Crockpot Curried Carrot-Ginger Soup (#SundaySupper)
At last! I have been trying to adapt this recipe for the crockpot for ages. And I’ve been a bit stressed about it, since I committed this recipe for this week’s #SundaySupper not knowing if I was going to finally get it right.
Magic Crockpot Pasta Sauce
The magic in this recipe comes from the way you can use pretty much anything for the ‘vegetables’, so can use it for crisper clean-out day. What I like to do is chop up leftover vegetables and the “less desirable” bits, like broccoli & mushroom stems, and freeze them. I usually have several bags of [...]
6 Steps to No Muss, No Fuss Crockpot Oatmeal
It’s oatmeal season!! And crock pot season!! This makes me very happy. Especially since it means I get to wake up to piping hot oatmeal every morning. Here’s how:
What’s in the Crock? Another Crock! Oh, and oatmeal.
I’ve spent an absurd amount of time recently thinking about oatmeal. A lot of things have consipired to make this happen: My sister put me onto the joys of real oatmeal. Not “minute oats”, not instant; the real-deal squished oats. Andrea wrote a post about steel-cut oatmeal. I’m so glad I’m not the only person [...]
Calibrating the Kitchen
I am trying to lose weight. No, scratch that: I am losing weight. And one thing everyone knows is important when you’re trying to lose weight is portion control. But one of the things that has always stymied me is recipe yields, especially when using my favourite kitchen appliances: my slow cookers. Now I know [...]
What’s In The Crock? Peanut Butter.
Ok, so there’s chicken in there too, and a couple of other things. But the peanut butter is definitely the most important part. I tried this recipe the other day, and as always, a little bit went onto the toddler’s plate. I wasn’t hopeful, the only meat I’ve ever seen her consume was in the [...]
What’s in the Crock? Magic Black Bean Soup
What makes this soup magical? It can make just about any vegetable just disappear. I love it, partly because it’s tasty, but especially because it calls for ‘vegetables’. Pretty much any vegetable will do. We make it to clean out the crisper use up broccoli & mushroom stems give a home to all that extra [...]
What’s in the Crock? Snap Chicken.
Snap. As in it’s a snap. This is so easy I’m not sure you can even call it a recipe. I started with a dish from allrecipes.com, dropped some high-fat stuff, then a couple of other things I didn’t have, looked at it and said “well cripes, that’s nothing but chicken and soup”. So I [...]
What’s in the Crock? Chickpea Curry.
This is a long-time favourite, based on a recipe from an old Weight Watchers mag (with a few tweaks). I usually make a triple batch of the onions etc., freeze two “spice bricks” and use the third right away – then the next two batches are “dump & go”. It’s also a quick-prep if you [...]
What’s in the Crock?
As I walked in the door this evening I paused to inhale deeply – dinner had been simmering gently for 6 hours, filling the house with the aroma of comfort. I love my crock pot. I love it when walking in the door feels like pulling on my favourite fireside sweater. And I love the [...]
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