If babysitting a pot on the stove is not your idea of a good time, these Slow Cooker Collard Greens with Smoked Turkey are going to need to pay you a visit. Instead of minding a huge stockpot for hours on Sunday or during the holidays, these greens putter away all by their lonesome in…
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Spiced Apple Cider in the Slow Cooker
This Slow Cooker Spiced Apple Cider is an easy recipe for adults and kids to assemble and enjoy. It’s a simple recipe that elevates straight apple juice or cider to epic flavor proportions. I’m winding down my “cold weather” recipes here. Not that I won’t post more, mind you, I’m just trying to taper them…
Wassail (Slow Cooker Mulled Wine with Apples)
‘Tis the season to get litty, fa la la la la, la la la laaaaaa. Seriously, friend, we have earned a good time this holiday season. If you’re reading this, you have survived wildfires, civil unrest, a crazy election here in the States, and a global pandemic. Cheers to you! Wassail means “good health.” This…
Slow Cooker Cinnamon Applesauce
Let’s whip up a quick side dish to serve at breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, or dessert. With minimal effort and the kitchen workhorse known as the slow cooker, this warmly-spiced Cinnamon Applesauce can be the side dish of your dreams. When it comes to figuring out how to round out a meal, you can’t beat…
Pumpkin Cream Cheese French Toast Casserole
I’ve held off for as long as I could. Pumpkin-everything is coming, and it’s coming in hot; so go ahead and yield to it. I, personally, have been on a slow cooker kick lately. Since the use of my stove or oven heats this apartment up to ungodly temperatures, I’m forgoing their use as much…
Make Ahead Western Omelet Baked Potatoes
Today is my 20th wedding anniversary. Guess what I’m doing? I’m recipe-testing and trying to discourage my 14 year-old daughter from changing her writing style from Laura Ingalls Wilder to E.A. Poe. American Literature has somehow caused her to want to make a change to the macabre. Yep! Life only gets more glamourous the older…
Sausage & Potato Stew with Kale
I don’t pretend to be an expert on Tuscan cuisine. Truly, the only requirement for labeled “Tuscan”, in my opinion, is that it needs to be rustic, comforting, and filling. Thus, this Sausage & Potato Stew with Kale is nicknamed my Tuscan Sausage & Potato stew. Gather Your Ingredients The best part about this stew-…
Slow Cooker Pulled Pork in Mojo Sauce
You guys! I’m killing this healthy eating thang!! In doing so, I also realize how much I eat rice. I’m a Latina, okay? It’s what we do. This recipe is another workday/kid/mama’s-gonna-lose-her-ish-friendly recipe. Slow Cooker Pulled Pork in Mojo Sauce is a mouthful, but seeing as how mouthfuls are good around here, it’s also fitting….
Overnight Apple Pie Steel Cut Oatmeal
Okay, confession time. Even though I’ve been sharing tons of back-to-school recipes- we kinda sorta haven’t started school here. I’m just old-school in my thinking. School shouldn’t start until after Labor Day, in my opinion. And, since we homeschool, I can begin whenever the heck I want to. So, I wait until after the September…
