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Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken will quickly become one of your weekly recipes when you realize how easy it is to make at home.
Enjoy a great take out style dish that you can make at home. You’ve love the flavors of this Slow Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken.
…Easy peasy amazing Slow Cooker Cool Ranch Chicken is a dish that is sure to satisfy any family member. Enjoy it as tacos, on a salad, or in quesadillas.
You will fall in love with this Slow Cooker Cool Ranch Chicken because it’s so easy to make, just uses a few ingredients, and it’s so delicious. I really like that it can be enjoyed in so many dishes too. Enjoy it as tacos, quesadillas, on salads, and rice bowls- so many options.
…The Simplest Slow Cooker Pulled Pork doesn’t have simple flavors. Robust flavors from a great cut of mean that has slow cooked all day in beer!
Pulled Pork is a great dish that you can prepare quickly, then let your slow cooker take over to do the rest. You’ll love being greeted to dinner when you get home from work. Yum
…Slow Cooker Chinese Orange Chicken- a great way of have take out at home. It’s made in the slow cooker so it’s as easy to make as it’s to call in an order.
My husband and I are going to see Dave Matthews Band tonight!!!!!!!!!
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I just started going back to work from maternity leave with Hunter. Man, it’s been a rough week. Oh shoot, it’s just been 3 days. Wahhhh!!
I am thankful that starting on Tuesday has meant that it is a short week for me. Same with next week with Labor Day. Starting off slow is much better than being thrown into the deep end.
Hunter has been great but I have been a useless mess. I have sobbed driving to work every morning.
I even ditched Price on the first day by dropping off Autumn and leaving him standing at the door to Hunter’s classroom with a puzzled look on his face as I ran our through the main doors waving a frantic bye among other kids trying to get out and get on a bus. I then followed that up with a text in the car apologizing but explaining how I couldn’t go in the room. Very much like the post it that Berger left for Carrie in SATC “I’m Sorry. I can’t. Don’t hate me.”
I’m hoping for a better week next week, but lets be real, it will probably suck too. Gotta keep some realistic expectations over here.
Besides that, it’s all about adjusting to the new morning routine and how to get prepped for the day. I already had 1 issue with forgetting nipples for Hunter’s bottles and my neighbor saved the day by dropping off some at his daycare. It takes a village!
One of the things at makes life a bit easier is having dinner ready when I get home. I do love using my Instant Pot Pressure Cooker, but there is something so nice and familiar about using a slow cooker. Plus, it’s awesome to come home to a house that smells so good.
Short Ribs are my go to meat right now. I love them in tacos and in marinara sauce. Last year I shared another short rib taco recipe using a slow cooker, but I swear this one is different! I love finding new-to-me spices and ingredients so I was excited when I grabbed a bag of Chile Guajillo peppers. They are a mild to medium spiced chili that is often used in salsas, sauces, and rubs to flavor meats.
I wanted to try them with the short ribs by allowing them to flavor the meat as it cooked all day. To cut some of the heat, I used some orange juice for sweetness. And the beer is another great way to add some flavor. If you prefer, you can sub our the beer for stock as that is just as flavorful, in a different way. I think it worked out so well. yum!
Hoping you enjoy these tacos just as much as we did!
Makes 8 Tacos
Ingredients
For the Short Rib Filling
For the Tacos
Process
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Cooking cheeseburgers in a slow cooker is an inventive way of preparing cheeseburgers. They are extra cheesy and are a fun, easy way to serve burgers to a crowd!
I am really over due for a haircut. But I don’t want to get it cut.
That’s a lame predicament right there. I need to suck it up and go since my hair is looking stringy and it needs some proper attention.
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I’m thankful that Thanksgiving is over.
I’m thankful that November is almost over. It’s been a rough month.
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Taco Tuesday won’t be average when you make these Slow Cooker Short Rib Tacos. These meat is incredibly tender and flavorful since it is cooked all day in beer.
You’ll be excited to get home when you open the door to a house that is fill with the aromas of these short ribs that have been cooking all day. I promise that enjoying these tacos will be the highlight of your day!
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So I did my first Facebook Live cooking demo this weekend!!!!
Gah I was so nervous! But it was fun.
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You know all those ECards that summarize something so perfectly that you crack up reading while on the train into work? I feel like someone is stalking my life and then writing ECards based upon what they saw. Some of them really hit the nail on the head about me.
Like this one
And this one.
And def this one.
And let’s not forget this one.
Okay last one.
I think that if I made my own ECard I’d have to do something about how ‘sleeping in’ on the weekend means getting up at 6am. Ouch.
We are naturally early risers but it still seems that we should sleep in a bit on the weekends. Well, tell Autumn that. To her, it doesn’t matter that it’s Saturday or Sunday. She still gets up between 5 and 5.23, magically. So that means by 8.30 she is ready for her morning nap. And so are we!
So that is why I was down right giddy when I saw the fabulous recipes for this month’s Secret Recipe Club post. I found the perfect breakfast recipe for the weekends. Perfect!
For this month’s Secret Recipe Club I was assigned Taci’s blog, Burnt Apple. Over the past dozen or so years Traci has really become the masterful home cook, far from her days of wall breaking rock hard muffins. She now focuses on healthy, budget friendly recipes that her family will enjoy. She balances a busy life with 3 kids, 2 dogs, and a traveling husband well, like how she balances out her healthy recipes with a few sweet treats in the mix. Hey we all have a sweet tooth!
I enjoyed checking out her extensive recipe collection. She offered so many different recipes, and I liked that she identified them as gluten free, vegan, and other dietary restrictions. It makes browsing a breeze! You can find the perfect appetizer, bread, dessert, drink, or kid-friendly dish!
I picked this Crockpot Breakfast Casserole recipe from the Burnt Apple because it would be ready for us when we stumbled downstairs in the morning at the break of dawn. It meant we just had to flip on the prepped coffee maker, grab some plates, and dig in. Perfectly low maintenance when you’re exhausted from the work week and you know you have a full day ahead of you.
Plus, it seemed like something that I could adapt to be a Whole30 recipe. I made it prior to kicking off this latest (3rd) Whole30 of the year so it still has all the yummy goodness like cheese and breakfast sausage. But I am definitely going to make it again soon in a compliant way.
The size and ease makes it for a great breakfast or brunch to serve to a crowd, like at the holiday’s or while on a family vacation. Awesome!
This was a hit in our house as Autumn ate 2 big plates of it. That is a big seal of approval!
The recipe called for 2 pounds of shredded potatoes, but I could only find a 1 pound 10 ounce package of shredded potatoes so I used that. I don’t think that it effected the end result so if you can only find that as well, then just use that.
There are so many ways for you to make this your own by trying different meats in it like bacon, chorizo, or ham. And then you can try different combinations of cheese. Or add some other veggies in it too.
I can’t wait to make this again really soon.
Makes 8-10 servings
Ingredients
Process
Adapted from The Burnt Apple
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Check out all the other great Secret Recipe Club posts this month!
And be sure to check out my 3 years of Secret Recipe Club posts!!!!
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This Easy Slow Cooker Turkey Chili will keep you warm & cozy all winter long. It’s hearty & healthy, but without all the fuss. The perfect, easy dinner!
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I love our slow cooker. We use it all the time!
Do you have a slow cooker? If not, you need one!!! It’s so awesome.
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