Corner Cutting

Who has time to cut and prep and stand over a skillet in an apron, barefoot, knocked up, looking all fresh and glorious from a brisk morning walk? Not me. Even when I was preggo, I always wore shoes - bigger shoes - looked like I was stuffing bread loaves in little party hats. And I invariably looked at ways to cut corners.

That's why I am really digging the slow cooker these days.

This time, I threw in already grocery chopped white onions, already minced garlic, already chopped cilantro, already gooed up basil, already ground turkey, already cut and cleaned carrots, and already brothed chicken broth that comes in a box without sugar or other crap that will make you grow a third eye.

I threw them into a slow cooker over a piece of pork tenderloin, turned that bad boy on low for 8 hours and then went out to become a productive member of our society.

When I got home after a very fruitful day (I shoula just stayed home), I turned on the oven to 350, ripped up pieces of kale and put them on a cookie sheet. I sprayed those suckers with coconut oil, sprinkled sesame seeds and Tajin on them and popped them in the oven.

See me sprinkling baby Tajin? My neighbor heard I was out so she gave me some. Thank God for neighbors.

If you tell your child he is eating chips, he will gobble them up. Make sure they're crunchy and crispy, though. Limp kale ain't cool. Apparently, the kale chips gave him a steady hand because he walloped us in a game of Operation.

The slow cooker corner cutter was sure a success. Now if cleanup were only as easy.