Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken with Pasta is a must try, easy weeknight dinner! Olive Garden dressing, as I'm sure you know, is quite delightful. It would likely be good on just about ANYTHING, but for this dish we are letting it slow cook with our chicken and some cheese. Super easy. Super delicious. MUST-MAKE ALERT: Add this to Slow Cooker Olive Garden Chicken to … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken
Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken is the best and easiest crack chicken! Take your favorite and easy crack chicken and level it up with this fiesta version with taco seasoning and bell peppers! This recipe is from my 15-Minute Freezer Meals Cookbook! Tap below to get your book ordered! Slow Cooker Fiesta Crack Chicken It is a colorful, flavorful … [Read more...]
Beef and Mushroom Ragu
Our family went goo-goo-gaa-gaa over this delicious beef and mushroom laced Ragu sauce! I'm not sure which is the best part - the fact that everyone loved it. Or the fact that it practically cooked itself in the slow cooker all day. This is an easy "Dump Dinner" - where you're just dropping and dumping ingredients into the slow cooker and letting it take care of the rest. (I … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Italian Pork & Sweet Potatoes
Slow Cooker Italian Pork & Sweet Potatoes A delightful slow cooker pork roast with sweet potatoes - served with some dinner rolls or other favorite side. 2 lb. pork roast (bone-in or boneless, or pork tenderloin)Salt and pepper1 cup apple juice3 Tbsp minced onion1 Tbsp Italian seasoning4 large sweet potatoesSide: dinner rolls Peel and quarter the sweet … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Italian Tortellini
Ohhh. My. Word. Friend...I personally don't eat a ton of pasta. I prefer a lower-carb diet in general. But I will devour a bowl of tortellini (on occasion.) This tortellini is especially fabulous, not only for it's depth of flavor, but also because it cooks in the slow cooker. BUT PLEASE NOTE. This isn't the kind of meal you can put into the slow cooker in the … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Alfredo
It's time to level up your next pasta night!!! This chicken and Alfredo sauce is FABULOUS. And...SO EASY cooking in the slow cooker! Enjoy! Slow Cooker Tuscan Chicken Alfredo It's time to level up your next pasta night!!!This chicken and Alfredo sauce is FABULOUS. And...SO EASY cooking in the slow cooker! 1 Tbsp olive oil4 boneless, skinless … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Indian Butternut Squash and Lentil Curry
I spent several years overseas and fell in love with cooking different meals from other cultures and cuisines. It's remarkable how different combos of spices, herbs and simple ingredients can make for such a phenomenal meal. This Indian-inspired dish with lentils, butternut squash and a tomato based curry sauce is to-die-for. We served it with flatbread, almost using the … [Read more...]
Steak Spinach Stroganoff (with Keto Version)
You know what I love about a meal like this... It can hit 2 different types of eaters, without too much extra fuss in the kitchen. The slow cooked part is more or less the same (1 ingredient is different), and then you pair it with your preferred side dish. i.e. I'd eat this with a small portion of cauli-rice, while the kids ate it with egg noodles. Because they … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Bacon-Maple Chicken
Ohhhhh.maaaahhhhh.weeerrrrrrrrrrddddd. This chicken is LIT. (Yes, LIT...you only know what this means if you have teenagers.) Bacon plus maple plus Dijon plus a few other flavors ----- all wrapped around and slow cooked with some chicken. L-I-T. Serve it with whatever your side-dish heart desires! (We had carrots and rice!) Enjoy! Slow Cooker Bacon-Maple … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker – Multi-Cooker – Instant Pot – Which is Right for You?!
So..... I get this question all the time. Do I need this appliance? Or that one? What about this new Instant Pot trend? Do I really need one? The answer is "yes, if you're a busy mama like me, you need an Instant Pot." (And, what about the AirFryer...While I don't get into that in this video, I have one and it's SUPER FAST with cooking frozen packaged foods like … [Read more...]