Critter Chronicles
Slow Cooker
Recipe: Make-Ahead Freezer Chicken Burritos
Once upon a time (it may have been even as recent as a year or so ago) Tony and I used to buy those $0.50 burritos to stick in the freezer for when we were hungry or wanted a quick dinner. It’s been awhile since I’ve let us venture into the frozen food aisle of … Continue reading
Recipe: Whole Chicken in a Slow Cooker
Since we returned back from Okinawa (almost a year and a half ago now!) I’ve really fallen in love with cooking whole chickens. It’s no secret that I’ve loved my Oven Roasted Sprite Chicken for a long time now (though after making it that first time with soda I’ve switched to just using broth/stock as … Continue reading
Recipe: Slow Cooker Honey Garlic Chicken
I came across this recipe on Pinterest last week and decided to make it the next day. I brought Brenna to school and when Anthony and I got home we put this together with about ten minutes worth of work. I’ve discovered recently that slow cooker recipes are a very easy way to let little … Continue reading
Recipe: Hawaiian BBQ Pulled Chicken Sandwiches
A few weeks ago this blog post from Tasty Kitchen popped up in my reader and I bookmarked the recipe to try out when I had more time. Turns out you don’t need much time with this one – five minutes in the morning before work, put in another five minutes of work an hour or … Continue reading
Recipe: Easy Slow Cooker French Dip
>Like the carnitas recipe I just posted, I found this French Dip recipe when trying to find a way to use up a cut of beef that I had in our freezer. I’ve loved French Dip for a long time, and thought this might be a good way to use that roast. As it turned … Continue reading
Recipe: Hawaiian Drumsticks
For one of the first times I don’t know where I got this particular recipe from, and my apologies to whomever I may have taken it from. This is not my recipe, but one’s thing’s for sure: it’s become one of our family’s favorite ways to prepare chicken drumsticks. I don’t have pictures of a … Continue reading
Recipe: Sweet and Sticky Slow Cooker Drumsticks
>So I can’t believe I didn’t post this recipe earlier. Actually, I can believe it; for while there I was about twelve books behind on my book review blog, though I’m finally caught up there. But getting around to posting the new recipes I’ve tried lately has not been at the top of my list … Continue reading
Recipe: Beef with Onion Gravy
> Earlier this year I tried a new recipe for pot roast and it was just about as well-received as all the rest. Tony just really doesn’t like the texture of pot roast meat, but he loved the flavors of that roast and the gravy. In looking through my archives for that recipe I realized … Continue reading
Recipe: Slow Cooker Onion and Cream Cheese Chicken with Vegetables
>Last week I had planned to cook a recipe from my Crock-Pot cookbook, but when I was preparing to get everything in order I realized I didn’t have the exact ingredients. This recipe is heavily based off of that recipe but with, what I imagine is, a very different flavor profile. The original recipe called … Continue reading
Recipe: Slow Cooker Pepper Steak
>Last week I was sitting down to do my regular meal planning exercise, and was trying to come up with a system where I’d actually make the meals I was planning. I remembered a trick I read on Simple Mom, where she plans her meals out a month in advance with a system. She designates … Continue reading
