Never Enough Time [Recipe: Crockpot Chicken Santa Fe]

by Maris Callahan on January 24, 2012

I’ve talked before about the wonders of the crock pot. Or, the slow cooker. Whatever you call it, it’s damn convenient because you can pile all of your ingredients into what is essentially a giant bowl, press a few buttons, set a timer and forget it is there until you’re ready to eat or store it. This comes in handy for me because though I currently work from home, I find myself with a bit of a time management issue.

You know the expression, “the grass is always greener?” Well. Ha. Let’s talk about that. When I worked in a cubicle, I fantasized about working from a home office, where I could clean in between conference calls, start dinner at four pm if it would take an especially long time to cook and make the six o’clock classes at my gym since I wouldn’t have to slog through an hour commute when I was finished working for the day.

Let me preface this by saying that I love working from home. Though at times I long for the structure of a work day and an environment where there are, you know, other people to talk to, I consider myself quite lucky to set my own schedule and manage my own workload. However, the working-from-home fantasy that I derived when I worked in an office? Not so accurate.

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