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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

My Personal Chef

I have a personal chef.  

When I come home from work, my house is filled with aromas; better than any scented candle.   I walk in, and I float through the kitchen.  "Mmm," we all say, amazed every single afternoon.  I smell the chicken basking in the spices.  Rosemary and basil.  My chef has been working furiously all day, for 7 hours.  My chef knows that I find comfort in his healthy and warm meals.  My chef knows I am home with the kids for a very short time afterschool, until we rush to our afterschool activities.  For that short time, we find solace in the meal that he prepares.  My personal chef knows that he is saving me from insanity.  My chef knows that we all love him.  

My chef's name is Mr. Crockpot.  I love him.  

8 comments:

  1. I love my "personal chef" too. I just wish he was married to someone who did the cleaning up after. I love the way you describe coming home to a lovely meal. We just talked about Crock Pots at the staff table the other day. Several people confessed to being too afraid of burning down the house to leave it going all day!

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  2. I need to use mine more. I'm in a food rut.

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  3. I love Mr. CrockPot too!!! (I especially love that my husband prepares him in the morning, so I really don't have to do anything!) Definitely need to use him more often, because that moment of walking in the door to the smell of food already cooking is just magical! :-)

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  4. I love my "personal chef" as well! A wonderful description of how you "float through the kitchen."

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  5. :) I have this personal chef, too...plus a Trader Joe's nearby. Whatever it takes, right? I love that photograph at the top - is that Italy or the South of France?

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    1. I just got a crock pot last month, and it makes my life so easy since every night we are off and running somewhere after school. That is Cinque Terre in Italy. We were expats living in Germany and traveled everywhere. I miss it so much!

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  6. :) I have this personal chef, too...plus a Trader Joe's nearby. Whatever it takes, right? I love that photograph at the top - is that Italy or the South of France?

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  7. I wish I knew how to use my crockpot so that I could have a personal chef too! Everybody swears by them and I just can't seem to figure it out...

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