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Tortilla Soup

November 29, 2021 by Anna 2 Comments

Tortilla Soup

You guys, I promise I make good soup. You certainly can’t tell from the pictures, so you’re going to have to take my word for it. When fall hits, I launch into soup mode. Soup for lunch, soup for dinner, leftover soup for days – it’s my favourite way to eat veggies, and possibly also […]

Filed Under: Slow Cooker, Soups & Salads

Slow Cooker Tandoori Chicken (Freezer Meal!)

September 25, 2019 by Anna 1 Comment

Slow Cooker Tandoori Chicken (Freezer Meal!)

I’ve been on a bit of a freezer meal quest lately, determined to find things that are easy to make ahead, and still taste good cooked from frozen. A huge part of this is being willing to make freezer meals by myself when time presents itself. This means NOT waiting for a sister or friend […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Main Dishes, Quick & Easy Meals, Slow Cooker Tagged With: easy dinner idea, easy freezer meal, easy slow cooker meal, not spicy indian food, slow cooker recipe, tandoori chicken, weeknight dinner, weeknight meal

Slow Cooker Granola

November 30, 2016 by Anna 1 Comment

Slow Cooker Granola

It has come to my attention that not everyone eats granola, and I have a problem with this. Granola is so delicious, so easy, so customizable, and makes yogurt so much more edible. In an attempt to eat more protein and less sugar, one addition to the fridge has been Greek yogurt. I know I’m […]

Filed Under: Slow Cooker Tagged With: breakfast, healthy granola, homemade granola, recipe, slow cooker granola

Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

February 25, 2015 by Anna 3 Comments

Slow Cooker Scalloped Potatoes & Ham

I didn’t actually realize that scallops were a seafood dish until recently. Growing up at home, we had scallops every Easter, and fairly regularly other times, in the form of thinly-sliced potatoes with onions, white sauce, and of course, muchos au gratin. My mom always gave the impression that they were fairly time consuming and fiddly, […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Slow Cooker Tagged With: crockpot scalloped potatoes, slow cooker potatoes

Slow Cooker Beef & Barley Risotto

October 29, 2014 by Anna 10 Comments

Slow Cooker Beef & Barley Risotto

We’re 2 months into this new baby thing, and dare I say I think we’re getting into the swing of things?  I feel like it’s risky to put that out there but, knock on wood, he now goes down consistently around 8:00pm, sleeps mostly-consistently through the night, is learning to enjoy his swing or his daddy […]

Filed Under: Main Dishes, Slow Cooker Tagged With: barley risotto, beef and barley slow cooker meal, cooking, crockpot meal, Entree, make ahead meals, slow cooker, slow cooker recipes

Mom’s Recipes: Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

August 13, 2014 by Anna 10 Comments

Mom’s Recipes: Slow Cooker Tomato Sauce

I always forget about the existence of slow cookers in the summer, since comfort food at this time of year comes more in the form of barbecue and no-bake, but this recipe makes pulling it out an absolute must!  If you think making your own tomato sauce is too time consuming, you need this recipe […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Popular, Slow Cooker Tagged With: easy homemade spaghetti sauce, homemade tomato sauce, recipe, slow cooker, slow cooker pasta sauce, slow cooker tomato sauce, vegetable pasta sauce

Mom’s Classic Pea Soup with Ham

September 26, 2013 by Anna 5 Comments

Mom’s Classic Pea Soup with Ham

Since I’m currently up to my eyeballs in sick children, homework, housework, and fall-welcoming interpretive dances, my lovely Mom is here again with one of the classics – pea soup!  This stuff is thick, green, fragrant, and absolutely soul warming. I happen to have a ham bone in the freezer to be made into exactly […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Slow Cooker, Soups & Salads Tagged With: cooking, home, pea soup with ham, perfect winter soup, recipe, thick pea soup

Mom’s Hawaiian BBQ Meatballs

August 7, 2013 by Anna 10 Comments

Mom’s Hawaiian BBQ Meatballs

Since my mom is here all week (YAY!) I thought it only fitting that I share another of her famous recipes – it’s been too long since a Mom guest post!  I think these meatballs are part of the reason Carl married me, thinking they would be a regular staple in his diet if he […]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Main Dishes, Reader Favourites, Slow Cooker Tagged With: appetizer, Entree, hawaiian bbq meatballs, home, recipe, slow cooker meatballs, sweet and sour meatballs

Mother’s Day Party Plan {Cookbook Review}

May 8, 2013 by Anna 1 Comment

Mother’s Day Party Plan {Cookbook Review}

So this is something new to me – the triple slow cooker!  When I received the book “Triple Slow Cooker Entertaining” for review, I thought triple slow cooker party planning just meant I was borrowing slow cookers from my mother-in-law and sister.  I had no idea they actually made single slow cookers with three crockpots! […]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Slow Cooker Tagged With: corn dip, home, make ahead, slow cooker, spicy bbq shrimp, strawberry rhubarb dessert, Triple Slow Cooker Entertaining

Bacon & Gouda Twice-Baked (or Slow Cooker) Potatoes

April 9, 2013 by Anna 21 Comments

Bacon & Gouda Twice-Baked (or Slow Cooker) Potatoes

I consider myself a fairly confident person.  I make decisions with minimal thought, and I don’t care a whole lot what other people think of those decisions as long as I’m comfortable with them. I wear whatever I like, I eat what I feel like, and I go out without doing my hair. But let […]

Filed Under: Gluten Free, Reader Favourites, Side Dishes, Slow Cooker Tagged With: bacon, baked potatoes, gouda, home, microwave baked potatoes, slow cooker potatoes

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