In case you haven't seen this AWESOME pork chop and pork roast sale at Costco...you need to take advantage and stock up your freezer! Costco has their Pork Chops and Pork Roasts on sale for $3.49 off any package, which is basically the same as getting ONE POUND free! Now, you can totally just stock up on pork and throw them in the freezer...or make your life easier by making … [Read more...]
7 Droolworthy Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes
Morning friend! Here's a list of my favorite Droolworthy Slow Cooker Dessert Recipes! Tap to see each recipe... Slow Cooker Pear Blueberry Crumble Slow Cooker Caramel Apple Crisp Slow Cooker Peach Cobbler Slow Cooker Cherry Cake (just 3 ingredients) Slow Cooker Raspberry Blackberry Crisp Slow Cooker S'mores Dip Slow Cooker Mocha Lava Cake *passes a … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Split Peas and Brown Rice
Could this possibly be easier or more yummy? Three ingredients in your slow cooker means a hearty, warm, freezer-friendly dinner can be ready with only 5 minutes of effort. My family boycotts the kitchen when we run out of a few items. Bananas are one. And split peas are another. I'm glad something so popular is easy to make and freezes well. Unlike other legumes and … [Read more...]
Rice Cooker Hearty Tomato Soup
What's this about a rice cooker? Turns out, it works a bit like a slow cooker. Only a little faster. It uses less energy than cooking on a stove. And, for me, seems to make less of a mess. Try it sometime. Like with this soup. Tomato soup and grilled cheese are about as American as apple pie, right? And tomato soup seems like one of the standard things to come in to from … [Read more...]
Freezer Friendly Slow Cooker Lentil Recipes
Here's how this time of year goes: You're so busy doing the fun stuff, you'd prefer dinner to cook itself. But then, you remember all the treats you have been snacking on at work or all the icing you and the kids ingested making cookies or the thousands of calories you inhaled at the Thanksgiving table, and your stomach doesn't feel like eating at all. Sound … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken Sandwiches
Busy weeknight dinners just got a cheesy makeover! Not like a silly, cheesy makeover...complete with funny props and faces from a photo booth. Like a CHEESE-y makeover. As in queso blanco and cream cheese makeover. Start these in the morning before a busy day, then come home in time to shred the chicken, mix in the cheese and serve them up...then sit back, relax and … [Read more...]
How to Cook Whole Chicken in the Slow Cooker
Stretch your grocery dollars when you learn how to cook whole chicken in the slow cooker to make shredded chicken and homemade chicken broth. Learn how to cook a whole chicken in the slow cooker, and you'll end up with a double dose of $$ savings and chicken for dinner or your freezer! Welcome to the first post in the "31 Days of Freezer Cooking Recipes" … [Read more...]
Shredded Beef Tacos with Pineapple-Pepper Salsa
I'm often asked why I share so many taco recipes...and there are 3 reasons. One, my boys love them. Two, I live in the land of ridiculously cheap corn and flour tortillas...where the grocery stores have in-store tortilla making presses. And three, because I'm trying to pretend that my kitchen is like a taco truck, specifically Torchey's Tacos. (Last ate at one in … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Carne Asada
Learn How to Make a Carne Asada Marinade to Slow Cook One of the best, most flavorful ways to cook carne asada is in the slow cooker. The time in the slow cooker allows the meat to tenderize, and the acidity of the homemade carne asada marinade adds to the perfectly cooked carne asada. This Slow Cooker Carne Asada marinade is packed with flavor and everyone will love … [Read more...]
Slow Cooker Sweet Potato & Chickpea Curry
This right there y'all...is what you call a delicious, hearty, filling vegetarian dish that even meat lovers will love! I prepped this in the slow cooker because I wanted the chickpeas and the sweet potatoes to soak for a long time in the curried broth. And boy, oh boy...my tastebuds are grateful that I slow cooked this one. The chickpeas and sweet potatoes take on the … [Read more...]