The ultimate comfort food is a tasty soup served with freshly baked homemade bread. Now for our mothers this presented hours of hard work. Fortunately that is not the case any more. With a slow cooker, such as the Cuisinart PSC 350 3 1 2 Quart Programmable Slow Cooker and a breadmaker, such as the Cuisinart CBK 100 Programmable Breadmaker, the meal almost prepares itself!

Both these amazing appliances are programmable so you can have the food ready at exactly the right time. Imagine returning home after a long day to a fully cooked meal.

To give you an idea of how easy it is, here is a recipe for Northern Bean and Sausage Soup that you can serve with a bread made to any of the recipes included with your Cuisinart CBK 100 Programmable Breadmaker.

 Great Northern Bean and Sausage Soup - Slow Cooker

Ingredients:

• 3 small breakfast sausage links, cut into small pieces
• 1/2 cup chopped onion
• 2 cans (15 oz size) Great Northern beans, undrained
• 1 can (16 oz) Fire Roasted diced tomatoes with garlic
• 2 cups water
• salt and pepper to taste

 Method:

1. Put the sausage and onion in a skillet to cook, stirring frequently, until sausage is browned a bit and onion is transparent.
2. Place in the slow cooker
3. Dump in the beans, diced tomatoes, and water, stir and cover.
4. Turn heat down to LOW and cook for 5 to 6 hours.

The recipe originally says that you must brown the sausage and onions in the slow cooker turned on high. I have not tried it so I cannot stand in for it, but you are welcome to try it. Whatever you do, this is an easy as fast meal to have ready when you need it.