• Quick, Easy, and Healthy Family Recipes

    Get inspired to make more quick, easy, and health family recipes! The recipes below are simple to make, in many cases with ingredients you already have in your fridge and pantry.  In 2014, I joined an live broadcast with other food-focused online creators to chat about realistic food choices and…

  • 5 Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes

    Tomorrow is the BIG GAME, which means fans (and non-fans) will be watching a lot of football (and really great commercials) while feasting on all kinds of game-time goodies. We’re keeping it small at our house: the husband, one friend, our basement man cave, and a slow cooker full of…

  • Chicken Stew

    A take on Ina Garten’s chicken stew, started in the slow cooker and then finished in a Dutch oven. Delish! It’s the new year, and I have a few goals to accomplish — none of which are impossible, nor difficult. I’m going to grow a container garden, try making more foods…

  • Overnight Slow Cooker Chicken Stock

    After making this overnight slow cooker chicken stock you’ll never go back to store-bought! A couple months ago I discovered the beauty of cooking a whole chicken in the slow cooker. It certainly doesn’t replace a perfectly roasted chicken in the oven, with its crispy skin and juicy meat {drool}. But,…

  • Homemade Applesauce in the Slow Cooker

    Homemade applesauce in the slow cooker is a simple way to make beautiful, rich, delicious applesauce that not only tastes great, but also makes your house smell delightful! As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links. The other day my parents shared a…

  • Whole Chicken in the Slow Cooker

    I have to admit, while I love my slow cooker, I’ve been apprehensive about cooking a whole chicken in it. I really adore roast chicken, especially when the skin gets nice and crispy. “Slow cooker” to me doesn’t scream beautiful, crispy skin. Rather, I picture rubbery, inedible skin. I mean…