This just reeks summer. BBQ, pulled pork, sliders. Finger food, grab n go food, picnic food, backyard BBQ food, "take a bite and put it back on your plate and keep running around the backyard" food. Start this in the morning and you've got a great BBQ meal waiting for you when you get home from a busy summer day... See the complete Summer Slow Cooker recipe for … [Read more...]
Sweet Thai Chili Salmon with Veggies
Yes. Another slow cooker salmon recipe. Because I'm crushing hard on cooking salmon in the slow cooker. This is amazing. That is all. I've not had salmon with sweet Thai chili sauce in the past and WOWEEE. We'll be having it again...not only did I love it, so did all the boys! This one is a super simple "load" - it goes like this: line with parchment paper, add the … [Read more...]
Shredded Beef Tacos with Pineapple-Pepper Salsa
If you've been hanging around these parts of the interwebz for any period of time, you've figured out that I love to slow cook meats and shred them up for tacos and sliders! And then I love to add awesome fresh fruit and veggies salsa-toppings. It's a fun game that I like to play with what's on sale and what would work well together. That's how this recipe was born! {If … [Read more...]
Shredded Beef Sandwiches with Red Cabbage and Apple Slaw
This is just perfection right here. Slow cook a beef roast. (Ideally that you get on sale.) Make your own slaw with red cabbage and apples. (Here's how to shred cabbage.) Put it all together on a sandwich bun or slider buns. And you've got yourself an amazing, amazing summer dinner! See the full Summer Slow Cooker recipe for Shredded Beef Sandwiches with Red … [Read more...]
Maple Dijon Salmon
Have you ever cooked salmon in the slow cooker? It's perfect...it doesn't dry out on the thin edges like it can when you bake it or grill it. It only takes an hour, so it's a great "budget friendly gourmet" option for a late summer dinner. Drop it in the slow cooker as soon as you get home and in an hour, you'll have perfect salmon. This maple dijon sauce is divine...and … [Read more...]
Tuscan Bean Soup
Perfectly light for the summer and ridiculously delish. I think you could serve this soup chilled too! While I don't love eating soup in the summer, a lighter "chillable" soup is sometimes all I need/want to eat after a day in the sun. This is also super freezer friendly once it's cooked, so you could do a double batch and freeze some to serve chilled later in the … [Read more...]
Cowboy Beans
Ok, so this might be another meal that I'd just spoon right out of the slow cooker...if that wasn't inappropriate. (Also, who made up the rule that it's not appropriate to eat right out of the slow cooker. I'm totally questioning these "society norms" at the moment...but maybe that's because I'm starving and need to go eat lunch ;) ) This recipe does call for pre-browned … [Read more...]
Spinach Artichoke Dip Chicken
So. I have very little self-control problem when it comes to book stores. And office supply stores. It's like I walk into the store and leave my self-control at the curb, then walk out with more than I went in for. (Thankfully I don't have this issue with the grocery store!) I've learned that it's better for me to order books and office supplies online. Way less … [Read more...]
Mango Chicken
I big puffy heart love mango. I love eating it off the seed. I love it in a fruit salad. I love it in smoothies. And I love it slow cooked with chicken. You could use a ripe mango...or a mango that you thought was going to ripen but isn't ripening fast enough. If that's the case, then you'll definitely want to have this recipe tucked in your back pocket. It's perfect for using … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Berry Crisp
Pardon me while I just take the slow cooker insert and just start eating right out of it. Because I thought about it. Then I thought, I should just have this for dinner...the whole thing...all for me. Sometimes I have these "selfish chef" moments...where I want it all to myself, and this....THIS. This is one of those. If it wouldn't look awkward for me to place the slow … [Read more...]