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Crock Pot Pasta Primavera … and Vegan Almond “Parmesan”
Happy Monday! More specifically, happy Meatless Monday! (At least for another hour and fifty-three minutes). Can I let you in on a little secret? We’ve not just gone meatless Mondays anymore, but meatless Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays as well. Yep. We’ve gone vegan. I can’t say for certain this very moment if this will be a lifelong lifestyle, because I have a feeling that somewhere down the road I’m going to have a hankering for Anthony’s alder-planked salmon, but I can say that I plan to be a 99% vegan. I think that makes me a flexitarian. So here’s my new favorite recipe. This was a clean-out-the-fridge recipe that worked beautifully.…
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Crock Pot Chicken Santa Fe … So Easy, So Good!
So I’m trying to be good. Good as in, “I will use up every bit of whatever I buy, open, and stick in the fridge.” It’s been a thing with me — but just with weird stuff. For instance, I’ll buy some new curry sauce at Trader Joe’s, use half of it for dinner that night, and stick the second half in the fridge, where it does the slow dance to the back along with all the other archaeological relics. But no more. Today, I turn over a new leaf. And it begins with that can of chipotle in adobo that I bought and opened when I got home from…
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Giant Crock Pot Pesto Meatballs
The snow is just coming down like crazy … you should see it! This is our second visit to Lake Tahoe during “winter.” Technically, it’s not winter yet, but this is the second time we’ve been snowed in. I am overjoyed about that. Here’s what our deck looked like early this morning … … and here’s the tree in front of our condo. Don’t let that blue sky in the background fool you. It grayed right up again and started snowing within minutes of this shot. Yay! I had planned to make chili, but for some reason today, spaghetti and meatballs sounded better. So that’s what’s in the crock pot…
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Crock Pot Salsa Pork
I was SO sure I had already posted this recipe, because it is just about the easiest thing you could ever pull together, and I make it a bunch, and why would I not have already shared that here? But when a friend asked me about it the other day, and I directed them to T&F, we both discovered that I had NOT already shared it. So here it is. Try this some day when you’re too busy or feeling too lazy to cut, chop, dice, puree, mash, blend, saute, braise, boil, whip or fold … or anything I left out. This is all “plop and pour.” And then, devour.…
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Poor Soup
Like the title? That's what my grandmother, Micky, used to call this soup. The only thing is, the little package of smoked ham hocks I bought for this put me back $7.00, so I'm not so sure it applies any more. Maybe we should call it "Doing Okay if I Can Afford $7 for Ham Hocks" Soup. I had a hankering for this yesterday. And yes, that's something else Grandma taught me.
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Crock Pot Lasagna
There is just nothing nicer than coming home after church to lunch/dinner (linner?) waiting for you in the crock pot. I seriously think we do not give the crock pot the applause it deserves. If you ask me, the crock pot deserves its own national day of remembrance. And probably a line of Hallmark cards. Something. Here’s what we came home to this afternoon: Crock Pot Lasagna (Note: If you have a stash of homemade spaghetti sauce, use that … otherwise, use jarred spaghetti sauce and just don’t say a word.) 1 lb sausage or hamburger 4 cloves garlic 2 tsp Italian seasoning 30-32 oz spaghetti sauce 1/2 cup water…
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