These are evenings when I just love my slow cooker. They are the evenings that it’s dark by 5 pm, everyone is really hungry and dinner just happens. It happens because I did the simple prep work earlier in the day, before I had a headache and a billion after school things to handle with my…
Slow Cooker Veggie Loaded Meatballs in Tomato Sauce
I hope 2016 is off to a great start for you! This year I am focusing on balancing my home and work life a little bit better along with balancing what I eat in the kitchen too. I love comforting meals, but I am working hard to make sure my family gets even more fruits…
Slow Cooker Spicy Sausage & Black Bean Soup
I really enjoy the change of seasons. It’s already gotten pretty chilly here in our neck of the woods and we are getting ready for winter. Living south of Buffalo and on the Lake Erie shoreline means we are in for some chilly, windy winter weather along with lake effect snow. I like to warm…
Easy Slow Cooker Italian Wedding Soup
When it rains all day the only thing I want for dinner is a nice hot bowl of homemade soup. I love having a pot of soup cooking away all day on the stove if I don’t have anywhere to go. I love the comforting smell drifting throughout the house and welcoming everyone home after a long…
Slow Cooker Mexican Chicken Soup
There’s nothing I like more on a cold Winter’s day than a nice warm bowl of soup! Sometimes I just don’t have a lot of time to prepare a homemade soup or I just don’t feel like it because I’d rather be snuggled up warm under a blanket instead of running to the store for…
Slow Cooker Pumpkin Spice Applesauce
This past weekend started out a bit on the chilly side, so I wanted to make something warm in my Slow Cooker. I already had a soup simmering on the stove earlier for dinner, so I thought something for a snack or dessert would be perfect. We went apple picking a few weeks ago so we have…
Slow Cooker Spanish Chicken & Rice
It’s been cold, windy and overcast outside lately and I have been craving warm, comforting meals. It’s the end of fall, things are starting to look pretty brown and the trees are almost bare. My husband thinks I am crazy, but I love this part of fall! Sure it’s yucky outside, but it’s oh so…
Slow Cooker Cheesy Chicken & Rice Soup
This weekend I had a chance to catch up on my clothes shopping for my children. They had outgrown a lot of their warmer clothing and each one of them needed a few things for the upcoming winter. I made myself a hot cup of coffee, covered up with a warm blanket and went to…
Slow Cooker Stuffed Peppers
I’m so excited to get back to using my slow cooker! I love preparing dinner in the morning and not having to think about it all day. In the fall, I use my slow cooker to free up some time during the day so I can get outdoors and do some fall gardening. I have…
Slow Cooker Vegetable Lasagna
The busy days of summer call for simple dinner recipes at our house. I am absolutely in love with making lasagna in the slow cooker. It couldn’t be easier! I love the fact that you can assemble your lasagna without the noodles being cooked. There is no need to buy special lasagna noodles either-…
