A delightful sauce that will dress up your next pulled pork lettuce wraps meal! Get. In. My. Belly. (Name that movie!!?!!) Oh my heavens...next time you pick up a pork roast, please make these. Please. Please. Please! First cook the pork roast in the slow cooker... then proceed... Make the soy-sesame-garlic-onion-ginger sauce. Pour over the pulled … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken
This was one of those meals that sorta came together and ended up "balancing" perfectly. I started out with chicken and pineapple in the slow cooker. Then as dinnertime drew closer, I decided that rice would be a nice complement, and found a side of the red cabbage apple slaw in the fridge! (How to Shred Cabbage here.) Voila! Slow Cooker Hawaiian Chicken Pineapple … [Read more...]
Shredded Beef Sandwiches with Red Cabbage and Apple Slaw
Right now in SW Ohio, we are entering what my friend Jenny has dubbed "hormonal weather" season. It's the high, low, warm weather tease one day, snow flurries the next. HOT FLASHES. That's what these warm weather teases are y'all. Weather hot flashes. One day there's a dusting of snow on the ground and the next we are swinging at the park in our t-shirts. It's during … [Read more...]
Pulled Pork with Red Onion
This recipe is featured in the 21 Freezer Cooking Recipes from Costco Meal Plan #5. Several weeks ago I purchased a large pork tenderloin. I used part of it to make Spanish Stew, sliced off a few pork chops, and then left the remaining portion whole to cook in the slow cooker. This is quite simple...I placed the roast fat side up in the slow cooker, topped it … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Batch Cooking: The Super Supper Saver
Having that ground meat, already cooked and ready to pull out of the freezer is a super supper saver. It's a strategy that works with busy toddlers under foot, hungry teens hovering and all those in between. (that's us!) For about two years now I’ve been batch cooking with my slow cooker every shopping trip. My friend, Little Sanctuary, shared how she cooks ground meat in … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Creole Chicken
A simple variation of chicken and rice. It's simple to make. It calls for simple ingredients. And is simply delicious! This is the last of the recipes that was on my "pantry challenge" list from December and January. And how fitting that I'm making it on the last day of January! I had the chicken thighs in the freezer and knew I wanted to use them in the slow cooker … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Macaroni and Cheese
This Slow Cooker Macaroni & Cheese ranks right up there with premium comfort food. A great side for a New Year's Day meal. Okay, I confess. We even have this easy recipe as the main course on busy weeknights or for Sunday dinner. It's a dressier version of the boxed kind. Homemade macaroni and cheese for the seven of us. A highly requested family … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup
Takes 10 minutes to brown the beef. In that 10 minutes, you can get everything else ready for the soup. And then 6.5 hours later, your meal is ready! So simple, so quick, so delicious!!! (For when you're tired of turkey and you need some beef!) Slow Cooker Beef and Vegetable Soup Ingredients 1.25 lb. ground chuck ($2.23) On sale for $1.79/lb 1/2 onion, … [Read more...]
Simple Sunday Beef Roast
A simple Sunday Beef Roast. I bought a chuck roast last week. I cut part of it into cubes for Beef, Mushroom and Barley Soup. And I seasoned the rest with lemon pepper and lemon juice, to roast in the oven. I was a bit anxious about the lemon flavor with the beef roast and vegetables, but it totally worked. Gave it some flavor flare, but not so lemony that it was a … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Spicy Chili
I love chili in the slow cooker. I love how it makes your house smell delicious all day long. I love how you can tell your spouse when they get home that you've "been slaving away" on dinner...because a smell that good certainly means you've been slaving away! ;) I love how you can mix and match ingredients so easily with chilis and soups. And I love that it's finally cool … [Read more...]