Thursday Night Menu: Pot Roast for a Crisp Fall Day
I’m still in re-entry mode, but things are slowing down a bit. When I went to sleep last night, I swore I heard the bustle of Bourbon Street still in my head. To my delight when I returned from...
View ArticleThursday Night Menu: Crash, Bang Edition
My day started out with a bang. A 16 year old girl, rushing to get her brother and herself to their morning finals, hit my car at a stop sign. Physically everyone was fine, my car has some minor...
View ArticleTangy Roast Beef
Did you know May is national vinegar month? Yeah, neither did I. But it is and that’s great because I was just thinking about posting about cooking with vinegar. I use it almost daily. It is so...
View ArticleGadget Post: Crock-Pot
So I decided I needed to update my crock-pot, which was really my mom’s crock-pot, so that puts it in the 30+ year old range. It was the kind that the crock was not removable, so it was a pain to...
View ArticleSuper Bowl Recipes: Quick and Easy Chili
I’m nursing a cold, so I put together a spicy chicken soup and let it slow cook all day. It was the perfect dinner when I returned from work. That was not the first recipe I was going to try. I was...
View ArticleThursday Recipe Exchange: Portuguese Beef and Pasta
Years ago, when I was first learning to ski, I was very frustrated by the amount of time I spent on my ass and not skiing. Someone told me that if I wasn’t spending a lot of time picking myself up, I...
View ArticleBeef Stew in Wine: Slow Cooker or Pressure Cooker Methods
We had a bit of snow last night and there’s a chill in the air. When I was at the market I found a nice cut of chuck and decided I wanted to make stew for dinner. It was about 4 pm, so it was time to...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Corned Beef and Cabbage
I have made corned beef and cabbage a total of one time before prepping for tonight’s recipe exchange. It was early in my marriage and I was having a ball trying out family favorites out on my own. I...
View ArticleGadget Post – Crock Pot
I just had to have a bigger slow cooker than the one we had. It has given good service for more years than I wish to count but it just didn’t have room for a larger cut of meat plus the veggies and...
View ArticleCrockpot BBQ Brisket
I had so much going on with the grill I decided to do a crockpot recipe for a beef brisket that I needed to either cook or freeze.. I’m a big fan of Smitten Kitchen so when a search brought me her...
View ArticleCrockpot Italian Pork
After enjoying the Italian beef from that top sirloin roast the other day I decided to do a pork shoulder in the same manner. This time I used a big slow cooker to do the cooking but the seasonings...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Slow-Cooker Recipes for Busy Days
JeffreyW’s Slowcooker Italian Pork This has been a busy holiday week, so this is a quick and dirty recipe exchange. But first, I want to take a moment and thank all of you for the outpouring of love on...
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Corned Beef Cabbage Dinner
Well look at that, it’s Friday and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations have already begun. I think that means we’ll revisit last year’s recipes, because I was at the store yesterday and briskets were half...
View ArticleFull Menu: Slow-Cooker Pot Roast and Ice Cream Delight
Pot Roast and Veggies, photo by JeffreyW Chuck roasts were on sale this week, so of course I wanted pot roast. I love pot roast. Throwing the ingredients in the slow-cooker and coming home to a true...
View ArticleSlow-Cooker Tangy Pot Roast
New puppy or not, gotta eat. Chuck roasts were on sale this week, so I bought a five pound one, cut in half and marinated one half and froze the other. I threw the corn in the slow-cooker during the...
View ArticleFun with Food: Slow-cooker Spinach Lasagna
This week I’m having fun with unusual recipes in unusual gadgets. Here’s one from December 2012: This is a great take on spinach lasagna, using a slow-cooker. This entire dish completely surprised me....
View ArticleFriday Recipe Exchange: Fun with Gadgets
When I was sick last month, I watched a lot of cooking shows while resting on the couch. One that caught my imagination was different things that can be made in a waffle iron. That spurred the idea for...
View ArticlePulled Pork Two Ways For The Slow-Cooker
This recipe is so simple and so very good. It’s great to make and then have ingredients for sandwiches all weekend. Eat cold or reheat, both are good. Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork 2-3 lb boneless pork roast...
View ArticleMulti-Pot Electric Pressure Cooker
I finally got my new pressure cooker/slow cooker. I was going to get the Instant Pot, but every time I went to order it, it was back ordered. Then I stumbled on the Multi-Pot and it had all the...
View ArticleMulti-Pot Cooking: Bourbon Beef Stew
Used the multi-pot to cook up a big batch of Bourbon Beef Stew (recipe here) for dinner guests. I sauteed the beef in the multi-pot, along with the onions and then added the remaining ingredients and...
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