I love the open slow cooker put stuff in and have dinner waiting when you come home dishes. This dish actually takes about 10 minutes of preparation before putting it into the slow cooker. It is so worth it though. The delicious pork is tender and has a great flavor from the onions cooked in…
Category: Slow Cooker/Crockpot Dishes
Slow Cooker Cheesy Bacon Hamburgers – A Perfect Game Day Dish
This is probably the most unhealthy dish I have made for my family in quite a while. But, sometimes that is okay. I don’t know if you can tell but there are carrots on the plate and I served it with a side salad to make myself feel it better. I hate the Mommy Guilt…
10 Delicious Slow Cooker Recipes for Fall
I love Fall! The great sleeping weather, the crisp apples and the smell of cinnamon everywhere you turn. This time of year my slow cooker is working overtime. I love coming home to a dinner about 90% complete. Adding a salad, sides or a bit of spices to the pot make the meals complete. These…
Slow Cooker Sweet and Spicy Pork
Back to the slow cooker! I love recipes that I can just dump some ingredients in my slow cooker in the morning and at dinner time have dinner 90% done before I even walk in the door. A few people have asked about my slow cooker. I use a 6 qt. Set it & Forget…
Slow Cooker Cheddar, Ale & Bratwurst Soup
I just read the title of this recipe and knew I had to try it. Slow cooker, cheese, ale and bratwurst – all the wonderful things of life. That this dish is made in a slow cooker just makes me so happy! I found the original recipe for Slow Cooker Cheddar Ale and Bratwurst Soup…
Slow Cooker Sweet and Sour Pork Roast
Yes, another slow cooker day for me. I am so glad I did this too. Today was a struggle with school day for both of my children. So, I spent most of the day on the phone, e-mailing and trouble shooting computer issues. By the time 4:00 pm rolled around and we needed to leave…
Slow Cooker Pineapple Teriyaki Pork Chops
This has been an amazing weekend. A Feis in Muskegon, Michigan and a day of relaxation with a bit of cider tasting thrown in. We saw a full rainbow on the way to Muskegon. It was amazing. The kids were saying how long it has been since they had seen one so full and bright. …
Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings – Response to “Is This the End of the Family Dinner?”
The other day there was a news story about how the stress of cooking “home-cooked” meals may outweigh their benefits. Headlines asked, “Is this the End of the Family Dinner?” In the study the women were comparing themselves to their ideal of what a home-cooked meal should be according to magazines, nutritionists and societal norms. …
Slow Cooker Chicken and Gravy
I am teaching my kids to cook. I have them help me make dinner a couple of nights a week. Sometimes it is just cooking the vegetables or making a salad. Other times, like the other night, my daughter cooked the whole meal. I want them to be able to leave home and subsist on…
Slow Cooker Spicy Lime Chicken
We are two weeks from back-to-school time. I can already feel the anxiety beginning to ramp up a bit around our house. I am trying to start them on the school schedule now so that it is not such a shock the first week of school. Things are going okay but I am trying to…
Slow Cooker Chicken Caesar Salad Sandwiches
This recipe is one I have had sitting in my file box for a while. It is SUPER simple and needs very few ingredients. Once you add the Caesar dressing to the chicken dinner can be on the table within 30 minutes. Verdict: Both kids gobbled this meal up. We were going out to dinner…
Slow Cooker Chicken Cheesesteak
I have been reading quite a few blogs lately and some of them scare me a bit. I am a bad mom. I didn’t know it before I read all these blogs. I let my children eat candy. I don’t buy organic vegetables. I don’t check their homework every night. I may be negligent because…
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