Fresh Food Recipe Makeover: Crock Pot Chicken with Salsa

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The recipe I made over today is what inspired me to focus on fresh food recipes in the first place. It calls for chicken breasts, a jar of salsa, a can of corn, and a block of cream cheese. The recipe kept popping up on Pinterest and I must admit that every time I saw [...]

Coffee-Braised Pot Roast with Caramelized Onions

 It’s Friday!  That means it is time to share my last crock-pot recipe of the week.  I wish I could say I saved the best for last, but I was somewhat disappointed with how this recipe turned out.  It’s possible that I am just being picky because I don’t really care for pot roast, but [...]

Shredded Apricot Pork Sandwiches

Besides the time-saving and ease factors associated with it, one of my favorite reasons for using a crock-pot is how meat just falls apart cooked this way. You are always left with moist, tender pork, beef, chicken, etc. The perfect use for this? Pulled pork! I discovered this recipe several years ago and keep coming [...]

Tips for making the crock-pot your new best friend!

I’m doing my best this week to show you why the crock-pot deserves more time on your counter and less time collecting dust in your pantry.  Now that you are armed with delicious recipes and my incredibly insightful cooking tips, how do you use the darn thing?  Well here are some helpful (hopefully) words of [...]

Crock Pot Chicken Cacciatore

What better way to get back to blogging then sharing the ultimate in easy dinners: slow cooking sensations!  The crock-pot is one of those handy kitchen gadgets that everyone seems to have, but rarely seems to use.  For those of you who work outside of the home or have children that occupy most of your [...]