slow cooker

Hope everyone had a great St. Paddy's weekend. Mr. S. and I spent most of it playing catch up. He was gone all of last week with his eldest son on a fieldtrip to the Marin Headlands while I puppysat this cute little guy at his house. (Yes, I spoiled th...

Irish Lamb StewRating: 4.5/5 Repost for St. Patrick's.This is an adaptation from several recipes put together in a way that made sense to me with the ingredients I wanted. For instance, I wanted pearl onions but you can just largely dice regular onions...

This month Lazy Susan is tackling the idea of slow cooked. I stumbled upon this recipe in Southern Living Magazine, and even though it has quite a few parts, I knew that it would be worth making. I was right. If you just make the chicken component, you will have found a great recipe...

A couple of weekends ago I found myself making heart shaped cake pops, flourless chocolate cupcakes and heart shaped sugar cookies. All in 2 days. And you know I have to sample everything I bake, because otherwise how could I tell you what it tastes like? I do it all for you guys. I...

I think we can all agree, there's just nothing like Mom's home cookin'.  It just tastes better, doesn't it?  In a veiled attempt to get more home cooked meals I've asked my Mom to submit some of her favorite recipes for me to share w...

A few days ago, Hayley of The Tiny Twig posted over at The Creative Mama about sprucing up your salad.  Hayley’s salad looked so good that I craved salad, and made one every day last week.  I think that salad is one of those things that taste so much better when someone else makes...

It’s been a while since the last Slow Cooker Monday. I’ve been using my slow cooker more recently for easy, healthy dinners – it’s the best coming home to dinner already made (otherwise I sometimes reach for easy, unhealthy dinners like frozen waffles). Another time slow cookers come in handy is cooking for company....

Recipe: Slow Cooker Balsamic Chicken 4-6 boneless & skinless chicken breasts 2 14.5 oz can diced or crushed tomatoes 1 onion, sliced 4 garlic cloves, chopped 1/2 cup balsamic vinegar 2 T olive oil 1 t dried oregano 1 t dried rosemary 1 t dried basil 1/2 tsp thyme Salt and pepper to taste Coat the...

  On Saturday I asked my Facebook fans a simple question: pumpkin butter or apple butter? Both were popular choices and the votes ended up being pretty much split down the middle. Luckily, everyone wins: today is apple butter day and Wednesday is pumpkin butter day! I like both kinds of fruit butter and...

I mentioned a few weeks ago that Crock Pot invited me to create a video for their Crock-Star Confessions. My video will be up on the Crock Pot Facebook page this Saturday, October 29. Today I’m giving you guys a sneak peak of the recipe from my video, but be sure to check out...