I made this for my coffee and then shared it with Hubby. Hubby loves the flavor combination.
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Traci
About 15 years ago, my mother-in-law and father-in-law were on the Adkins diet. They created a dip/ dessert that we used to eat with cut strawberries. Their recipe contained sugar-free pudding. Usually, the pudding was either cheesecake-flavored or white chocolate flavored.
When I was a new teacher, I would make this recipe with regular pudding to take to carry-ins. One of the retired teachers loved this dip. She would request it every time there was a carry-in.
I posted this recipe back in 2010 when this blog was still new. I didn’t have any pictures to go along with the recipe. This would be a good side dessert for Thanksgiving or Christmas dinner. You can serve it with a tray of fruit. That way, people can pick and choose their favorites.
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My family loves homemade whipped cream. We eat it on desserts such as the crockpot caramel apple crisp or put it on fancy coffee drinks such as pumpkin spice latte.
This is an easy recipe. Actually, I usually start the whipped cream in the mixer while I’m finishing up other dishes. Don’t worry; I still keep an eye on it.
I use my Kitchen Aid to make the whipped cream with the whisk attachment. You could make this with a hand mixer also.
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I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
The Wee One loves tacos. He will eat 2 to 3 tacos when I make tacos for him, which is good because he needs to eat.
On Friday, the Imaginative One would not be around for dinner. Hubby and I had plans with my co-workers. So I decided to make tacos for the Wee One and my mother-in-law, who would be watching him. He loved this recipe. In fact, he ate 3 tacos on Friday night.
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Traci
I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
Have you ever had a day where you wished you could go back to bed? Thursday was one of those days. So it was nice to come home to some comfort food.
We love pot roast at our house. I’ve made the same recipe for pot roast for over a decade. That is, until I found this recipe back in May. We have had it 3 times since, and we’ve enjoyed the meat each time.
The meat becomes super tender when cooked in vinegar. Yum! Plus, the flavor is out-of-the-world delicious. This pot roast is going into rotation at our house.
This is also a super easy recipe. You need only a few ingredients to make this dinner.
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Traci
I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
This pulled pork is super easy and only requires three ingredients.
I went on a field trip to the Freedom Center in Cincinnati yesterday. When I got home, I was exhausted, so having the pork in the slow cooker made having dinner easier. I shredded the pork and made some root beer barbecue sauce for the sandwiches. Imaginative One made some French fries to go with the sandwiches. The pulled pork sandwiches were such an easy dinner.
I ended up freezing the remaining pulled pork for future meals.
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2. Place pork in a stand mixing bowl. Use the paddle to shred up the meat.
3. Put the shredded meat back in the slow cooker until you are ready to serve dinner.
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Traci
I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
My family loves simple meals like sandwiches. These sloppy Joes are an easy meal to put together, especially if you bulk-cook the hamburger and use frozen peppers and onions.
Hubby enjoyed his sandwich. The boys balked at it because of the onions, peppers, and mushrooms. Wee One refused to try it, while the Imaginative One took out the onions, peppers, and onions. I loved it, but then again, I love cheese steaks!
So who and where did the cheese steak begin? I looked on the Internet and found the history of the first cheese steak, even though there was no cheese on the first sandwich.
1930s – During the 1930s in the Italian immigrant section of South Philadelphia, brothers Harry Olivieri (1916-2006) and Pat Olivieri sold hot dogs and sandwiches. Tired of hot dogs, Pat suggested that Harry go to a store and buy some beef. Harry brought it back, sliced it up and grilled the beef with some onions. The brothers piled the meat on rolls and were about to dig in when a cab driver arrived for lunch, smelled the meat and onions and demanded one of the sandwiches. Pat never got a bite because a cab driver drove by, smelled the sandwich, and asked how much? He didn’t know what to charge, so he charged a nickel. The cab driver supposedly said, “Hey . . . forget about those hot dogs, you should sell these.” It was not until 20 years later that cheese was added to the sandwich by a longtime employee, Joe Lorenzo, who was tired of the usual sandwich and added some cheese.
From What’s Cooking America (Click on link for more information about the cheese steak.)
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I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
Our family loves ravioli. It’s such an easy meal to put together. This recipe makes its own sauce, so it’s a one-pot meal. Add a salad and garlic bread to the meal to make a complete meal.
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I’ve signed up for a 31-day writing challenge. Every day in October, I post a new slow cooker recipe, a link to a previously posted slow cooker recipe, or a recipe from another blog.
When I planned my meals last Saturday, it was rainy and COLD, with temperatures in the 40’s. When we had the soup on Sunday, temperatures were in the 70’s. Even with the temperatures in the 70s, I still went forth with my plan of soup.
Soup in a slow cooker makes sense. It can cook all day, so the flavors really blend together.
On the cold rainy Saturday, the boys and I ran errands. Since the boys were extra good, I took them to Barnes and Noble. As they looked at books, I looked at the cookbooks for slow cookers. I was looking for inspiration for the 31-day challenge. I ended up finding a Southern Living Cookbook in the clearance section.
After I looked through the book, I decided to purchase it. There was a recipe for potato soup that was super easy. When I made the soup, I made some adaptations. Instead of peeling the potatoes, I left the peels on the potatoes.
Everyone loved the soup. Hubby, my mother-in-law, and I each took an extra helping of the soup.
We ate my buttermilk biscuits alongside the soup. We topped the biscuits with the remaining apple butter from the Apple Fest.
You can top your soup with bacon, shredded cheese, and chopped green onion. We used the bacon and cheese curds from our local dairy. 🙂
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Traci
I told my family I was going to do this challenge. They are very supportive of my taking on this challenge. In fact, Hubby decided to surprise me by changing the area where the crock pot is located. He didn’t like how it was in the back of the counter.
The meat on the cutting board is for a recipe I will post later in the week. The cans and boxes are for other meals this week.
Hubby even rearranged the coffee station on the counter. I’m so lucky to have a super supportive family.
This is the empty jar of apple butter that we got at the Apple Fest a week and a half ago. We really enjoyed the apple butter to the last drop. I made buttermilk biscuits last night to enjoy with the apple butter.
Now onto the slow-cooking recipe of the day:
I posted this recipe five years ago. I didn’t take pictures or good pictures when I started blogging. So I decided to repost this recipe with pictures.
Baked potatoes are an easy side dish. Or you could use the baked potatoes for dinner as a baked potato bar. Yum!
Last week, I cooked baked potatoes with a whole chicken. Hubby told me that he liked the texture of the potatoes. So that’s a win for me!
Hint: Don’t overcrowd the potatoes, so they cook evenly.
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Happy Eating,
Traci
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