The best thing about slow cooking is the way that you can throw a delicious meal together with just a few ingredients from the store cupboard. Your slow cooker will pay for itself easily. The time you save when you are making a meal makes it priceless. But, if you want to make slow cooking part of your regular diet, then it pays to have a some staples to keep in your store cupboard to make meal planning simple.Since dead cultures means your yogurt will not yogue, test the temperature of the milk before proceeding. If you have a thermometer, you want the milk to cool down to 110F. If you do not have a thermometer, test the milk with a clean finger-- it should feel like a nice, warm bath, and just little too hot for a baby. If you have let the milk get too cold, it is not a problem. Just warm it up a little before adding the starter.Open your pores with a little steam. A simple option is to hold a warm washcloth over the skin, but for a spa like steam, you can use a slow cooker slow cooker bolognese bacon. Just pour a little water into the unit and turn it on. Lean over the cooker and place a towel over your head to trap the steam. You can even add essential oils to the water for a complete sensory experience.Even better, you can use the slow cooker bolognese for barbecue without using the griller. You just have to put some barbecue ingredients in. It will taste better than the original barbecue cooked in grill and will be softer for your teeth to grind.Remove meat from cooker and set aside. Whisk slurry into broth in the cooker. Cover and cook for another 30 minutes, or until thickened. Serve ribs alongside rice with sauce over the top. Sprinkle with sesame seeds.Wednesday - Romano's Macaroni Grill off Royalton Road, in front of the entrance to South Park Center: Come for "Mezzo Prezzo" or "half price" bottles of wine. For a traditional Italian supper, try pairing the spagetti bolognaise with a bottle of Tormaresca Neprica, a blend of Negroamaro, Primitivo, and Cabernet Sauvignon grapes.Along with a huge platter of whole roasted winter vegetables, the Al Dente pasta and my sauce, freshened by the Leek and Sundried Tomato Sauce, I toasted a whole loaf of hearty Italian bread I'd made a couple days before, it was a day old bread, but covered with garlic and toasted golden brown, who knew?There are some great movies playing this week in Forest Hills' Midway spaghetti bolognese and chips Brandon Theaters. For the kids, "The Croods", "Jack the Giant Slayer" and "Oz the Great and Powerful" are showing at convenient times, with some showings in 3D. For the older teens, there's "Admission" and "The Incredible Burt Wonderstone. For complete listing and times, click here.