Slow Cooker
Easy Slow Cooker Pork BBQ
Easy slow cooker pork BBQ is perfect for those days when you need a “set it and forget it” recipe that can be thrown together in minutes. Sometimes I make my own BBQ sauce for recipes, which (by the way) isn’t difficult. And yet, other times I use bottled BBQ sauce. There’s no one right way to get to town with your sauce! Luckily it’s easy to find an tasty, basic BBQ sauces (with pronounceable ingredients) these days at most grocery stores, or you can even buy BBQ sauce online. Options range from few and simple at ALDI (my favorite), to a range of organic and specialty recipes at stores…
Easy Slow Cooker Pot Roast
This slow cooker pot roast starts with a frozen rump roast. You can’t make dinner prep any easier than that! This may be the easiest slow cooker pot roast recipe in the world. I mean, what recipes start with a frozen roast and end with a full meal, all the trimmings and au jus to go with it? This one. There’s nothing better on a busy workday than knowing you can reach into your freezer, grab the rump roast you bought on sale at the grocery store and froze in order to keep it until “I don’t know when,” and then slow cook it deliciously over the next eight to ten…
Homemade Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce
Make and store homemade tomato sauce a different and simpler way with your slow cooker! This year’s tomato harvest was bountiful. My mother has spent countless hours boiling and canning what seems like endless amounts of tomatoes from their heirloom plants in the high tunnel, and down in the lower field. Friends are sharing photo after photo of tomatoes on Facebook and Instagram that just. keep. coming. Even the little cherry tomatoes growing in my container garden ended up huge, growing nearly to the tip of our house’s roof! In fact, here it is October, and I still have tomatoes ripening—hopefully they’ll ready to pick before we get our first frost. You…
Slow Cooker BBQ Ribs
These slow cooker BBQ ribs are easy to make, mouth watering, and fall-off-the-bone tender! I’m a big fan of tender and juicy BBQ, especially when it’s been cooked slowly over a charcoal grill all day. Smoky, delicious, and oh-so-good. But, for those days where grilling isn’t possible (or you’re just feeling too lazy), a slow cooker — with a hint of broiler at the end — can be your best friend. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links. These slow cooker BBQ ribs are easy to make, mouth watering and fall-off-the-bone tender! The beauty of them, is that they only take five to ten…
Hearty Chicken and Pinto Bean Soup
This hearty chicken and pinto bean soup is the perfect cold weather comfort meal. It warms you to the bone and is super versatile. Cook it stove-top, in your Instant Pot, or all day in the slow cooker like I’ve shown here. Change up the spices, or give it a punch of flavor by adding a mix of herbs and spices! This post was sponsored by Spicentice. Check out their variety of rubs and seasonings, meal kits and chilies from around the world! A few years ago for Christmas we decided to cut back on material gifts to our families. I mean, my parents and my in-laws don’t actually *need* anything,…
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 recipes for busy families. Back then, blogging was a different beast, and bloggers (now “creators”) banded together as a community in a grassroots way you don’t see much anymore. With this chat, we aimed to collaborate and share our methods for getting quick and healthy homemade meals pulled together — a feat that often seems insurmountable, even for the most…
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 beef chili! The kids and I will probably keep ourselves occupied elsewhere in the house (watching Harry Potter on ABC Family; I may have already set a reminder), flipping every now and again to the game. Maybe. The great thing about slow cooker dinner recipes is that you can feed an army, and you can also be really flexible about…
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 by hand (like cheese), and get back to exercising. Easy, right? As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. This post may contain affiliate links. I’ve found the hardest part about getting started is, well, starting. I was all set to hit the pavement with my iPhone and C25K app this weekend (yes, starting back at the beginning with…
