Remember when I made super easy garlic compound butter? The last leftovers of it turned into the simplest slow cooker meal yet: place garlic butter on tilapia, wrap in aluminum foil, cook. You can also use the same method in the oven, but it was nice to put it in the slow cooker and walk […] Read more…
January 2011 archive
Goat Cheese, Caramelized Onion and Mushroom Pizza
With the start of the new year, one of my goals was to plan meals for the week ahead of time to save money and also ensure I have ingredients on hand for healthy meals. It’s been going well so far, and one favorite dinner was a pizza I made last week. I had intended […] Read more…
January Cupcake of the Month: (Kind of Healthy) Chocolate & Peanut Butter
Since finishing the weekly unusual Kitchen Adventures, I felt the need to add some structure to blogging so I wouldn’t fizzle out. I’m happy to announce that in addition to Slow Cooker Mondays, every month I will be posting a special cupcake of the month. This month was a tad restricted by my abstaining from […] Read more…
Slow Cooker Turkey Chili
This slow cooker meal was a savior. On top of a long workday, I had to drive an hour each way to pick up Russ from work and got home past dinner time. After a stressful afternoon, it was amazing to have a hot, comforting meal ready when we got home. Otherwise, I’m sure we […] Read more…
Baked Kale Chips
Baked kale chips made the rounds on food blogs last spring, and I made them once and promptly forgot about them. Recently, after finishing a bag of Sun Chips in less than 24 hours (between 2 people, but still), I was at the farmer’s market and noticed kale at a lot of stands. Light bulb! […] Read more…