Sometimes its nice to have something cooking low and slow for the day and just forget about it. Some days I love to cook some days I have zero interest in making anything. I know I am not alone with this thinking. One way to get out of making dinner around dinner time is to dust off your old crockpot. With SO many different ways … Continue reading pot roast in your crockpot with gravy
Last Sunday I was kind of an over achiever; of sorts. I must have been hungry when I went grocery shopping since I came home with short ribs, a brisket and some sweet Italian sausages and a plan; well kind of a plan. I hadn’t planned on making everything on Sunday but it didn’t stop me. I had both of my crockpots going and some … Continue reading short ribs in a slow cooker
I haven’t really been thinking about the holidays just yet. I literally looked at an actual calendar earlier today to see how many more days I have to get my stuff together. Guess I need to giddy up a bit. So on my grocery shopping list today is quite a few items I will need for my Thanksgiving dinner. I find it a little less … Continue reading Chicken Chili – slow cooker
I know I feel old talking about the weather; again but it has been so soupy and wet for the last month or it seems like a whole lot longer; but you still have to eat right? I know the slow cooker seems more like a winter item but if you can’t or don’t want to cook outside because your going to get wet by … Continue reading Slow Cooker Short Ribs
just to be upfront it is not my award winning turkey chili recipe and I am not sure what award it won but I made it this past week, OK yes I changed it a bit but we all loved it. My son said it could use some more salt but I was basically making it for my in-laws and my father-in-law needs less sodium … Continue reading award winning turkey chili
I finally found plants the deer and bunnies won’t eat grrrrr. They at least don’t like tomato and cucumber plants. We HAVE to do something about the wildlife around here. Don’t get me wrong I know I live in the woods. I know they also live in the woods but we have gotten along pretty well over the last; close to 20 years however they … Continue reading Garden Tomato slow cooker sauce
It’s beginning to be a bit like groundhog day around here starting our 6th week working from home! At least that is what my daughter keeps saying. We both work for different companies albeit the companies share a parking lot but they couldn’t be more different. We also have different hours but I created a workstation for us both along one of the walls in … Continue reading Ham bone soup
you can’t tell me that won’t make an amazing stock How are you holding up? We are doing well though this morning made me “think” a little differently than my norm. I was about to make french toast and grabbed the dozen of eggs from the fridge and immediately thought; wow that’s going to use a lot of my eggs we should have something else. … Continue reading chicken and rice soup with homemade stock
I hope you are able to keep in good spirits during this trying time in our world. I know the local government in every state are having to make a lot of decisions they have never had to make in their lifetime as well as us as citizens. So the topic of conversations we have had all start with what’s going on. I am OK … Continue reading Chicken Chili in the slow cooker
Happy St Patrick’s Day – I have my corned beef simmering on the stove top. Instead of peeling my veggies like I normally do so everything is prepped ahead of time; I decided to make some cornbread in my slow cooker. Yeah you read that correctly. I have been getting and give a couple of subscriptions of Better Homes & Gardens for more years than … Continue reading Corn Bread – slowcooker
