I made these babies on the Today Show once. True story. These are also super fast to throw together (like the slow cooker veggie lasagna) because there isn't any pre-cooking of meat to go into the enchies. It's a delicious corn-black bean mixture that you mix up and roll up inside of the corn tortillas. Then douse with enchilada sauce and cheese and let the slow cooker warm … [Read more...]

More shredded pork...because shredded pork is easy summer food. This time we're putting it into tacos...corn tortillas in this case, but you could certainly use flour tortillas. I love the flavor combos from the shredded pork that cooks in salsa verde, along with the creamy goat cheese and spicy bite from the fresh jalapeños! I'm licking my lips just looking at these … [Read more...]

If you've been following closely to the recipes in our summer slow cooker series, you've probably noticed a pattern. Simple. Simple is the pattern. All the meals are super simple. Summer is supposed to be a time of relaxation, loose schedules, more flexibility, later bedtimes. But for us, it often ends up being busier, more frantic and hectic than the school year. It's … [Read more...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]