I made this TWO weeks ago and totally forgot to post it. Ok, that's a lie. I had to psych myself up to actually sit down and get it all out of my head. I knew it was going to be a long one! This was a total winner of [...]

I may be married to the only man in America who doesn't like beef stew. Seriously, you will have to let me know because I can't imagine NOT liking only one of the most amazing comfort foods ever! My mom always made it with potatoes, carrots and beef. The sauce was thick and we'd dish [...]

I STILL haven't gone grocery shopping since before Thanksgiving. Do you believe it? I just haven't had the time and frankly, I don't want to spend the money. Between traveling this weekend and Christmas shopping I'm spent in both the time and money department. Ahhhh gotta love the Holidays! note: Actually I DO love [...]

This idea is inspired by an old favorite of mine, Butternut Carrot Chicken Soup/Stew, which I haven't made in ages. Mostly because butternut squash has been out of season until now. I decided yesterday felt like a crock pot day. I just didn't want to worry about dinner and I had defrosted chicken from a [...]

I've had a package of steel cut oats (this exact container) in the pantry forever! And for some reason I've been nervous to try them in spite of the countless recommendations from twitter friends and fellow bloggers. I decided to try the overnight method and cook the oats in the crockpot, crock pot, slow cooker, [...]

This is a semi-homemade style Sloppy Joe recipe I whipped up for small party I was having today. I wasn't in the mood to do a complete from scratch but I can't possibly serve a meal without veggies (it's just not in my blood ;) so this was a quick compromise. To my surprise... [...]

I have been tasked with bringing a crockpot mini-meal to my friends bridal shower next week. One problem... I never made a crockpot mini-meal! And I can't just follow a standard recipe. You should know me by now. ;) So I decided to use my unsuspecting extended family over Easter weekend as guinea pigs and I [...]

Confession time... I've been so busy with work and the conference that last week I barely had time to cook. We ate out a record breaking 3 nights in a row. I know, I know *hanging head in shame* but hey, I do my best. These things will happen. Well Saturday I was [...]

We are in the middle of a blizzard here in Baltimore. So what do I do? Well, come home early from work and cook, of course. :) I decided to fill the crock pot and not worry about dinner. While it was cooking we played trouble, soccer, watched The Incredibles and had fun. Seriously... is [...]

I knew I would have NO time to make dinner tonight so I grabbed a few cans and turned to my trusted Crock Pot. I have to admit, this is my new favorite veggie chili idea. I just threw everything in the pot and walked away. Next time I'll have a few more veggies [...]

Continuing with my thanksgiving prep I present a completely new idea. Well.... at least I think it's new. :~) As you may know this is the first year I'm cooking Thanksgiving dinner. I'm feeling the pressure to make things very traditional but I also want to make them my own (with health and nutrition in [...]

I LOVE chili! It's like pizza for me, even bad chili is good chili. ;~) (well... unless it's from a can) This chili I purposely made mild to TRY and get the husband and the toddler on board with my chili obsession but alas, I failed. The husband didn't try it, he's just not interested in [...]

It was one of those days I didn’t want to worry about dinner. So before work I pulled out the Crock Pot and a pound of chicken breast from the freezer. Genius! Right? Who ever came up with the crock pot idea should be named inventor of the century. It’s a life savior! So [...]