesome with the different settings.
Enter me, thanks!
something everyone likes
My biggest challenge is that my husband gets home from work anytime between 4:30 and 6:30, so it’s hard to plan meals. Thanks for the great giveaway!
My biggest challenge besides getting a well balanced meal done on time, is having the ingredients that I need to make my dishes. I am forever forgetting to put something on the list – and need to stop to the store on my way home – taking up more time to get it on the table at a decent time
my biggest challange is finding the space to sit my food on to season it,i just moved and i have a sink,stove,fridge and no counter space!!!sink has no space for washed dishes!!!so,with my 2 yr old running around its hard to cook evening dinners.cant sit the food on the floor!!!!
Just one? I have a dozen! Right now the hardest part is that I’m doing chemo, and by the time it’s time to make dinner, I’m exhausted. A crock pot would make it much easier, but mine is old and doesn’t always work correctly.
My biggest probably is variety…seems like I make the same meals over and over and over!
I can never get things done in time for my husband to get home from work! And I run out of ideas, I dont like having the sme thing every stinking week!
My biggest challenge is not knowing what to make! I don’t really know how to cook so I love my crockpot! Mine broke the last time I used it when a glass jar fell into it while it was empty when I opened a overhead cabinet. Now it ha a big crack i it
WOW, what a great giveaway.
My biggest challenge? My child of course. ~sigh~
My biggest challenge is trying to find new things to cook.
My biggest challenge is coming up with ideas for dinner…Or is the two year old attached to my leg? LOL!
My biggest challenge is getting bogged down by food options. I’ll start out the week with good intentions and have a nice dinner or two, then I’ll suddenly remember about the produce I have to use up or a side dish leftovers that need to be eaten. This leads to some interesting meal combinations. Thanks for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is trying to time dinner when I never know when my husband is going to be able to come home for dinner. We like to eat together as a family, but he has a demanding schedule and has to stay late sometimes. A crockpot would certainly solve that dilemma! Thanks!
My biggest challenge is follow through. Most days I am so tired when I get home from work, cooking dinner just isnt the thing I want to do. That is where crockpot comes in handy as it has already done the work for you.
My biggest challenge is finding something that I want to make and that I actually have all of the ingredients for!
My biggest challenge is picky eaters! That crockpot looks awesome!
Variety.
We tend to eat the same thing reheated for a few days. Then we make a new dish. Then we eat that for a few days. Prep, cleanup…it takes a lot of time. I wish I could get a base food down and inject more variety with new and easy sides!
Jenny
my biggest challenge is finding new recipes! i am a stay at home mom so i have the time without rushing but i am so tired of the same boring meals!!!
My biggest challenge is making a different one-pot dish with many of the same ingredients! Our other crock pot “died,” so we need a good one we can depend on.
Thank you for offering this crock pot!
Kathy A.
not knowing when dad will come home is our biggest problem. we have to keep plates warm for him and this would help!!
It is now 3 months that I have been diagnosed with gluten- intolerance (wheat, rye, barley), so it is avoiding gluten. It is in so many foods. So many foods I never thought like corn chowder, mash potatoes, cheap chocolate, and some ice creams.
knowing what I can eat is hard, so I am stuck with very little choices, I know are OK.
My biggest challenge is lack of planning ahead of time. 5 o’clock is to late to decide!
Getting supper finished in time for hubby when he works 1 hour away from home and doesn’t have set work hours–he’s a plumber and if someone needs him after hours with a leak he has to go fix it
My biggest challenge is finding something that everyone will eat and not having to spend the whole evening cooking individual dinners. Thanks for the great giveaway.
The hardest thing is making things that everyone likes, as well as trying to get all of us together to eat at the same time.
Yes, men do cook for the family as well! LOL
Also, I think that it is really great of you to do this without sponsorship…
Thanks.
My biggest challenge is having the time and energy to cook after work. This would really help! Thanks for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is coming up with meals that everyone in this family will like, but that are something new so we aren’t just remaking the same meals every week.
My husband recently broke the glass insert of my crockpot I so need a new one. Anyways the biggest challenge I have at dinner time is just getting everyone together at the same time. Between my hubby’s crazy work schedule, dance classes on different days for my daughters. Trying to get to the gym etc.. that is why I loved my crock pot so much dinner was still warm for everyone no matter what time they ate.
We don’t have a scheduled dinner time, just whenever we get hungry. My problem is planning. At least 3 times a week around dinner time, I am scrambling to figure out what to make because I haven’t set anything out to thaw. Procastinator, for sure! Thanks for the fantastic giveaway!
My biggest challenge is finding days in the weeks when everyone in our family can sit down together and eat, always seems like 1-2 people are missing each night.
I use my crockpot 2-3 days a week, that has helped me so much with meats.
My biggest challenge… I don’t eat beef much at all anymore.. neither does my family, so finding a way to use chicken has been a challenge!
Right now since my husband is laid off, I am having trouble fitting healthy, well-balanced, meals into my budget.
My biggest challenge is coming up with new/different meals that everybody enjoys!
My biggest challenge is finding the motivation to come up with something to cook when it’s easier to drive thru. I know it’s not healthy but we can’t afford much more.
My biggest challenge is finding something quick to eat for dinner as I work until 8pm and it’s between 8:30 and 9pm by the time I get home. I don’t feel like cooking something that takes a long time and then eating at 10 or 11 at night.
My biggest challenge is cooking with one arm, because the other one is holding my three month old!
honestly, finding any meal any night of the week that my 2 year old will actually eat is my challenge. if it’s green, count it out. so we eat a lot of “cream of – ” soups… not canned mind you, but i have to puree everything and smother it in cream for her to eat anything green.
Wow, you are so generous! I have been loving my crockpot lately… but I think it’s broke. It burned the last dinner I had and I even burned myself on the outside. I don’t think it was supposed to get that hot…
My biggest challenge is remembering to take things out of the freezer on time so they can be thawed to start the crockpot meal in the morning! then I have to scrounge for a different meal.
biggest problem is time. but also planning and not wanting to spend hours standing in the kitchen. have always wanted a crock pot — fingers crossed!
The baby’s schedule normally interferes with the cooking schedule.
The biggest thing is coming up with new menus.
wow awesome, I have been wanting a crockpot! I don’t plan meals, I have a horrible eating schedule. This would help!!!!
I have trouble getting my whole family to eat what I cook. My kids are so picky I usually have to make them something on the side.
Variety! We seem to get stuck in a rut easily with the same meals each week.
Deborah @ Comfort Joy Designs
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My biggest challenge is two little girls who want to “help”! I’m raising cooks and they aren’t as helpful as they think!
trying to figure out something that mom will enjoy and be able to eat comfortably thanks for the giveaway
My biggest challenge is trying to get dinner done at times that my newborn doesn’t need me, which seems to be all the time!
my biggest challenge is remembering to defrost the meat ahead of time lol! Thanks so much for the giveaway!
I tend to do a lot of freezer cooker so that I can get nutritious meals on the table on weeknights. Crock meals are so yummy, this would be awesome!
Kristine
My biggest challenge is that we have a daughter with special needs who has therapy appointments 4 afternoons per week. So I’m always out running her around and by the time I get home I’m so exhausted that I often say “Let’s have mac n cheese!!”. How boring, I know. I’ve been trying to plan ahead, but as a small business owner, plus a mom to a special needs child – that’s not always easy!!
The biggest problem for me is timing. I am usually running late and meals tend to be rushed. When I used my old crock pot the meal was always perfect. I need one!
My biggest challenge is that I seldom give dinner a thought until it is 4:30 in the afternoon and the kids start asking, “What’s for supper?” By that point, I am tired and desperate. Getting a crockpot meal going early in the morning would definitely help me avoid that scenario some days.
I just can’t decide what to make. By the time I make a decision it’s so late & my hubby & son are starved!
Thanks!
Mi biggest challenge is finding recipes that all 6 like!! Thanks for the chance to enter!
My challenge is in planning. It’s tough to cook a nice meal when you don’t know what you want until 6pm LOL.
My biggest challenge for dinners is making sure I plan ahead. If I don’t then we end up eating a much less healthy meal.
The biggest challenge is to coordinate everyones schedule so they are around at the same time.
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners? .. finding something that can be easy to cook and ready when everyone wants to eat. We all eat dinner together and have always made that important to us. The use of a crockpot would help .. BIG TIME.
my biggest challenge is saving money by buying cheaper cuts of meat-and making it taste good
I struggle with finding meals for just my husband and I without wasting food! This is such an amazing crock pot!
the biggest challenge is making everyone happy. tastes vary a lot when you have 5 people in the house ranging in age from 4 to 56.
My biggest challenge is finding the time. With a toddler hanging on me it’s hard to feel like trying to prepare a big meal.
Mine biggest problem is trying to find suitable dinners with not too many carbs..My 8 year old had Juvenile diabetes and we have to count carbs on EVERYTHING!! Can be quite a challenge sometimes..
My biggest challenge is finding something everyone in the house will and can eat. We have a few different allergies so it seems like I am always making a few different meals every night.
my biggest challenge is making ENOUGH.
My biggest challenge is choosing what to fix! By the time I decide it’s usually getting late!!
when i’m cooking dinner is when the kids are the worst…tired, hungry, cranky and it makes for a difficult time! I need fast, easy, healthy…and if I can put it in the crockpot early we’re golden!
My biggest challenge is not having to cook 2 different dinners for my picky little eaters.
My biggest problem, is when naptime runs into dinner prep time and/or the baby insists on being held constantly. I actually rely on my crockpot once a week but having a second would make it so I could make dinner and dessert in crockpots, and not have to worry about being available at 4pm to prep dinner. Great Giveaway!
My biggest problem is getting meals scheduled in around everyones schedule.
Dinner is the challenge. I have ruined more meals than not. I have even ruined crock pot meals – I’m blaming that on the crock pot, shhhh. Maybe this new crock pot will help me feel more confident in the kitchen, m’kay? Thanks for the chance to win it!
My biggest challenge is finding the time and motivation to make good, healthy meals. Thanks for the giveaway!
My biggest challenge is gauging when my nursing son will need to eat while I am trying ti finalize preperations. He is on a semi schedule but it always seems like he needs me the most when I am trying to finish off the meal.
One challenge is that dh’s “get home time” varies by an hour or more, but MY biggest problem is losing track of the time in the afternoon & suddenly it’s 1/2 hr till dinner time & I haven’t even STARTED.
I think my biggest challenge is remembering to defrost the meat I need in the mornings. Dinner gets really delayed when you have to deal with frozen solid main courses!!!
My problem is tryin to make a variety every week!
Only one challenge? Oh, I guess sometimes I work later than other nights, so it can be difficult to figure out what to make. A crockpot would be so helpful. Thanks for the chance.
I would say eating a variety of food. We have a handful of recipes that are fairly nutritious, cheap, and liked by everyone, but we rarely stray from these.
My biggest challenge for week night meals is stretching our dollar to get through the week. Towards the end of the two week pay (military) we dont have a lot left in the cabinet to make a great meal. If we make smaller meals especially crockpot ones it really helps us stretch our dolalr until my husband is paid again and we can go to the store
Thank you!
Wow…that looks like a fantastic crock pot!! I think our biggest challenge to weeknight dinners is the variety of food challenges and aversions we have at our home. The hubby is a vegetarian and the kiddos are both allergic to milk. That means I am making two separate meals every night. This crock pot would sure come in handy in my kitchen!!
Thanks so much for the generous giveaway!!
I think the fact that there’s SO much to catch up on after the weekend, and after my baking day that I forget the time… and then it’s not a good thing.
I would love this crock pot… especially on the days I work.
My biggest obstacle in getting dinner on the table is trying to change from work,getting homework done and answering all of my little darlings questions at the same time.
Dinner always seems to suffer on those days.
This would be such a BIG help in this house.
Thank you so much for offering this wonderful giveaway !
As a mom with a full time job my biggest challenge is time. By the time I get home, I feel like I need to make something easy in order to have it on the table in time for dinner. I’d love to have more time to make yummier, healthier things for my fam.
Lisa
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My biggest challenge is planning ahead. I usually wait until the last minute to start making dinner and then realize we don’t have the right stuff in the house. So, pizza it is!
My biggest challenge right now is that I typicallyl have a toddler hanging onto my leg asking ‘up’ while I’m in the kitchen. It takes twice as long to do everything and I’m always worried about safety as she can now reach the counter and stovetop.
My biggest challenge is getting home in time from work to get anything started. My crockpot is so old (think avocado green) that I am leery about leaving it on all day with noone home.
Thanks for hosting this generous giveaway!
My son! 6 months old and dinner time is his cranky time! I turn my back on him or leave the room to work on dinner, he freaks! A crock pot would help sooo much!
My challenge is getting the afterschool activities of my 3 kids plus homework help done and off the table before it’s time to set it and eat. Lots of nights we eat right before bed! Thanks for the opportunity!
My problem is being too tired to get inspired. I used to make a list for the week to take the guesswork out of what to have, but even that has gone by the wayside. That’s why I love crockpots- I can think about in the morning when I have energy!
Limited time (early evening activities) and forgetting to pull meat out from the freezer!
Thanks for offering it!
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With infant triplets, they are always wanting my attention while I’m preparing dinner! I’ve never had a new crockpot so this would definitely be put to good use. Thanks!
My biggest challenge is my imagination (or lack thereof) these days. I am tired of making the same old things. Thanks for the giveaway!
I so need this! Thank you so much!! My current Crock Pot is the lovely lime green one that my parents got for a wedding gift in 1974!!
My biggest problem is not eating out of a box. I hate to cook, hate it. I should cook more things from scratch than I do, I just don’t want to spend an hour on slicing, peeling, chopping, browning, etc.
My biggest challenge is finding food to cook that’s quick. I’m starving by the time I get off work!!
Having enough time! I work full-time and it is hard to get dinner ready after coming home!
Our biggest challenge is deciding what to have! We have very different tastes and it can get tricky! We have found recently that pre-planning our week of meals saves both money and the stress of figuring out what we want!
My biggest challenge with weeknight dinners is time to prepare them before my husband gets home and after my daughter gets off the bus. There just doesn’t seem to be enough time to make something all the time.
My biggest challenge – time. By the time I get home from work it’s already late so I don’t have much time to cook and still get dinner on the table at a reasonable hour. My crockpot does help with this but it doesn’t have a timer so sometimes things end up a bit over cooked. I’ve been wanting a crockpot like this one. thanks for the chance to win one.
Finding something that my husband will eat. He is so picky!
My biggest challenge is finding new things to cook. I seem to be stuck in the dinner rut.
Knowing what to make!!
I need to start menu planning!
My biggest challenge is finding new interesting recipes. Thanks.
My biggest challenges are 1. remembering to defrost whatever it is I’ll be cooking the next day, and 2. cooking enough to feed us dinner plus a couple days lunch, but not cooking so much that we have mass amounts of food!
my biggest challenge is that I need to come up with things I dont always make. you know the normal 5 things (chicken, tacos, spaghetti, any form of pastas)
My biggest challenge is getting us all to sit down together. My husband has retail hours. I love to sit down together as a family and I’m lucky if it happen 2 times a week. I need a new crock pot mine is looking yucky!!
GREAT Giveaway
Heather S.
There is only me and my daughter, by the time I get home and decide what I could cook – it is easier to just eat whatever we can find. I guess I need to plan out meals for the week???
Thanks!
My biggest challenge is coming up with a better variety. I seem to get stuck in cooking ruts where I can’t think past the few favorites of the moment! Oh well, I’m working on it:D Thanks for the great opportunity!
My biggest problem is the planning! I teach preschool from home in the afternoon until 3 and then piano and voice until five. So then I’m exhausted and rummaging through the cupboards at five (or not because I’m on the computer). Last week I did a menu plan for the week which worked good because I prepared more but this week not so good. Last night was corn dogs and tonight was pizza. Ugh.
Always eating at all hours and not as healthful as I would like–
My biggest challenge is actually finding the energy to cook on weeknights.
i don’t have the energy to cook!
defrosting the meat in time
cooking and having 2 kids under 4,becomes quite hard at times!!
My biggest challenge is my schedule and trying to cook. I work 7pm-7am 3 days a week, sometimes more and I never know when to cook and when to sleep! I love my crockpot recipes though!!
Biggest Challenge is getting variety during the week.
Dinner time just happens to coincide with the witching hour in our house. The kids are super cranky and bored and Mommy is counting down the minutes until Daddy is going to get home…it’s really hard to cook dinner with all the crying and whining!
Challenge: figuring out what to have, again. Having a crockpot will open up a whole new set of possibiities.
My biggest challenge is not having all the ingredients available that I need.
My biggest challenge to get dinner cooked each night is having the energy to do it. I have Rheumatoid Arthritis, so by the time I work all day, I am simply exhausted at night.
Thanks so much for this giveaway!
One of my challenges is that every evening is a different schedule. At times, we have kids in 2 or 3 different sports and I might be teaching late. It just makes things complicated.
Biggest Challenge- putting something together that we will all eat. Actually meal planning in general is a challenge for me.
Really great giveaway, thanks for the chance to win.
Kids waking up from naps too early! Thanks for the chance to win!
My challenge is coming up with fresh ideas!
My biggest challenge is remembering to take something out of the freezer so it has time to thaw. I’m the one who says “what should I make tonight?” as soon as my tummy starts growling. By then it’s usually too late to defrost.
My problem is that I can’t start cooking when I get home, it would be too late. A crockpot would really help with that. Thanks!
My biggest problem is variety when you have leftovers. I could probably stand to eat the same thing a couple of times, but not everyone wants to.
Biggest challenge- serving a meal that everyone in the family will like.
We just found out we have some food allergies: milk, eggs, and gluten, so our biggest challenge is coming up with a whole new set of recipes lol. We’re tired of plain chicken hehehe.
My biggest challenge is that we are all going in different directions at different times now that our children are older. It would be wonderful to have something warm and yummy when I got home from my job. It would be wonderful to have hubby and kids dinner waiting. What a blessing you are being to a family. Thank you for your generosity!
My biggest challenge is boredom. I have a hard time coming up with new recipes my children will eat and having them balanced and healthy
Thank you for being part of the Bloggy giveaway. We all appreciate it.
My biggest challenge is trying to get something together every night, especially since my husband’s schedule varies daily. I often wind up cooking twice or reheating meals for him.
A very handsome crock pot there and my biggest weekend challenge is getting motivated to put something together that will taste good and be nutritious. I think this crock pot will help with my problem(hoping so:)
Thank you kindly!
My biggest challenge is time. Cooking a meal from scratch takes so long, so by the time everyone gets home and I start dinner it’s almost 7:00 sometimes before it’s ready. A crock pot would be great for that problem. My other problem is that I feel like I never have time to unwind from work since as soon as I get home I have to start cooking and then cleaning up after. Thanks for the giveaway!
If I have done preps earlier, than things go smoothly, otherwise, every evening I feel like I don’t want to cook and go outside for dinner.but ultimately, I end up making something..which is not that bad either.
A big challenge is resisting the lure of fast food when I’m tired and just don’t want to be in the kitchen….
Simply finding the time to make something good AND fast
There just isn’t enough time to cook these days! 
Thanks for the great giveaway
My biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners is coming up with something we will all like that is also not the same-old. I have trouble with my menu planning, getting stuck in a rut with the same dishes. I’d love to have a smart crock so I could plan more of my meals in advance and come home to yumminess!
Thanks for the opportunity!
My biggest challenge for weeknight dinners is to try and not “feel bad” if all I make is mac and cheese. I grew up in a home where meat was on the plate every night and have the mentality if I don’t cook meat, we’re missing something. Thanks for the chance!
Just starting it at a decent time! Sometimes I forget to thaw as well.
ok, on the weekends my wife and i are always taking the 2 kids out to the zoo or the aquarium or the childrens museum or somehting which takes all day, and being the one that does all the cooking….we always end up picking up somehting up on the way home….gets old really fast, with this baby set it up before you leave and bam you get home …done! a Fathers dream, fast and easy. i don’t know why i never thought of this before.
Finding recipes that are quick, healthy, and will actually be eaten by my family. Such a challenge!
Coming up with new and exciting things to make that everyone will like. It is hard to please my picky eaters.
My biggest problem is trying not to forget to make something until I’m starving myself!
My problem has two feet and can’t leave mommy alone and the other problem still just starting to crawl… Makes it difficult to cut, wash, and cook in different pot/pans when someone is under foot or MOMMMMMMM I need/want….
My biggest problem is thinking of things that dont take long to cook. By the time I get home from work and the kids get home from school and sport practices, we ar all hungry. And cooking something that is going to take a few hours is out of the question. This crockpot would be great- I love the keep warm part.
Thanks!
My biggest challenge is coming up with something that can be ready with in moments of walking in the door and be something that everyone will eat and be happy about. I get so discouraged with all the complaining…
My biggest challenge is finding something new or different so I don’t feel like I am making the same thing ever week.
My biggest challenge is not giving in and stopping on my way home from work to buy something premade – or just totally caving and going through the Chick-Fil-A drive through.
Simply planning ahead would help. I usually want til last minute and then it;s a hassle!
My biggest challenge this week is finding time to cook when I would rather be entering giveaway:-) Actually, my biggest challenge is finding recipes that I, my husband AND my toddler will all eat, as well as finding ways to get more vegetables into our diet!
ugh, weeknight dinners, sigh, I work alot of hours, and by the time I get home my good intentions are out the window, so this would be wonderful to be able to throw something on before work and to have dinner ready when I get home.
There is nothing about it that is not challenging…single parent, 2 kids under the age of 4, getting home at 6:00 or 6:30, one that refuses to eat cheese or any quick foods and one that only wants the quick foods. It is hard finding time to shop, have the staples and make a nutricious meal that does not take me all night.
My biggest challenge is that I never know what time hubby will be home, our business is supposed to close at 6, but it never does. I love my crock pot tho, can’t remember the last time I cooked something without it. I use it most of the meals.
Count me in, I would love to have a new one.
My problem is both figuring out what to make (ie planning ahead) as well as getting it ready at a reasonable time (ie planning ahead). Thanks for a super giveaway!
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My biggest challenge is keeping a schedule! I am at work until 9 or 10 at night 3 days a week now, so we eat LATE. Needless to say, instant meals are much easier then…
My husband does most of the weekend cooking, but it is hard coming up with new ideas for the weekends.
Getting everyone to eat the same dinner is my biggest challenge. My kids will not eat if they don’t like something – I didn’t have that option when I was a kid, you ate what was in front of you. Thanks!
I also never have the time to fix something that tastes good and is easy to fix! I’m tired of frozen pizza when I don’t have time. A crock pot would allow me to put something in before bed and have it ready for dinner!
I have a hard time finding things to make that don’t take very long. I find recipes, but they seem totake me a lot longer than it says. I really need help with this. cookiecutter72 at hotmail do tcom
finding a variety of budget friendly dinners. I would love to win this, thanks!
My biggest challenge to getting dinner on the table on weeknights is that everyone seems to be on a different schedule. My husband gets home late some nights and the kids need to eat earlier so they can get to bed at a decent time. Plus the kids are starving for a snack right after school.
My biggest challenge is what to make and when to make it. First, my husband and my daughter are EXTREMELY picky eaters!! But then, my husband’s schedule isn’t ever set in stone, so I never really know when exactly he will be home. Meals are frustrating…I should just start cooking large amounts for myself when I get hungry and everyone else can work around me.
my biggest challenge is finding recipes what i like and taste great …
thanx bunches:)
i would love to have this i need a new one. My biggest Challenge is finding something that is cheap and within our budget and thats quick especially on the weekends cause it seems like we are extra busy
My husband is on call and works odd hours. It’s hard to have a fresh and hot meal ready when he is.
Thank you for the chance to win, we have a very little crock pot, a big one would be very nice to have.
Definitely to answer your question, my biggest challenge in having my kids occupied so I have time to cook. I usually have something planned, but don’t always have time to cook it!
Thanks for the opportunity to win!
My biggest challenge is I suck at cooking! Crock pots make it so much easier
I would say my hardest time is i am right now a single mom with three small kiddo’s under the age of four. So when it tie to start dinner that is when all the craziness comes out. All the “mammy I need”, “mommy can you”, “he did this or that” and on and on.
So a wonderful crockpot would be great as a dear friend not know I don’t have one just send me crockpot meals to help me in this crazy time till daddy returns home from over seas.
Thanks,
Jodeth
Okay….I have five kids: 4 boys, 1 girl…and three stepsons that come to visit. It takes all my energy just to keep up on the laundry.
Now, I already have a crock pot….BUT, another one would be so nice. Do you realize how much all these boys eat? See, your crock pot says it will feed 6-8…um, not in my house! I definitely have enough counter space for two crock pots, in case you were worrying about that issue!
I can’t even begin to imagine what it would be like to actually have leftovers! (ok, I exagerrate, but really, you were smiling, right?)
My biggest challenge is a lack of time.
The worst is when the kids are hungry and whiny and I’m trying to cook. They want my attention and I end up messing up the food or burning it. Oh well, usually it’s still edible. :}
My biggest challenge is coming up with something that both my husband and daughter will want to eat, that uses fresh ingredients, and doesn’t take more than 30 minutes to prepare from start to finish!
Thanks!
Honestly, I have trouble with EVERY meal becasue I’m a horrible cook! LOL, a crock pot my save me! I would love to win this! Thanks for the great giveaway!
right now it’s my kids letting me get away for a couple minutes at all!
Keeping it fun and creative, both for my family and for me- the cook.
My biggest problem is that I don’t plan ahead, so I end up eating fast food WAY WAY too often!
My biggest challenge is getting everyone to eat the same thing.
I struggle with finding the balance between preparing what I really want to eat and what I know my kids will eat.
My biggest problem is breaking out of our routine. We always eat the same foods and it’s definitely gotten beyond boring!
Thanks!
My biggest challange is having everyone home at the same time on weekends. It seems we all run in different directions at different times.
My biggest challange is TIME.. there never seems to be enough of it expecially on the weekends. I have ballgames and practices or friend sleepovers…the list goes on and on
I always seem to be missing just 1 ingredients and there is no time to run out and get it!
I’m not motivated to cook after a lon day of work. And I always run out of ideas! I’d love this to try some of my mom’s crockpot recipes.
For our family weekend dinners are hard because we have SO much going on every weekend!~Anna
My slow cooker died a few months ago and i havn’t replaced it yet so this would be great to win this
Right now i’m in battle with trying to come up with new ideas for what to cook. It feels like the same ole, same old thing lately.
I think that my biggest challenge is pulling together something balanced, and doing it without using too much processed food.
My biggest challenge is trying to feed two homes. I care for my Mom and then my home is left without ,I could set this up at my home and at least they will have dinner ready for that evening.Also it will save me time.Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway
My biggest challenge is finding something interesting. I work evenings so I need to prepare something early in the day and I’m just not meeting the dinner challenge at breakfast time.
i have 2 small children and our biggest meal time delima is having all of our plates ready at the same time so that we all eat at the same time. it seems that my kids start eating before my husband and i are seated and they finish way before we do. they always want dessert while we are still eating our meal. i would love this crockpot! thanks for a great giveaway.
If I don’t plan meals ahead, it seems impossible to figure out what to cook for dinner. Nothing sounds good, or the things that do require a trip to the store.
What is your biggest challenge when it comes to weeknight dinners?
My biggest challenge is because when the weekend hits everything has to be done in those 2 short days; laundry, grocery shopping, spending quality time with the husband and kids, doing something fun, getting out of the house without the car being put into automatic to drive to work….and relaxing somewhere in that time.
Before I got so busy with life I use to love my crock pot but it is an old one, no fancy timer so I had better be home or it will be burnt.
The thought of walking in the door to a ready hot meal that is filling my home with yumminess without hurrying to make it sounds wonderful.
Thank you so much for this generous prize, have a wonderful weekend I Call Times!
This would be a dream come true for our hectic shedule and our family of 8.
Thanks!
My biggest problem is trying to find time to make a nice dinner – I work full time outside of the home, and time for dinner is hard to come by.
Marianne
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Trying to figure out what I should make for dinner.
My biggest challenge is trying to come up with something everyone will like and not letting the toddler destroy the house in the process.
Would love, love, love to have one of the crockpots as I am retired and my hubby is feeling the pain!!!!!! Would be nice to bring something exciting to the table. My old one is crocked out:-)!!!